. Corea, the hermit nation : I. Ancient and mediaeval history. II. Political and social Corea. III. Modern and recent history. into the Sherman affair, reached Chifu January 14, accompanied Bishop Eidel to Chifu, and who had met Dr. Williamson,volunteered to he his guides, and he had decided to go with them. When theopportunity of going by the American vessel offered itself, he changed his the advice of his friends, who suspected the character of the expedition,he joined the party. AMERICAN RELATIONS WITH COREA. 393 1867, and is said to have taken on board the Chinese pilot of the
. Corea, the hermit nation : I. Ancient and mediaeval history. II. Political and social Corea. III. Modern and recent history. into the Sherman affair, reached Chifu January 14, accompanied Bishop Eidel to Chifu, and who had met Dr. Williamson,volunteered to he his guides, and he had decided to go with them. When theopportunity of going by the American vessel offered itself, he changed his the advice of his friends, who suspected the character of the expedition,he joined the party. AMERICAN RELATIONS WITH COREA. 393 1867, and is said to have taken on board the Chinese pilot of theGeneral Sherman, and the Rev. Mr. Corbett, an American mission-ary, to act as interpreter. Leaving Chifu January 21st, they castfinclior, January 23d, at the mouth of the large inlet opposite SirJames Hall group, which indents Whang-hai province. This estu-ary they erroneously supposed to be the Ta Tong River leading toPing-an city, whereas they were half a degree too far south, as thechart made by themselves shows. A letter was despatched, through the official of Cow Island, near ^^/, </ To CM/ 50 ^^t::iC7°ch^ fTs**. Jo MERIN SIR JAMES HALL(^CROUP j^ Map Illustrating the General Shernnan Affair. the anchorage, to the prefect of the large city nearest the place ofthe Sherman afSxir, demanding that the murderers be produced onthe deck of the Wachusett. The city of Ping-an was about seventy-five miles distant. The letter probably went to Hai-chiu, the capi-tal of the province. Five days elapsed before the answer arrived,during which the surveying boats were busy. Many natives weremet and spoken to, who all told one story, that the Shermans crewwere murdered by the people, and not by official instigation. A broad streak of light was thrown upon at least one possible cause of theSlierman tragedy, by the statement of the natives that Chinese pirates fre-(lucntly descend on the coast and kill and rob the Coreans. During the pre- 394 COREA. On the 29tli, an officer from on
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