. Eastern Maine and the rebellion: being an account of the principal local events in eastern Maine during the . h the ebb of the tide, and later the Ala-bama, urged forward by both wind and steam, disappeared downthe western horizon. Capt. Jordan watched her as she got un-der way, and as she grew smaller and smaller to the eye a»the distance grew greater, he knelt under the cocoanut tree andprayed that the Scourge of the Seas might sink that night. Here Capt. Jordan and his companions in misery were obligedto remain until the natives had grown to understand their signs,when they were tak
. Eastern Maine and the rebellion: being an account of the principal local events in eastern Maine during the . h the ebb of the tide, and later the Ala-bama, urged forward by both wind and steam, disappeared downthe western horizon. Capt. Jordan watched her as she got un-der way, and as she grew smaller and smaller to the eye a»the distance grew greater, he knelt under the cocoanut tree andprayed that the Scourge of the Seas might sink that night. Here Capt. Jordan and his companions in misery were obligedto remain until the natives had grown to understand their signs,when they were taken in a flotilla of canoes, and carried to apoint one hundred and fifty miles away, where connection wasmade for Bombay, at which place they arrived in due money was secured and the journey was then continuedoverland to Europe, and thence to America. The hardshipswere many, but Mrs. Jordan, with rare fortitude, bore up un- 392 Eastern Maine and the Eebellion. der them, while Capt. Jordan was in a measure rewarded forhis sufferings and loss, by receiving a good round sum of Englishmoney for his a* ..■.■ • •■ • :
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