This ship brought vice, violence, protection and cash into Seattle.

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At least 25 percent of the crew had a venereal infection at any given time.

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That was a great courtesy. In the five-year cruise of the Decatur, this is the only time it happened with a native leader. Definitely a 'wow,' .

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It's 150 years ago, and it's a foreign country.

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Chief Seattle was invited aboard the Decatur as an honored guest on Oct. 31, 1855. He reviewed the great guns, and the cannonade was shown to him.

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I trust Phelps. There's work I have to do yet.

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