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Duhaut-Cilly met her a little later at the Islands, and learned that two balls had entered the hull, two had damaged the rigging, and that Bradshaw had been wounded.[1]
The affair of the Hawaiian brig Karimoko occurred also at San Diego late in the autumn. John Lawlor, or Lawless, as it is often written, was master of the vessel. He it was who, after having employed Domingo Carrillo to teach him Spanish, presented himself to Echeandía to ask for a passport in the following terms: "Buenos dias, Señor General; mi quiero to voy to the missions y comprar cueros y grease con goods; please mi dar permission. Si quieres, quieres; y si no, dejalo. Adios, Señor General."[2]
- ↑ June 14th, 18th, July 9th, 11th, 12th, 13th, 14th, 16th, 23d, gov.'s communications on the subject. Dept. Rec., MS., vi. 28, 32, 56, 61, 63-8, 72-3. Duhaut-Cilly, Viaggio, ii. 194-200. Further records dated in December respecting the credits, etc., left behind by Bradshaw. Dept. Rec., MS., vi. 53, 150-1, 162. In 1841 a claim for damages was pending before the mixed commission in Washington. Vallejo, Doc., MS., x. 131. On this affair of the Franklin, as in several other matters, the testimony of James O. Pattie, who was at S. Diego at the time, has to be noticed separately, since his statements are of such a peculiar character that they can neither be omitted nor used with other evidence in building up my narrative. (See next chapter for notice of Pattie's book.) Bradshaw and Perkins were at S. Diego in March and April, and tried to aid Pattie, partly as a countryman, and partly in the hope to get some furs which the trappers had left on the Colorado. Bradshaw employed Pattie as a translator, securing his occasional release for that purpose. In April or May he made a trip in his vessel to Monterey. June 27th, his vessel was seized for smuggling. In the following examination of officers and crew Pattie served as interpreter ('Dice el Americano James Ohio Pettis, que sirvió de intérprete á dicho capitan, dice que supo tenia este el propósito de largarse furtivamente y de hacer fuego sobre la guarnicion si impedir su salida.' Dept. Rec., MS., vi. 73), and was requested by Capt. B. 'to make the testimonies of his crew as nearly correspond and substantiate each other as possible; for some of them were angry with him, and would strive to give testimony calculated to condemn him. I assured him I would do anything to serve him that I could in honor'! The taking of depositions was completed 28th (Bradshaw had really sailed on July 16th). Capt. B. told Pattie of his intention to run out if the vessel were condemned, and offered him a passage on the Franklin. In September Bradshaw was ordered to land his cargo, but refused. Pattie was again employed as interpreter; and warned the captain and supercargo on Sept. 11th of a plan he had overheard to arrest them, thus enabling them to escape on board. A few days later he slipped anchor and ran out of the port under a heavy shower of cannon-balls from the fort. 'When he came opposite it he hove to and gave them a broadside in return, which frightened the poor engineers away from their guns. His escape was made without suffering any serious injury. Their (three?) shots entered the hull of the vessel, and the sails were considerably cut up by the grape.' Pattie's Narr., 179, 183, 189-201.
- ↑ Vallejo, Hist. Cal., MS., ii. 60-1. It is said to have been Lawlor's practice to hide about seven eighths of his cargo at some out-of-the-way spot on
