And we were away weary months, and spoke many of the fleet,
and heard much of the wild doings of him I sought; but never once
did we raise him above the sea. We went north, even to the
Pribilofs, and killed the seals in herds on the beach, and
brought their warm bodies aboard till our scuppers ran grease and
blood and no man could stand upon the deck. Then were we chased
by a ship of slow steam, which fired upon us with great guns. But
we put sail till the sea was over our decks and washed them
clean, and lost ourselves in a fog.
'It is said, at this time, while we fled with fear at our hearts,
that the yellow-haired sea wanderer put in to the Pribilofs, right
to the factory, and while the part of his men held the servants
of the company, the rest loaded ten thousand green skins from the
salt houses. I say it is said, but I believe; for in the voyages
I made on the coast with never a meeting the northern seas rang
with his wildness and daring, till the three nations which have
lands there sought him with their ships.
'And I heard of Unga, for the captains sang loud in her praise,
and she was always with him. She had learned the ways of his
people, they said, and was happy.
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