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the manner of men bred to the quarter-deck, found lodgings at a 

 hotel. 



Captain Scullun cabled an account of his predicament to the 

 United States minister at St. Petersburg and to the owners at 

 New Bedford, and wrote to the commanding officer of U.S.S. 

 Marion, then at Vladivostok, and for five days, the jail being 

 full, the men of the Cape Horn Pigeon occupied the Chinaman's 

 storehouse while their officers daily tried in vain to get better 

 quarters for them. On the 22d, the Russian admiral arrived in 

 port and the captain of the Marie of course reported the seizure 

 to him. Accordingly Captain Scullun was asked to go on board 

 the Cape Horn Pigeon with several Russian officers, who, find- 

 ing no contraband on her, signed a paper to that effect and gave 

 Captain Scullun a translation of the document. On September 

 24th the crew received orders to go on board their vessel and 

 Captain Scullun took command, though he was not allowed to 

 leave the harbour and had to give his written and signed promise 

 not to do so. The next day the Russian admiral summoned 

 him on board the flagship and told him to make out his claim for 

 damages. He asked for two days in which to make out the 

 claim, and on September 27th, he handed it to the admiral. 



Vladivostok, Septerriber 15, 1892. 

 Sir: 



With reference to our conversation on board of Dimitri Donski regarding 

 my claim for the seizure of the Cape Horn Pigeon by the Russian authorities, 

 I now beg to inform you that I will agree to the following indemnity: 



1. Amount claimed for loss of season (average of 5 seasons' 



work), 1 season $60,000 



Less value of catch on board — 2,600 pounds whalebone, at 



$5 13,000 



200 barrels of oil, at $13 2,600 



15.600 



$45,000 



2. Amount claimed for" services of officers and crew bringing 



schooner Marie to Vladivostok $ 1,000 



3 . Amount claimed for provisions and stores used by Russian 



officers and crew while on board the ship Cape Horn 



Pigeon 200 



