384 The Story of the New England Whalers 



the Sbenandoab, Waddell told them their ships 

 were confiscated to the Confederate government. 



"Well, that's pretty quick done," said Captain 

 Chase, of the Hector. 



"None of your impertinence to an officer of the 

 Confederate navy," said Waddell. 



"I'm not impertinent," said Chase; "but it's 

 pretty quick done, just the same." 



For that remark, Waddell ordered the whaler 

 placed in double irons and "gagged for disre- 

 spect," according to the log of the Sbenandoah; 

 but as a matter of fact the officer who was ordered 

 to do the gagging did not do it. 



Later Waddell made an effort to induce Cap- 

 tain George O. Baker, of the Edward Gary, to 

 join the Sbenandoab's crew, for she was short of 

 men. Captain Baker says he enjoyed life and 

 free drinks for several hours, while Waddell was 

 explaining the situation, but when he finally 

 refused to join her he was put in double irons. 



On leaving Ascension (April 13, 1865) the 

 Sbenandoab went to the Okhotsk Sea and Bering's 

 Strait region. Between the 2yth of May and the 

 end of June she captured twenty-four whalers 



