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The Traveler… a hatchet and… a slap in the face…

[1]This week I ventured off the date just a bit, but staying within the current week. I began reading through the October 3, 1810 [2] issue of Thomas’s Massachusetts Spy, or Worcester Gazette when a lengthy front page article entitled “An Island of Savage Cannibals” caught my eye. This was from The Fejee Islands, and after reading the article, I have decided that this would definitely not have been on my vacation agenda! For some reason, a part of ransom requested by these people was twelve hatchets??!!

Inside the issue was a small article entitled “Real Bravery” which read Little Algiers has declared war against France. The independent States of America dare not. Now, talk about a slap in the face…

~ The Traveler