Wounded Pride Leads Vengeful Clown To Behead 25 At Friendly Cove
Hell Hath No Fury Like An Evil Clown Scorned.
JJD*, Nootka Sound at Friendly Cove, March 1803.
Trade mission goes terribly wrong for Captain John Salter of the US ship Boston.
When the Boston arrived at Friendly Cove, Chief Maquinna had been trading with Europeans for more than two decades and he knew the drill.
Through hard work and cunning he had made his way up off the street. Through deals and arrangements, Maquinna had become the most powerful man on the East Coast, a man of respect, a man to do business with.
He greeted Salter, assessed trade possibilities and exchanged gifts. He was given a double-barreled rifle. With it he shot ducks and gave them to Salter as a matter of protocol. Maquinna and his warriors danced aboard The Boston to entertain their guests.
But one of the locks on the rifle had broken and Maquinna mentioned it to Salter. Salter assumed it had broken from misuse and called the chief a liar, a shmuck, a stupid fusking savage, etc. in front of his men.
Maquinna knew only some English, but knew he was being insulted and dishonored - he didn’t say a word.
Like Odysseus, Maquinna returns in the guise of a clown with a few friends to amuse the crowds before unleashing the slaughter.
Next day, Maquinna returned with some associates, bearing gifts. Everyone was happy, it was business as usual.
Maquinna wore a mask carved to resemble a fierce animal, they danced wildly and joked around for the crew then stayed for dinner.
Only two were spared.
The ship's blacksmith John Jewitt, instead of being decapitated accidentally had his skull split open and collapsed unconscious.
When he came to it was all over. Jewitt promised to be Maquinna's slave for life; fight for him in his battles; repair muskets and make knives. Maquinna let him live.
On the quarter-deck 25 heads of the Boston's captain and crew were arranged in a neat line on a thick lamina of blood. Each head was brought to Jewitt for identification.
John Thompson, the ship's sail-maker, was later found alive and spared after Jewitt claimed the older man was his father and threatened suicide if his ‘father’ was killed and reminding Maquinna that he would lose his services. Maquinna reluctantly spared Thompson.
The Boston was looted and scuttled.
*John Jewitt's Diary
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That's right... who's laughing now... who's laughing NOW!?
- Ash, Evil Dead II (1987)
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JJD*, Nootka Sound at Friendly Cove, March 1803.Trade mission goes terribly wrong for Captain John Salter of the US ship Boston.
When the Boston arrived at Friendly Cove, Chief Maquinna had been trading with Europeans for more than two decades and he knew the drill.
Through hard work and cunning he had made his way up off the street. Through deals and arrangements, Maquinna had become the most powerful man on the East Coast, a man of respect, a man to do business with.
He greeted Salter, assessed trade possibilities and exchanged gifts. He was given a double-barreled rifle. With it he shot ducks and gave them to Salter as a matter of protocol. Maquinna and his warriors danced aboard The Boston to entertain their guests.
But one of the locks on the rifle had broken and Maquinna mentioned it to Salter. Salter assumed it had broken from misuse and called the chief a liar, a shmuck, a stupid fusking savage, etc. in front of his men.
Maquinna knew only some English, but knew he was being insulted and dishonored - he didn’t say a word.
Like Odysseus, Maquinna returns in the guise of a clown with a few friends to amuse the crowds before unleashing the slaughter.
Next day, Maquinna returned with some associates, bearing gifts. Everyone was happy, it was business as usual.
Maquinna wore a mask carved to resemble a fierce animal, they danced wildly and joked around for the crew then stayed for dinner.
Only two were spared.
The ship's blacksmith John Jewitt, instead of being decapitated accidentally had his skull split open and collapsed unconscious.
When he came to it was all over. Jewitt promised to be Maquinna's slave for life; fight for him in his battles; repair muskets and make knives. Maquinna let him live.
On the quarter-deck 25 heads of the Boston's captain and crew were arranged in a neat line on a thick lamina of blood. Each head was brought to Jewitt for identification.
John Thompson, the ship's sail-maker, was later found alive and spared after Jewitt claimed the older man was his father and threatened suicide if his ‘father’ was killed and reminding Maquinna that he would lose his services. Maquinna reluctantly spared Thompson.
The Boston was looted and scuttled.
*John Jewitt's Diary
-----
That's right... who's laughing now... who's laughing NOW!?
- Ash, Evil Dead II (1987)
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