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In the autumn of 1864, at the height of the American Civil War,
the Confederate raider Shenandoah received orders to "seek
out and utterly destroy" the whaling fleets of New England as part
of an effort to bleed the Union of its economic strength - an
undertaking that met its greatest success when the raider fell upon
a fleet of whalers working the waters near Alaska's Little Diomede
Island and sank more than two dozen ships in a frenzy of
destruction.
But more important than the tally of damage was the date the
final conflagration began: June 22, the longest day of the year,
and almost a full three months after General Lee lay down his sword
at Appomattox. Contrary to contemporary belief, it was not on the
battlefield in Virginia but high in the Arctic where the last shot
of the American Civil War was fired.
There is a little known story of another raider ship that was at
work on the high seas at that time, the Scobey. The
Scobey's captain was the notorious Tundra Tim and he was
looking for treasure to raid. Not long after arriving in the cold
waters of Cook Inlet he heard from his first mate, MTBoy in the
crow's nest "There she is, the Slat Rat, 10 miles north and
the sails are down!" he shouted. Tundra Tim knew the captain well,
the fearless Santa Bro. He ordered his ship around Fire Island with
full sails. Water shooting twenty feet over the bow with each wave,
the treasure of Slat Rat would soon be theirs. Northwes rang
out the alarm from the decks of the Slat Rat, "Argh! It's
the darn Scobey and she's coming fast!" Santa Bro ordered
the sails up but soon realized he was losing ground. " Run her into
the ground below those cliffs!" he ordered his crew.
He sent AkWhodini below deck to get the treasure and assemble a
landing party. Just before the Scobey reached the Slat
Rat, the cagey Captain Santa Bro turned a sharp 90 degrees and
headed for the bluffs. "Let her have it!" he yelled. The gunners,
also known as Team Angry Balls, fired all the starboard guns all at
once. Shells smashed through the masts of the Scobey and took out
most of her rigging and now Scobey is three sheets to the
wind.
Tundra Tim told his crew to get into the boats and take over the
ship but it was too late, the Slat Rat had run hard aground
below the cliffs. The Slat Rat began to take water over the
poop and soon, the Slat Rat was pooped, sinking stern first
into the mud. AkWhodini and his hand chosen crew went ashore with
the treasure all loaded in one chest. As they made their way up the
cliffs, musket balls fired from the waters edge were buzzing by at
a frightening rate. It seemed they carried the chest for miles
inland and buried it in the side of a small hill. They drew a
detailed map of where they hid the treasure. Struggling their way
through the devils club on their way back to the shore they ran
into Tundra Tim's marauders. Confusion set in, AKWhodini hid the
map where it would be safe. Someone yelled, "Take Whateveryouwant"
The rest is lost to history…
Surprisingly, nobody died in this encounter but the map to the
treasure chest was lost forever or so it would seem. You have
studied this almost forgotten battle in history for years and you
feel that the map is at the coordinates listed above.
Good Luck!
Oleruns
Congratulations to
Santa Bro FTF!
