This ship brought vice, violence, protection and cash into Seattle,

Chief Seattle was invited aboard the Decatur as an honored guest on Oct. 31, 1855. He reviewed the great guns, and the cannonade was shown to him.

Chief Seattle was invited aboard the Decatur as an honored guest on Oct. 31, 1855. He reviewed the great guns, and the cannonade was shown to him,

I trust Phelps. There's work I have to do yet.

That was a great courtesy. In the five-year cruise of the Decatur, this is the only time it happened with a native leader. Definitely a 'wow,'

It's 150 years ago, and it's a foreign country.