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February 18, the day before Dorr was to sail, Muir put to sea in a small boat, with two servants, taking nothing with him but the shirt and coat on his back, and that about the middle of the next day they boarded
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land any foreigners. The shrewd Yankee captain, however, that night forced the sailors at the point of a pistol to go ashore. He then speedily put to sea. Borica was very angry. Making the best of the situation, however, he put the men to work as carpenters and blacksmiths.
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and chronicler of the voyage, gave the island the name "Isles de la Loutre" (Isles of the Otter) . The following day, PĂ©ron and a small party landed and some trading took place near the ship as adzes, mats and other artifacts were exchanged for knives and
European goods.
404:, with the rescue attempt. Other sources discredit this idea. An authoritative paper titled "The Odyssey of Thomas Muir" by Marjorie Masson and J. F. Jameson examines the escape of Muir from the convict settlement at Sydney.
227:. The Boston register of clearances, Treasury Department archives, dates her clearance 20 August 1795. She anchored in Sydney Harbour on 25 January 1796. On 11 February 1796, Muir escaped from the convict settlement on board
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with about 1,500 people. Muir stated in letters that he purchased a "small hut and several acres of land". Accounts indicate that the land was located in the immediate vicinity of
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Spanish archives, is that Captain Dorr, coming into
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pelts. Whether Muir went with her, or remained for a space at Nootka, or was transferred to some other ship. First hand accounts (by
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Spanish settlement at Nootka Sound, protected by
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at a considerable distance from land. One account states that as many as 20 convicts escaped from the penal colony in
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cruised for furs in the spring and summer of 1796. Some sources say that the ship struck a chain of sunken rocks near
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political exile, is well documented. Muir was sentenced on 31 August 1793 to be transported for
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762:The Odyssey of Thomas Muir
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