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00:03:54As early as the 17th century, a unique tradition began to take shape, unfolding once or even twice a year.
00:04:05Horses and ponies left to roam freely on both islands were herded into makeshift pens to be branded and sometimes
00:04:13sold.
00:04:15What began as a gathering as a gathering for hunters and early settlers soon evolved into a larger event, drawing
00:04:23people from the mainland who came not only to visit but to partake in this time-honored affair.
00:04:32Horses and a
00:05:01James!
00:05:03Look here.
00:05:08Who's that old man over there with that meager-looking little boy?
00:05:11Oh, that'd be Robins, the squatter.
00:05:14A squatter?
00:05:16Those fellows with debt sent over to squat on unclaimed land.
00:05:20Yeah, I know, but that was a long time ago. Our granddaddy split up all this land back in the
00:05:24day for people to squat on.
00:05:32This is how we eat.
00:05:38Don't recall he ever taken a wife.
00:05:40Oh, he ain't married. That boy, that be James. He came here alone.
00:05:50We have enough to eat now, James. Come on.
00:05:57That boy looks scorned.
00:06:00He's not gonna get plump off oysters.
00:06:03Don't mind their gander.
00:06:08Robins, I've seen you and the boy out there scavenging it for food. Why don't you join me and Mary
00:06:12for supper?
00:06:15Come across any scissors from that ship's wreck?
00:06:19John's been eating the cut for some time now.
00:06:22No scissors for trade, ma'am.
00:06:24We got plenty of wool blankets to trade.
00:06:30James and I'll be fine.
00:06:55I don't like oysters.
00:07:00This is what we're gonna be eating.
00:07:03This is our food.
00:07:17James, now that you're hearing me, I want to tell you a story.
00:07:22Years ago, there was a great storm at sea.
00:07:28There was a ship in the storm.
00:07:31I heard men calling out.
00:07:34I heard women screaming.
00:07:37I heard the ship crack.
00:07:40And I knew it was lost.
00:07:43I knew that the people were doomed.
00:07:46But there was a mother on that ship, James.
00:07:50And she had a little boy.
00:07:53And to save that little boy,
00:07:55she strapped him to the hatch.
00:07:59And she pushed him overboard before the ship sank.
00:08:05So that the hatch would drift up on shore.
00:08:13The next morning I went out and I looked.
00:08:17And there were no survivors.
00:08:20There was just floats and debris on the shore.
00:08:26But I saw a hatch.
00:08:31And there was a young boy tied to that hatch.
00:08:42He was alone.
00:08:45And he was you, James.
00:08:53You came here alone.
00:08:56You came here alone.
00:09:01What doomed European ship brought James ashore is not certain.
00:09:07What is certain,
00:09:08the first European encroachment occurred hundreds of years before,
00:09:13marking a fateful moment in history.
00:09:25The islands of Jinkatik and Asetik, rich with the bounty of game,
00:09:31fish and shellfish,
00:09:33had long served as vital resources for the native people who called these shores home.
00:09:38home.!,
00:09:41,
00:09:42,
00:09:42,
00:09:42,
00:09:42,
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00:09:56,
00:10:25Historians debate.
00:10:26The exact location where the French ship La Dauphine anchored in the vicinity, but appears that, in the year 1524,
00:10:35two worlds met here.
00:10:50Oka, Brenny, be that you.
00:11:08My wife, Margaret, inherited land over on Jingleteague.
00:11:13After you grub a pasture, the livestock and the horses will follow.
00:11:24Figured you, being best with my horses and all.
00:11:33Unless you prefer back to the pig straw.
00:11:37Yes, mouse.
00:11:55Plenty of rain forms here for you and the livestock.
00:11:59Not long after, though, the puddles become brackish, so get a well dug.
00:12:07Should you need to call on me, both the Bowdens and the Thorntons live on the island.
00:12:11They'll send word.
00:12:16Ah, other coloreds will be working here, too.
00:12:21You need not fraternize with them.
00:12:31My Margaret will be keen to hear about her granted property here.
00:12:38Fair news will brighten her spirits.
00:12:44See, we have been trying to have...
00:12:49Never mind about that.
00:12:56A lot of work to be done here.
00:13:01Keep my faith in you, and I'll send your lady Nell over for visits.
00:13:07Thank you, Master Stockler.
00:13:29Thank you, Master Stockler.
00:13:47Thank you, Master Stockler.
00:13:48You're welcome, Master Stockler.
00:14:04See you again, Master Stockler.
00:14:21God is with us, blessing the dying and those we grieve.
00:14:30In your mercy, God, forgive what we have been.
00:14:34Help us to amend where we are and direct us as to what we shall be.
00:14:44In the midst of life, we find ourselves in death.
00:14:48My condolences on the loss of your wife.
00:14:54Thank you for your blessings.
00:14:57The tattooed one, the others, and they served you well.
00:15:12Ocher, what about him?
00:15:14Charles, we meet this lonesome day because slavery is a mortal sin in the eyes of the Lord.
00:15:22That is, if your wish is to be with him in his kingdom in heaven.
00:15:32Know all men by these that I, Charles Stockley, up the county.
00:15:37The county of Acklemack in Virginia.
00:15:42So impressed with thee, the fullest sensibility of the equal rights of human nature to personal
00:15:52liberty and being desirous of contributing thereto as far as the emancipation of my slaves.
00:15:58Jesus, manumitted, discharged, and set free.
00:16:09Yes.
00:16:11Samson, Abel, Francis, Ocobrini, Levi and Ezekiel.
00:16:26Samson, Abel, Esther and Childe Rose, I do for myself and my heirs, I gratify, grant, and confirm
00:16:47unto the aforementioned several Negroes and their heirs forever.
00:16:57I have herein to set my hand and sealed this 27th day of September in the year 1787.
00:17:13I know it's not all of them.
00:17:17Well, it is a start.
00:17:23Well, it appears that Methodist preacher done changed you like he did George Corbin and William
00:17:31Paramore this county.
00:17:33Perhaps.
00:17:36Or fearing God hates me so.
00:17:44Thank you, Master Stockley for my freedom this day.
00:17:49I was wonderin' if my wife's name be called.
00:17:53No, I just consign you, but I cannot rid myself of now.
00:18:03If something rubs you wrong, then speak on it.
00:18:05Tis fine, Master Stockley.
00:18:07Fine.
00:18:13You've done splendid work here.
00:18:17Raisin' cattle, grazin' horses.
00:18:23Be ashamed to leave what you started.
00:18:28You'd like me to stay?
00:18:32Free of charge.
00:18:36I hope it brings you much joy here.
00:18:40I-I just like sitting here.
00:18:43My soul already free.
00:18:46Permission to come over and see my nail?
00:18:52As you please.
00:18:55You're a free man now.
00:18:59Oker.
00:19:01Yes, sir?
00:19:02Have I ever told you about this hat?
00:19:06My Margaret used to plead with me to let her purchase me a new one.
00:19:12But I would not allow it.
00:19:16You see, I've had this hat for a long time.
00:19:18Since the war.
00:19:22It's reliable.
00:19:25It's dependable.
00:19:28I've grown to trust this hat.
00:19:32Something like this is hard to let go of.
00:19:37You understand what I'm saying, Oker?
00:19:40Yes.
00:19:42Yes.
00:19:49I'll send Neil over for a visit.
00:20:26Thank you for the hires.
00:20:29Mr. Thorn.
00:20:32Sir.
00:20:33You had another run-in with Mr. William Birch.
00:20:36You reckon right.
00:20:37And I'll be damned if I will not lawsuit him again.
00:20:41Oh, well.
00:20:43It's the fee not yet paid for the work you've done.
00:20:46Thank you, sir.
00:20:48Mr. Thorn?
00:20:51I wonder if you might read on this letter for me.
00:20:55Come this morning messenger from Master Stockley.
00:21:05I'm sorry to be the one reading this to you, but...
00:21:08If Charles Stockley not be well and it since wrote a will,
00:21:12it says lots here that pertains to you.
00:21:17Oker, I've given your boy, Oker Jr., 14 and son of Nell,
00:21:23to my son, Nehemiah, for a set time to expire at age 21 years
00:21:28and then set free.
00:21:32Any word on my Nell?
00:21:40Not that my good eye can read.
00:21:42Just that Oker Jr. better be on his way to Barnett.
00:21:47Worry not, Oker, worry not.
00:21:51According to Stockley's will, your boy will be set free in due time.
00:22:01Go down, Moses.
00:22:05Go down, Moses.
00:22:11Go down, Moses.
00:22:12Hello, Barrel.
00:22:15Let my people go.
00:22:21Go down, Moses.
00:22:24Go down, Moses.
00:22:27Go down, Moses.
00:22:33Go down, Moses.
00:22:34Go down, Moses.
00:22:34Go down, Moses.
00:22:34Hello, Pharaoh.
00:22:38Let my people go.
00:22:56You come over to tax the horses again?
00:22:59You or any local happen to know
00:23:02where I'd find a freed colored fella named Brynnie?
00:23:07You gonna tax cattle then?
00:23:11My business not to come here for tax.
00:23:14Well, Ochre Master himself, what has he done?
00:23:18How about you take me to him, huh?
00:23:25Pa!
00:23:26I'm coming this way.
00:23:27Oh.
00:23:28Ochre Brynnie, be that you?
00:23:31What is it?
00:23:32Mainlander wants to have a word with you.
00:23:35Well, these beasts ain't for sale, they're for...
00:23:37Not here to buy your herd.
00:23:39Well, I can't be bought none either.
00:23:40I was a free man.
00:23:42I'm not here for that.
00:23:45My name is John Custis from Drummond Town.
00:23:50Mr. Brynnie, I'm here to present you with this here letter.
00:23:58Is this a reward?
00:23:59In some ways, it is.
00:24:03Just crossed my mind.
00:24:05You haven't been taught to read.
00:24:07So, uh...
00:24:08Well, it says here, uh...
00:24:10Through the local courts of Acomac County, in the year of our Lord, 1810, you are hereby exempt from paying
00:24:23taxes by reason of age and infirmity.
00:24:29What the courts have decided is, from here on out, Mr. Brynnie, you're free of all taxation.
00:24:36No more money owed on every head of your cattle.
00:24:41No taxing ownership on your property.
00:24:45Are you asking on property?
00:24:47He just has the currency.
00:24:49Why not?
00:24:51How is not paying taxes a reward?
00:25:21In the years that followed, it's uncertain who raised James from childhood.
00:25:26But according to his descendants, the boy grew up as one with the land.
00:25:31Gathering oysters, digging for clams, roaming the piney marshes of Acetig, becoming much a part of the island life.
00:26:04So, there is no more property for the island.
00:26:07The bird was allowed in the east of the island.
00:26:07It is no longer for entrust, so it is no longer required.
00:26:08We're going to go to the island and the lake.
00:26:10We're going to be Eenie-iek, from here.
00:26:16We're going to a town in the south of the island.
00:26:17And I'm going to be born someplace.
00:26:17We have a town in the old land.
00:26:18Which is a town in the west of the island.
00:26:20And with my Junior Cameroon was going to go to the island of the island.
00:26:33you know who owns that herd of ponies out yonder those ponies those ponies are owned by the pasture
00:26:43i don't quite follow you sir no man can be taxed for those ponies
00:26:50they belong to no one in title or deed
00:26:55yeah i've heard that story many times story about a herd of ponies wash ashore from a shipwreck
00:27:06you ever heard any different
00:27:09being a waterman there's a whole lot of work here for you not very much food is it worth it
00:27:23what was he saying about
00:27:27sit down james
00:27:31between the broad ocean and the soft bay people say we can't make a living at it
00:27:38but we have mint the sea and she gives up her treasures for us to use remember that james
00:27:51so
00:28:36Molasses, sugar, powder, flint.
00:28:41You have enough found cargo to cast your own voyage.
00:28:45All the advantages from the sea.
00:28:49These are the blessings of our livelihood.
00:28:55And that's for the ship I was told which brought me here.
00:29:00Reckon those were a blessing.
00:29:04You were the blessing, James.
00:29:06Whether by God's hand or from the sea.
00:29:16Where are you headed?
00:29:18To a sailor's talk about blessings from the sea.
00:29:36I don't know what I would say.
00:29:41I was faced with some craziness much worse.
00:29:41I'm sorry I forgot that I had gebeurtency with my wings.
00:29:42I spoke to radicalise demons in the sea.
00:29:42Красиво.
00:29:42I'm and I became a beauty stood in the sea.
00:29:53For me, this is the lake ofless surprises.
00:39:38Very good.
00:49:24thank you.
00:49:26You're welcome.
00:49:29And, as I cut your gaze from afar, you would have had first catch.
00:49:36Perhaps.
00:49:48Thank you for what?
00:49:52Being approached by you has allowed me to feel again.
00:50:36Okay.
00:50:54So bad.
00:51:58Is there a man of the house?
00:52:00He's done going.
00:52:03Very well.
00:52:06Would you mind if we go over and sit a spell?
00:52:09Have it your way.
00:52:20Do you have an occupation or a trade?
00:52:22Farmer.
00:52:26And the names of your six heads.
00:52:29Prop yourself up for this one.
00:52:34Rebecca, John, Timothy, Elizabeth, George, and William.
00:52:45Do you get all that?
00:52:48Yes, sir.
00:52:49Are you going to get off my property?
00:52:51Got mouths to feed.
00:52:53Yes, sir.
00:52:55Would you tell me your name and your vocation?
00:52:59Henry Savage.
00:53:00I'm a sailor.
00:53:02Name?
00:53:02Parker Daisy.
00:53:05Are you a waterman by trade?
00:53:07No, I'm a farmer.
00:53:09Where are you from?
00:53:10And your name?
00:53:11I came down from Maryland.
00:53:13My name is Andrew Stubbs.
00:53:14And your occupation?
00:53:16Sailor.
00:53:17What's your name and your occupation?
00:53:20My name, John Thornton.
00:53:22I'm a sailor.
00:53:32Another sailor, eh?
00:53:37Here's oysters.
00:53:39Be food for the poor around here.
00:53:43Horses may be eaten by the poor around here.
00:53:45Where it's taken north, they're used as luxuries by the rich.
00:53:50Well, I'm a federal officer with the government.
00:53:53I'm here working on a census.
00:53:57Name's James Lund.
00:53:58You the only one here?
00:54:01Elizabeth.
00:54:03My wife.
00:54:05How do you do?
00:54:11My daughter Comfort.
00:54:14It wasn't this big this morning.
00:54:16Delaney's around here and son John's inside asleep.
00:54:22Anymore?
00:54:24Working on it.
00:54:32As the 19th century pressed on,
00:54:34the island welcomed its first boarding house
00:54:37and in 1854 its very first post office.
00:54:43Years later,
00:54:45James Matthews carried a sack of mail
00:54:47from Horntown to Jinkatig
00:54:48and brought with him news of war.
00:54:54The first shots fired,
00:54:56echoing through the country.
00:54:58is
00:55:26a
00:55:28By the time he reached middle age, James Lund found himself listed in the 1860 census as the head of
00:55:36seven names.
00:55:37His wife, Elizabeth, bore him six children, and the assistant marshal noted James as being 49 years old, his occupation
00:55:46simply listed as oystering.
00:55:51As the new decade arrived, the island seafood industry had swollen with success.
00:56:15Yet just as mysteriously as he had appeared earlier in the century, James Lund vanished from the official records on
00:56:23August 16, 1860.
00:56:31Thank you, James.
00:56:34Fred, oysters to the shucking house.
00:56:42You're not from here.
00:56:44Jim Ed Matthews, postmaster of these parts.
00:56:47I'm from Delaware.
00:56:51Name's John Calk, your new customs collector.
00:56:53Didn't know we had a collector to see, too.
00:57:00You Yankees got designed to ruin our agriculture and our whole way of life.
00:57:05I assure you, Mr. Matthews, the offices up north that I have worked inside have no such design.
00:57:11Again, who'd you work for up north?
00:57:13Senator John Clayton.
00:57:14I was his personal secretary.
00:57:16Right, and now you just happen to be a customs collector down here, in this area.
00:57:34That fellow shouldering the fowling piece, that be John Holland, the law, around here.
00:57:41Constable.
00:57:43Haven't seen either of them walk about before.
00:57:46Neither one of them live on the island.
00:57:48And this be Richard Reynolds.
00:57:51And Randall Mason.
00:57:54And I'm Captain...
00:57:55Captain Ed Whaley.
00:57:57War of 1812 veteran.
00:58:01You're one I've heard of.
00:58:05At this time, bricks were being laid for a grand new lighthouse, set to stand 142 feet tall.
00:58:14But on April 24th, 1861, all work came to an abrupt halt when the state of Virginia, in a special
00:58:22convention, voted to secede from the Union.
00:58:25As war talk grew louder, figures evolved with varying opinions.
00:58:34The south cannot secede.
00:58:37Going with them brings our starvation.
00:58:41I fought for that old flag.
00:58:43And I'll be damned to hell if it falls before me.
00:58:47My mind is made up.
00:58:49The old flag stays.
00:58:56We are seeing signs that the Union is to be radicalized.
00:59:01And we're all going to be taking places we don't want to go.
00:59:04We are oyster men and coasting sailors.
00:59:07Not farmers like the mainlanders.
00:59:09We sell the oysters we raise in Philadelphia.
00:59:12It would be our starvation if we secede and cut ourselves off from that market.
00:59:16Don't you see?
00:59:17It's a wee bit a little in common with Virginia.
00:59:19We have interest with the state through the sale of our ponies.
00:59:24We are southern folk, Wilton.
00:59:27I'm a southern man too.
00:59:29But Lock Fox says, we have but little in common with Virginia.
00:59:32We're about to lose our property at face ruin.
00:59:40Fred, Ron, the goods we get from Philadelphia, we trade in our stores.
00:59:45You mean your store, Wilton.
00:59:47We cannot secede from the Union.
00:59:49It will bring conditions that do not permit or allow our sales to northern markets.
00:59:54We must get ourselves out under our own damn steam.
01:00:12This is my answer to whether we disunion.
01:00:33Where's Wilton?
01:00:34That Yankee flag no longer will fly under Virginia's sky.
01:00:38No, sir.
01:00:39Gentlemen, we don't want any trouble.
01:00:41That Yankee flag must come down or the terrors of war will burst over this island.
01:00:47We are oyster men and sailors and have little to do with Virginia.
01:00:51I've heard that before.
01:00:53But your isolation over here does not make your own state.
01:00:57Gentlemen.
01:00:59Chickatee did not secede from the Union.
01:01:01Wilton, you take down that flag or we'll take it down for you.
01:01:04I hoisted that flag.
01:01:05And it don't come down unless we go down with it.
01:01:08You want to die here, hmm?
01:01:11I'll turn you into a fireside story.
01:01:15You island folks seem to like those.
01:01:18Don't be sick with me, John Holland.
01:01:20Being constable on that tavern might make you big noise over in Hortown.
01:01:23But it's got little hook here.
01:01:26Easy, Wilton.
01:01:28Freckin' Constable Holland brought his pistol.
01:01:31So to keep the peace.
01:01:32Don't need iron for the Unionist thorns stuck in my flesh.
01:01:51I wrecked that flag and bell.
01:01:53As long as I have a drama powder and an ounce of lead and I'm able to use them, there
01:01:58that flag stays.
01:02:00Isn't much good if she ain't loaded.
01:02:04Nope, she still has much use.
01:02:06Enough from you all.
01:02:16You watermen!
01:02:17You haven't felt the sting of war yet.
01:02:20But you soon will.
01:02:27Is Holland known to be a violent man?
01:02:31You don't seem the type to forgive and forget.
01:02:34Not long after sailing out of Philadelphia with a bill of traded goods, a revenue cutter seized all their purchases,
01:02:43claiming them to be contraband of war.
01:02:49Since Virginia seceded, I cannot trade with northern markets.
01:02:57All my goods have been seized in Philadelphia.
01:03:20The vote before you is very simple.
01:03:23Do you reject the ordinance of secession or are you in favor of the ordinance of secession?
01:03:31One by one, cast your vote here.
01:03:35What talk means here is vote yes to this Union and leave with Virginia.
01:03:41Or vote no to stay, staying with the old flag.
01:03:46Your name, please, sir?
01:03:49Captain Edwin Whaley.
01:03:50No.
01:03:52Very well.
01:03:53Make your mark.
01:03:58Step forward, please.
01:04:00Richard Reynolds.
01:04:02No.
01:04:03Very well.
01:04:09Step forward, please, sir.
01:04:11Your name?
01:04:12Ben Scott.
01:04:13No.
01:04:14Very well.
01:04:22Don't be shy, sir.
01:04:23Please step up.
01:04:24Joseph Hill.
01:04:25Do you choose this Union?
01:04:27Very well.
01:04:33Please, sir, step forward.
01:04:35Your name is Birch.
01:04:36No.
01:04:37Very well.
01:04:38Make your mark.
01:04:45Your name?
01:04:46Parker Badden.
01:04:47No.
01:04:49Very well.
01:04:54Your name, sir?
01:04:55Bill Thornton.
01:04:56No.
01:04:57Please, make your mark here.
01:05:02And so it became increasingly clear the ordinance of secession handed down by the state of Virginia
01:05:08would not pass on this island.
01:05:11Here's the vote, John.
01:05:13Lucky.
01:05:16John Whelton took the vote to Philadelphia, meeting with Mayor Henry.
01:05:20There, he made a bold statement.
01:05:24The 110-foot flagpole flying above Jinkatig would never hoist any flag but the stars and stripes.
01:05:31Showing the mayor the official vote, Whelton received a rare concession, non-binding permission
01:05:37to reclaim his confiscated goods, and bring back more materials, but just once.
01:05:50Well, he's got the goods back.
01:05:53Just met with the mayor.
01:06:06And so the pro-southerners were increasingly cavalier in the Jinkatig Bay as they commenced
01:06:13gun-running and stockpiling arms.
01:06:37John Kulk was sure to report all the gun-running on the bay to enable authorities.
01:06:47Randall Mason, too, recorded his own report about Kulk's activities.
01:07:11Randal Mason, too, recorded his own report about Kulk's activities.
01:07:39Oh, we got no quarrel with you.
01:07:41We just want cough.
01:07:42Enough, all of you!
01:07:45There will be no bloodshed before us on a Sunday.
01:08:16We'll go.
01:08:17Work well now, aren't you a fine-blessed?
01:08:19Get out of your way right now!
01:08:21Get out of your way right now!
01:08:23Get down! Get in here!
01:08:58It's not lost on me a dozen authors rate my demise.
01:09:02Giving up your post?
01:09:06Time to move the matchstick away from the flame and flee northward.
01:09:13I'll stop in Snow Hill a short time and pen a letter to authorities.
01:09:17Be sure to report the loyal men here so it can be depended on them.
01:09:25Much gratitude, Wheaton.
01:09:29My mind has been changed.
01:09:31Not all new folks that come here are to be disliked.
01:09:39John, you keep old Glory flying.
01:10:07Let's go.
01:10:07Let's go.
01:10:08Let's go.
01:10:09Let's go.
01:10:19Let's go.
01:10:20Let's go.
01:10:21You're getting powder over there.
01:10:22Hurry.
01:10:22All right.
01:10:52Why, them damn lackeys.
01:11:02It's the Bonnie Boo.
01:11:04The Bonnie who?
01:11:05It's a Confederate boner.
01:11:07They coming this way?
01:11:08They're not attacking it. Not now.
01:11:11But they're fixing that schooner for a fight.
01:11:16To H.S. Stellwagen, Commander, U.S. Navy.
01:11:20Sir.
01:11:22I have been driven from the eastern shore of Virginia by threats, violence, and attempts at assassination against me by
01:11:30secessionists.
01:11:31They are arming and drilling, and boast that from their knowledge of the country, they can bid defiance to an
01:11:38army of 5,000 men.
01:11:40My list of disaffected persons.
01:11:44The Fletcher family.
01:11:46Including Spencer, captain of the Virginia Infantry Company E.
01:11:50Right shoulder, hip, arms.
01:11:53That's pleasure.
01:11:54Word, plan.
01:11:55John Holland, formerly a tavern keeper, now constable and ringleader in putting out the Jinkateague light.
01:12:05Holland is very violent.
01:12:07He was assisted by ex-postmaster Jim Matthews and Dr. Parker.
01:12:15On Jinkateague, Randall Mason is a bad man and is very active in giving information to secessionists.
01:12:23Fred Lewis on Jinkateague is also very violent.
01:12:28These men should be made examples of.
01:12:33A gunboat in Jinkateague Inlet would prevent smuggling, prevent violent incursions into that island in Assateague, and secure the lighting
01:12:44of the lighthouse.
01:12:45The light is of great importance, and the shoal is very dangerous.
01:12:50Please put this in the way of being acted on speedily.
01:12:54Very respectfully, your obedient servant, John Calk.
01:13:00We kill him.
01:13:01Our 39th Virginia is ready and we'll shoot him to bits.
01:13:06Left, face, forward, march!
01:13:27The gunboat's on its way!
01:13:36You the Virginia Island Unionist?
01:13:38We are.
01:13:40Which among you knows these Inlet Shoals can guide the gunboat in?
01:13:44It's a good start.
01:13:53John Wilton.
01:13:54Mr. Wilton, I've heard about you.
01:13:56I'm Lieutenant Murray.
01:13:58Pleasure to have you here.
01:14:15Cheers.
01:14:21Right, whiskey?
01:14:23Sure, my sailors and I would be worried about anything on this island.
01:14:28Well, you folks have malaria.
01:14:30I'll have my surgeons see to them.
01:14:32How about southern sympathizers?
01:14:37Well, generally speaking, Mr. Wilton, I know your position on the island, but you have no one to worry about
01:14:42here on the island, Lieutenant Murray.
01:14:44But maybe two.
01:14:50Come on back!
01:14:51Yeah, come on back, bud!
01:14:53Do you know who that man was that took a shot at my sailors?
01:14:57That'd be James Parker on Wishart Point.
01:14:59One of many you should be mindful of, before detailing your men over yonder.
01:15:03A belligerent mission, that was not.
01:15:05Come on back, bud!
01:15:07Simple orders to go over and get poultry and eggs.
01:15:10Well, it appears they're all out of poultry and eggs.
01:15:15That I will not tolerate, my men being fired at.
01:15:22This morning at 9 o'clock, we had a sharp conflict with the enemy.
01:15:27Master Furnace, a word.
01:15:31Those southern agitators firing those shots yesterday, that just digs in my craw.
01:15:35Sir?
01:15:37I'm dispatching you with two boats.
01:15:39You could go over there and take that schooner.
01:15:43You'd be an outfitter right now into a privateer.
01:15:45And has cannon.
01:15:47It'll be a small task.
01:15:49Just a few southern sympathizers over there.
01:15:52Yeah, the small arms below deck.
01:15:55And orders once we board the ship?
01:15:57Take.
01:15:58Or destroyer.
01:16:00I'll take the steamer in as far as the draft will allow.
01:16:04Yes, sir.
01:16:07Footless boats, boys!
01:16:09Sailors, look at those gangplanes.
01:16:11There'll no doubt be needed.
01:16:12How many sailors do you count?
01:16:14Sir, we have 23 men.
01:16:15Good.
01:16:1623 is fine.
01:16:18Men, support will come from the steamer.
01:16:21I'll take her in as far as the draft will allow.
01:16:26Let's make quick work of it.
01:16:36Fortunately, I'd gone in with the steamer at the same time, it being high tide.
01:16:41I was unable to cover the return of the party.
01:16:44Take them arms, Ben!
01:16:46We're about to get Lazy out here!
01:16:53I've been waiting to put you in the ground!
01:16:56Don't wait for me!
01:16:58Make ready and fire at will!
01:17:13Don't you break your fire on the private air!
01:17:19Fire!
01:17:23D-Loo!
01:17:24Fire on the private air!
01:17:26Come on, guys!
01:17:29All told, a 300-strong attempted to cut off two boats from this vessel and 23 men.
01:17:38That's another rifle!
01:17:40That's another rifle!
01:17:43One more line, right here!
01:17:48Get out of the ship! Get the gangplanes!
01:18:05Reload! Hold the line!
01:18:16Get over, lads! Get over!
01:18:24The boats, after passing through a terrible fire, finally reached the schooner.
01:18:34Keep the ground! She's stuck in the mud!
01:18:36Finding her ground made her breast work over and opened a deadly fire.
01:18:41Find what you can and swim her breast work to the dick!
01:18:48Go!
01:18:54This is the map!
01:18:58He's locked!
01:19:04We're locked!
01:19:04We're locked!
01:19:04Reload!
01:19:05Reload!
01:19:06Reload! Reload!
01:19:06Reload! Reload!
01:19:07Reload!
01:19:13Reload!
01:19:24with the assistance of a few shots from our long-range gun drove the enemy back to a distant
01:19:30cover with loss and the boats after firing the schooner returned without further molestation
01:19:45acting master furnace estimates the loss of the rebels of at least eight and killed and wounded
01:19:51as he saw that number carried off our loss is one seriously wounded acting master hooker
01:19:57and three very slightly i have nothing but praises to bestow on those engaged in the boats for their
01:20:04coolness and intrepidity on the sale by such overwhelming odds they were yet some 300
01:20:10yards from the schooner when fired upon but they preferred pushing on and returning through it
01:20:17rather than fail in accomplishing their objective i have the honor to be very respectfully your
01:20:24obedient servant a murray lieutenant commanding the vital right to trade oysters still eluded the
01:20:33watermen as no license to operate a boat catch oysters and ship north could be granted
01:20:40an oath of allegiance to the union was necessary raise your right hand repeat after me
01:20:51we do solemnly swear or affirm we do solemnly swear or affirm that we will bear true allegiance that we
01:20:58will bear true allegiance to the united states of america to the united states of america and we will
01:21:05obey the laws and we will obey the laws and support the constitution and support the constitution so help us
01:21:12God. So help us God.
01:21:19Included on that list was Randall Mason. Whether he was swayed by
01:21:24Wheaton or driven by the economic pressures of the oyster trade
01:21:28remains uncertain. By year's end,
01:21:31the gunboat left the inlet. Its services
01:21:35needed elsewhere. For the loyal islanders,
01:21:39the conflict raged on throughout the war. Yet despite their trials,
01:21:44no greater clash ever followed that fateful encounter
01:21:48with the Virginia militia.
01:21:53John Kalk eventually returned
01:21:56to Jinkatig and by 1866 had built a home
01:22:00on Main Street which doubled as the customs house for the ever-growing
01:22:04seafood industry.
01:22:17Jinkatig continued to swell
01:22:19with new and familiar faces.
01:22:21Jim Ed Matthews,
01:22:23the foremost southerner, moved
01:22:25his family to the island.
01:22:27And with this genial
01:22:29personality, Jim Ed
01:22:31was readily accepted by his new
01:22:33neighbors, including
01:22:34John Wheaton.
01:22:43Sometimes, as I hear the waves
01:22:45pounding upon the shore of the island,
01:22:47I think perhaps the sea
01:22:49will someday claim
01:22:50Jinkatig as its own.
01:22:53But when the sky is fair
01:22:55and the sun shimmers upon
01:22:57the glassy water and
01:22:58the soft haze of a summer's day
01:23:00hangs upon the green marsh and forests,
01:23:03I think of the ocean as the island's lover.
01:23:06And this I know full well in days to come
01:23:10when I am far from the little island
01:23:12and going to wish mightily hard
01:23:14that I was back on the porch
01:23:16talking of ships and storms
01:23:19and wrecks and spinning yarns of the sea.
01:23:22The wonderful, terrible, beautiful sea
01:23:25that gives life and death
01:23:27impartially to the people
01:23:29of fair Jinkatig.
01:23:37The reward for their alliance
01:23:39with the Union
01:23:40was the quick completion
01:23:41of the lighthouse.
01:23:42And on the evening
01:23:43of October 1st, 1867,
01:23:47a bright beam
01:23:48pierced the night's blackness
01:23:49and was visible
01:23:50for 19 miles out to sea.
01:23:53And that light still shines
01:23:56upon Jinkatig
01:23:57to this day.
01:24:40And that light still shines
01:24:40through our shining and is not
01:24:40the light still солнalta
01:24:40through the love of mind.
01:24:40And for a very beautiful way
01:24:42and very beautiful eye
01:24:42and the light also shines
01:24:43for the strength."
01:24:43And the light still enhances
01:24:43And the light still shines
01:24:43towards the sea.
01:24:44And the light still shines
01:24:50in the name of the wind
01:24:51But, let me know
01:24:52how to be on the Dharma
01:24:52and the world
01:24:53is to go
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