(Sterret incident, 1799.)
1799. Third lieut. Andrew Sterret, of the U.S. frigate Constellation, wrote to his brother, Feb. 14: “We would put a man to death for even looking pale on this ship.”—The Aurora, Phila., March 13.
1799. Mr. Sterrett has manifested his hatred to pale faces.—Id., March 15.
1799. A correspondent requests you will have the charity to publish immediately a list of all the shops in the U.S., where the best rouge is sold, in order that every pale-faced subject may purchase a quantity, to give their cheeks a courageous appearance, lest any person looking pale might be run through the body on land, as it was at sea lately for the heinous crime of being pale-faced.—Id., March 16.
1799. It seems that the lieutenant did run a man through the body for that cause.—Id., April 9.
