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named eleazar. they were the first dark skinned men the japanese had seen and they wanted to touch their skin. the interpreter from the japanese side was moriyama einosuke , who would later serve during the perry expedition . [ ] the japanese refused payment for provisions and gave the ship water, sacks
of rice, two sacks of wheat, a box of flour, sacks of sweet potatoes, fowl, two cords of wood, radishes and pounds of tea, and a set of lacquer bowls for the captain, together with a letter from the shogun. they thanked the manhattan's crew for returning the shipwrecked sailors and told them to never...
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