"Captain Fitz Roy siezed on a party of natives, as hostages for the loss of a boat, which had been stolen, to the great jepardy of a party employed on the survey; and some of these natives, as well as a child whom he bought for a peal-button, he took with him to England." Charles Darwin, Voyage of the Beagle
Underline is mine for emphasis. This is the story of Jemmy Button. Keeping-it-classy Fitzroy buys a kid for a button.
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Netted birds at Nescopeck State Park or tried to - nets were completely frozen shut for most of the morning.
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