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- # Section from "Deposition"
## Overview
This section is a component of the larger [Deposition](arke:01KG8AK2X98NP6GCAH9WKGSRC6) section, extracted from the digital text file [the_piazza_tales.txt](arke:01KG89J1F4D8P9BBX9AMGZ7TX7). It spans lines 5028 to 5124 of the source file and was extracted on January 30, 2026.
## Context
This section is part of the [Melville Complete Works](arke:01KG89HMDZKNY753EZE1CJ8HZW) collection. It follows an [Introduction](arke:01KG8AKJ2EJZX6HF19XMXB3DQQ) within the "Deposition" and is succeeded by a section labeled "[***](arke:01KG8AKJ2KFF8YQEZ9ATHFS1V1)". The content details events related to a mutiny and subsequent actions aboard a ship, as recounted by a deponent.
## Contents
The section describes the violent events following the death of Don Alexandro, including the drowning of Don Alonzo Sidonia and the murder of several other individuals, such as Don Francisco Masa, José Mozairi, Lorenzo Bargas, Ponce, Juan Robles, Manuel Viscaya, and Roderigo Hurta. It recounts the discovery of a skeleton replacing the ship's figurehead, identified by the negro Babo as a warning. The text also details an agreement between the deponent and the negroes to sail to Senegal, with the deponent formally transferring the ship and cargo. Further events include the destruction of most of the ship's boats and the killing of the mate, Raneds, due to suspicion during a calm, which left the deponent as the sole navigator. The section concludes with the arrival at the island of Santa Maria, where the ship encounters the American ship, Bachelor’s Delight, commanded by Captain Amasa Delano.
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