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The copra trade attracted fortune-seekers of all kinds.  The notorious Bully Hayes, shown in this photo, set up his own trading network in the eastern Carolines during the early 1870s.  Known for his mischief, Hayes made the round of the islands, cheating here and stealing there.
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(Hezel, SJ and Berg, Winds of Change)