Qualla: Formosa Expedition https://qualla.com/formosa-expedition en-us © 2026 Bendyline Thu, 23 Jul 2026 20:34:18 GMT Qualla serial false Qualla support@bendyline.com yes https://qualla.com/_res/siteimages/rsslogo.png Qualla: Formosa Expedition https://qualla.com/formosa-expedition Formosa Expedition: Introduction https://qualla.com/formosa-expedition/ On the morning of 13 June 1867, two American warships anchored half a mile off the southeastern coast of Taiwan and began putting men ashore. There were 181 of them — officers, sailors, and Marines — dressed in heavy wool uniforms designed for the cold North Atlantic, not a tropical jungle in summer. Their orders were to march to a Paiwan village, defeat its defenders, and capture it. They had no reliable maps. The Paiwan, who had lived in these hills for generations, were watching from the trees.

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]]> Sat, 13 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/w/e/v/v/formosa-expedition-wp/wevv-formosa-expedition-intro.mp3 0:06 1 full Formosa Expedition: The Wreck That Started It https://qualla.com/formosa-expedition/ Three months earlier, on 12 March 1867, the American merchant vessel Rover was sailing off Cape Eluanbi — the southernmost point of Taiwan — when it struck an uncharted reef and foundered. The crew made it to shore. There, Paiwan warriors killed fourteen of them — including the c...

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]]> Sat, 13 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/w/e/v/v/formosa-expedition-wp/wevv-formosa-expedition-the-wreck-that-started-it.mp3 0:06 2 full Formosa Expedition: Six Hours in the Jungle https://qualla.com/formosa-expedition/ The landing party split into two columns commanded by George E. Belknap and Alexander Slidell MacKenzie. Twenty Marines fanned out as skirmishers at the front. Their objective was the Paiwan village; their route lay through dense subtropical jungle in midsummer heat. After nearl...

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]]> Sat, 13 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/w/e/v/v/formosa-expedition-wp/wevv-formosa-expedition-six-hours-in-the-jungle.mp3 0:06 3 full Formosa Expedition: What the Americans Found — and Didn't https://qualla.com/formosa-expedition/ When the landing party reached the shore and reboarded, they had failed on every measure they had set for themselves. They had not captured the village. They had not defeated the Paiwan decisively. They had lost their second-in-command. Paiwan casualties, if any, were invisible: ...

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]]> Sat, 13 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/w/e/v/v/formosa-expedition-wp/wevv-formosa-expedition-what-the-americans-found-and-didnt.mp3 0:06 4 full Formosa Expedition: A Longer Reckoning https://qualla.com/formosa-expedition/ The aftermath of the expedition stretched across years. Charles Le Gendre eventually negotiated a Memorandum of Understanding with Paiwan chief Tok-a-Tok, who agreed to guarantee safe passage for shipwrecked sailors across Paiwan territory — a recognition, however informal, of th...

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