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The Cayuga was an American ship, known to be in operation in the 1840s. It was once commanded by a Captain Bissell who took it from Mazatlan, Mexico to the Sandwich Islands in the early 1840s.

Sources:

• Homans, Benjamin. Army and Navy Chronicle, vol 12:1. http://books.google.ca/books?id=G3BMAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA294&lpg=PA294&dq=brig+cayug a&source=bl&ots=vL2WukTtfH&sig=X4E0VyuDAbw_5v0IANvLqXg2pf4&hl=en&sa=X&ei= 93GpUdzmHaHuigKcrIDQCg&ved=0CEUQ6AEwBQ#v=onepage&q=brig%20cayuga&f=false .
• Ross, Sir James Clark. A Voyage of Discovery and Research in the Southern and Antarctic Regions, During the Years 1839-43. London: John Murray, Albermarle Street, 1847. http://books.google.ca/books?id=QDsNAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA353&lpg=PA353&dq=captain+biss ell+cayuga&source=bl&ots=2vCmw-1dhG&sig=qnqVG9S9gKjjC1N- G07sztPs68Y&hl=en&sa=X&ei=CHOpUb7QEcH9igL1moDICQ&ved=0CDgQ6AEwAg#v=on epage&q=captain%20bissell%20cayuga&f=false.