Chapter III [Morgan and His Road to Fame] 39
Bravery of Spaniards. Attitude of the buccaneers. Early life of Morgan. The truth about Morgan. Queer character of Morgan. Treatment of prisoners. Buccaneers and Indians. Port Royal, the lair of the buccaneers. Attack on Old Providence. Morgan’s first raids. Morgan’s attack on Puerto Príncipe. The buccaneers in Cuba. Morgan prepares to attack Porto Bello. The Gold Road. Capture of Porto Bello. Morgan’s brutality. An exchange of pleasantries.
Chapter IV [The Sacking of Maracaibo] 64
Morgan gathers a great fleet. Morgan’s treachery. Morgan’s narrow escape from destruction. Tortures and butcheries. Morgan is blockaded. The buccaneers defeat the Spanish fleet. Morgan’s ruse. The buccaneers escape from Maracaibo. [[iv]]
Chapter V [The Taking of San Lorenzo] 81
Morgan’s greatest undertaking. The buccaneers’ greatest fleet. The capture of St. Catherine. The governor’s treachery. The buccaneers sail for the Chagres. Attack on San Lorenzo. The battle. How accident won the day. Valiant Spaniards. Capture of the castle. The buccaneers start for Panama. Hardships of the journey. In sight of Panama.
Chapter VI [The Sack of Panama] 100
The Jolly Roger. Buccaneers’ standards. How the buccaneers dressed. The battle before Old Panama. The buccaneers take the city. Morgan’s fury. Burning of Panama. Looting and torturing. Morgan’s vengeance. Morgan demands ransoms. Morgan’s gallantry. The return to the coast. Division of booty. Morgan deserts his men.
Chapter VII [The Misfortunes of Monsieur Ogeron] 119
The golden altar of San José. Arrest of Morgan. Morgan knighted. The ex-buccaneer suppresses piracy. The end of Sir Henry Morgan. Ogeron sails for Curaçao. The buccaneers come to grief. How Ogeron escaped. Ogeron returns to Puerto Rico. Defeat of the buccaneers. Le Sieur Maintenon and his misfortunes. Odd characters among the buccaneers. The buccaneer poet. A buccaneer naturalist. The divinity student who was a buccaneer. Ringrose the navigator.