John S. C. Abbott.
Fair Haven Conn
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| CHAPTER I. Origin of the Buccaneers. | |
| Renown of Captain Kidd.—Wild Legends.—Demands of Spain.—Oppositionof the Maritime Powers.—The Rise of theBuccaneers.—The Pirates’ Code.—Remonstrance of Spain.—Replyof France and England.—Confession of a Buccaneer.—Adventuresof Peter the Great. | [9] |
| CHAPTER II. William Kidd becomes a Pirate. | |
| Ravages of the Pirates.—The King’s Interview with Earl Bellomont.—WilliamKidd, the New-York Merchant.—His Commission.—Sailingof the Adventure.—Recruiting in NewYork.—Circuitous Trip to Madagascar.—Perils and Sufferings.—Madagascarthe Pirates’ Home.—Murmurings of theCrew.—Kidd reluctantly turns Pirate.—His Repulses, andhis Captures. | [29] |
| CHAPTER III. Piratic Adventures. | |
| Audacity of Kidd.—Fate of the November.—Kidd kills WilliamMoore.—The Renowned Ballad.—Kidd’s Compunctions.—Kiddat Madagascar.—Piratic Carousals.—The ArtificialHell.—Kidd’s Return to the West Indies.—ExaggeratedReports of Avery.—His wretched Career and wretchedEnd. | [51] |
| CHAPTER IV. Arrest, Trial, and Condemnation of Kidd. | |
| Appalling Tidings.—Trip to Curacoa.—Disposal of the QuedaghMerchant.—Purchase of the Antonio.—Trembling Approachtoward New York.—Measures for the Arrest of Kidd.—Heenters Delaware Bay.—Touches at Oyster Bay and BlockIsland.—Communications with the Government.—Sails forBoston.—His Arrest.—Long Delays.—Public Rumors.—HisTrial and Condemnation. | [75] |
| CHAPTER V. Kidd, and Stede Bonnet. | |
| The Guilt of Kidd.—Rumors of Buried Treasure.—MesmericRevelation.—Adventures of Bradish.—Strange Character ofMajor Bonnet.—His Piracies.—Encounters.—Indicationsof Insanity.—No Temptation to Turn Pirate.—Blackbeard.—BonnetDeposed. | [98] |
| CHAPTER VI. The Adventures of Edward Teach, or Blackbeard. | |
| Seizure of the Protestant Cæsar.—The Piratic Squadron.—Villanyof the Buccaneers.—The Atrocities of Blackbeard.—IllustrativeAnecdotes.—Carousals on Shore.—Alleged Complicitywith the Governor.—Hiding-place near OcracokeInlet.—Arrangements for his Capture.—Boats sent from twoMen-of-War.—Bloody Battle.—The Death of the Pirate.—HisDesperate and Demoniac Character. | [110] |
| CHAPTER VII. The Close of Stede Bonnet’s Career. | |
| Bonnet’s Abandonment by Blackbeard.—Avails Himself of theKing’s Pardon.—Takes Commission as a Privateer.—RescuesBlackbeard’s Pirates.—Piratic Career.—Enters CapeFear River for Repairs.—Captured by Colonel Rhet.—TheConflict.—Escapes from Prison.—The Pursuit, and Trialand Sentence. | [125] |
| CHAPTER VIII. The Portuguese Barthelemy. | |
| Commencement of his Career.—Bold Capture.—Brutality of thePirates.—Reverses and Captivity.—Barthelemy doomed toDie.—His Escape.—Sufferings in the Forest.—Reaches GulfTriste.—Hardening Effect of his Misfortunes.—His newPiratic Enterprise.—Wonderful Success.—The Tornado.—Impoverishmentand Ruin. | [139] |
| CHAPTER IX. Francis Lolonois. | |
| Early Life of Lolonois.—His Desperate Character.—Joins theBuccaneers.—His Fiend-like Cruelty.—The DesperadoesRally around Him.—Equips a Fleet.—Captures Rich Prizes.—Plansthe Sack of Maracaibo.—The Adventurous Voyage.—Descriptionof Venezuela.—Atrocities at Maracaibo andGibraltar.—Doom of the Victors. | [151] |
| CHAPTER X. The Plunder; the Carousal; and the New Enterprise. | |
| Gibraltar in Ashes.—The Return to Maracaibo.—Division of thePlunder.—Peculiar Scene.—Reception of the Pirates at Tortuga.—Fiend-likeCarousal.—The Pirates Reduced to Beggary.—Lolonois’sNew Enterprise.—The “Furious Calm.”—Daysof Disaster.—Ravaging the Coast.—Capture of SanPedro. | [170] |
| CHAPTER XI. The End of Lolonois’s Career. | |
| The Pirates’ Perfidy.—Capture of a Spanish Ship.—Misery of thePirates.—Desertion of Vauclin.—The Shipwreck.—Life uponthe Island.—Expedition to Nicaragua.—Its utter Failure.—Ferocityof the Indians.—Exploring the River.—The Retreat.—Coastingto Darien.—Capture and Death of Lolonois.—Fateof the Remnants. | [186] |
| CHAPTER XII. The Female Pirate, Mary Read. | |
| Testimony of Charles Johnson.—Marriage of Mary Read’sMother.—Singular Adventure.—Reasons for Disguising herDaughter.—Early Training of Mary as a Boy.—She Enlistson board a Man-of-War.—The Character she Developed.—Entersthe Army.—Skill and Bravery.—Falls in Love witha Fleming.—Reveals her Sex.—The Marriage.—HappyDays.—Death of her Husband.—Adversity.—Resumes MaleAttire. | [201] |
| CHAPTER XIII. Anne Bonny, the Female Pirate. | |
| Rackam the Pirate.—Anne Bonny his Wife.—Her Reasons forAssuming a Boy’s Dress.—Infamous Character of Rackam.—Annefalls in Love with Mary.—Curious Complications.—TheDuel.—Chivalry of Frank.—The Capture.—The Trial.—Testimonyof the Artist.—Death of Mary Read.—RackamDies on the Scaffold. | [214] |
| CHAPTER XIV. Sir Henry Morgan. | |
| His Origin.—Goes to the West Indies.—Joins the Buccaneers.—MeetsMansvelt the Pirate.—Conquest of St. Catharine.—PiraticColony there.—Ravaging the Coast of Costa Rica.—Sympathyof the Governor of Jamaica.—Death of Mansvelt.—Expeditionof Don John.—The Island Recaptured bythe Spaniards.—Plans of Morgan.—His Fleet.—The Sackof Puerto Principe.—Horrible Atrocities.—Retreat of thePirates.—The Duel.—They Sail for Puerto Velo.—Conquestof the City.—Heroism of the Governor. | [225] |
| CHAPTER XV. The Capture of Puerto Velo, and its Results. | |
| The Torture.—Sickness and Misery.—Measures of the Governorof Panama.—The Ambuscade.—Awful Defeat of the Spaniards.—Ferocityof the Pirates.—Strange Correspondence.—Exchangeof Courtesies.—Return to Cuba, and Divisionof the Spoil.—Wild Orgies at Jamaica.—Complicity of theBritish Government with the Pirates.—The New Enterprise.—Arrivalof the Oxford.—Destruction of the Cerf Volant.—Rendezvousat Samona. | [246] |
| CHAPTER XVI. The Expedition to Maracaibo. | |
| The Delay at Ocoa.—Hunting Excursions.—The Repulse.—Citiesof Venezuela.—The Plan of Morgan.—Suggestions ofPierre Picard.—Sailing of the Expedition.—They Touchat Oruba.—Traverse Venezuela.—Enter Lake Maracaibo.—Captureof the Fort.—The City Abandoned.—Atrocities ofthe Pirates. | [260] |
| CHAPTER XVII. Adventures on the Shores of Lake Maracaibo. | |
| Preparations for the Defence of Gibraltar.—The Hidden Ships.—TheHiding-place of the Governor and the Women.—Disasterand Failure.—Capture of the Spanish Ships.—The RetreatCommenced.—Peril of the Pirates.—Singular Correspondence.—Strengthof the Spanish Armament.—ThePublic Conference of the Pirates.—The Naval Battle.—TheFire-Ship.—Wonderful Achievement of the Pirates. | [273] |
| CHAPTER XVIII. A New Expedition Planned. | |
| The Threat to Espinosa.—Adroit Stratagem.—Wonderful Escape.—TheStorm.—Revelry at Jamaica.—History of Hispaniola.—Planof a New Expedition.—The Foraging Ships.—Morgan’sAdministrative Energies.—Return of the Foragers.—Rendezvousat Cape Tiburon.—Magnitude and Armamentof the Fleet.—Preparations to Sail. | [290] |
| CHAPTER XIX. Capture of St. Catherine and Chagres. | |
| The Defences at St. Catherine.—Morgan’s Strategy.—The MidnightStorm.—Deplorable Condition of the Pirates.—TheSummons to Surrender.—Disgraceful Conduct of the SpanishCommander.—The Advance to Chagres.—Incidents of theBattle.—The Unexpected Victory.—Measures of Morgan. | [305] |
| CHAPTER XX. The March from Chagres to Panama. | |
| Preparations to Ascend the River.—Crowding of the Boats.—TheBivouac at Bracos.—Sufferings from Hunger.—The PathlessRoute.—The Boats Abandoned.—Light Canoes Employed.—AbandonedAmbuscades.—Painful Marches, Day by Day.—TheFeast on Leathern Bags.—Murmurs and Contentions.—TheIndians Encountered.—Struggling through theForest.—The Conflagration at Santa Cruz.—Battle andSkirmishes.—First Sight of Panama.—Descent into thePlain.—Feasting. | [319] |
| CHAPTER XXI. The Capture of Panama. | |
| First Sight of the City.—The Spanish Scouts Appear.—Morgan’sAdvance.—Character of the Country.—Fears of the Spaniards.—Removalof Treasure.—Capture of the City.—ThePoisoned Wine.—Magnificent Scenery of the Bay.—Descriptionof Panama and its Surroundings.—Wealth of the City.—Scenesof Crime and Cruelty. | [335] |
| CHAPTER XXII. The Return from Panama. | |
| Return of the Explorers.—The Beautiful Captive.—Sympathyin her behalf.—Embarrassments of Morgan.—InflexibleVirtue of the Captive.—The Conspiracy.—Efficiency ofMorgan.—His Obduracy.—The Search of the Pirates.—TheReturn March.—Morgan Cheats the Pirates.—RunsAway. | [349] |
| CHAPTER XXIII. Montbar the Fanatic. | |
| Partial Solution of a Mystery.—Montbar’s Birth.—His Educationand Delusions.—Anecdote of the Dramatic Performance.—MontbarRuns Away from Home.—Enters the Navy.—HisFerocious Exploits.—Joins the Buccaneers.—Desperate Battleson the Land and on the Sea.—His Final Disappearance. | [360] |
Captain Kidd.