In 1718 this Carolina pirate commanded a sloop which acted as tender to Captain Vane. When at Sullivan Island, Carolina, Yeates, finding himself master of a fine sloop armed with several guns and a crew of fifteen men, and with a valuable cargo of slaves aboard, slipped his anchor in the middle of the night and sailed away.
Yeates thought highly of himself as a pirate and had long resented the way Vane treated him as a subordinate, and was glad to get a chance of sailing on his own account. Yeates, having escaped, came to North Edisto River, some ten leagues off Charleston. There, sending hurried word to the Governor to ask for the Royal pardon, he surrendered himself, his crew, and two negro slaves. Yeates was pardoned, and his negroes were returned to Captain Thurston, from whom they had been stolen.
ZEKERMAN, Andrew.
A Dutch pirate, one of Peter M'Kinlie's gang, who murdered Captain Glass and his family on board a ship sailing from the Canary Islands to England. Zekerman was the most brutal of the whole crew of mutineers.
He was hanged in chains near Dublin on December 19th, 1765.
SOME FAMOUS PIRATE SHIPS, WITH THEIR CAPTAINS
| Black Joke | Captain | de Soto. |
| Bravo | " | Power. |
| Flying Horse | " | Rhoade. |
| Fortune | " | Bartholomew Roberts. |
| Royal Fortune | " | Bartholomew Roberts. |
| Good Fortune | " | Bartholomew Roberts. |
| Batchelor's Delight | " | Dampier. |
| Delight | " | Spriggs. |
| Flying King | " | Sample. |
| Night Rambler | " | Cooper. |
| Cour Valant | " | La Vivon. |
| Most Holy Trinity | " | Bartholomew Sharp. |
| Flying Dragon | " | Condent. |
| Sudden Death | " | Derdrake. |
| Scowerer | " | Evans. |
| Queen Ann's Revenge | " | Teach. |
| Happy Delivery | " | Lowther. |
| Snap Dragon | " | Goldsmith. |
| Revenge | Captains | Cowley, Bonnet, Gow, Phillips, and others. |
| Bonne Homme Richard | Captain | Paul Jones. |
| Blessing | " | Brown. |
| New York Revenge's Revenge | " | Cole. |
| Mayflower | " | Cox. |
| Childhood | " | Caraccioli. |
| Liberty | " | Tew. |
Transcriber's notes:
Despite consuming (I suspect) large amounts of rum while writing this, the author saved none of it for me. I, therefore, refuse to correct any of his mistakes.