: Captain William Kidd and Others of the Buccaneers by Abbott John S C John Stevens Cabot - Pirates; Buccaneers; Kidd William -1701

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Renown of Captain Kidd.--Wild Legends.--Demands of Spain.--Opposition of the Maritime Powers.--The Rise of the Buccaneers.--The Pirates' Code.--Remonstrance of Spain.--Reply of France and England.--Confession of a Buccaneer.--Adventures of Peter the Great. 9

Ravages of the Pirates.--The King's Interview with Earl Bellomont.--William Kidd, the New-York Merchant.--His Commission.--Sailing of the Adventure.--Recruiting in New York.--Circuitous Trip to Madagascar.--Perils and Sufferings.--Madagascar the Pirates' Home.--Murmurings of the Crew.--Kidd reluctantly turns Pirate.--His Repulses, and his Captures. 29

Audacity of Kidd.--Fate of the November.--Kidd kills William Moore.--The Renowned Ballad.--Kidd's Compunctions.--Kidd at Madagascar.--Piratic Carousals.--The Artificial Hell.--Kidd's Return to the West Indies.--Exaggerated Reports of Avery.--His wretched Career and wretched End. 51

Appalling Tidings.--Trip to Curacoa.--Disposal of the Quedagh Merchant.--Purchase of the Antonio.--Trembling Approach toward New York.--Measures for the Arrest of Kidd.--He enters Delaware Bay.--Touches at Oyster Bay and Block Island.--Communications with the Government.--Sails for Boston.--His Arrest.--Long Delays.--Public Rumors.--His Trial and Condemnation. 75

The Guilt of Kidd.--Rumors of Buried Treasure.--Mesmeric Revelation.--Adventures of Bradish.--Strange Character of Major Bonnet.--His Piracies.--Encounters.--Indications of Insanity.--No Temptation to Turn Pirate.--Blackbeard.--Bonnet Deposed. 98

Seizure of the Protestant Caesar.--The Piratic Squadron.--Villany of the Buccaneers.--The Atrocities of Blackbeard.--Illustrative Anecdotes.--Carousals on Shore.--Alleged Complicity with the Governor.--Hiding-place near Ocracoke Inlet.--Arrangements for his Capture.--Boats sent from two Men-of-War.--Bloody Battle.--The Death of the Pirate.--His Desperate and Demoniac Character. 110

Bonnet's Abandonment by Blackbeard.--Avails Himself of the King's Pardon.--Takes Commission as a Privateer.--Rescues Blackbeard's Pirates.--Piratic Career.--Enters Cape Fear River for Repairs.--Captured by Colonel Rhet.--The Conflict.--Escapes from Prison.--The Pursuit, and Trial and Sentence. 125

Commencement of his Career.--Bold Capture.--Brutality of the Pirates.--Reverses and Captivity.--Barthelemy doomed to Die.--His Escape.--Sufferings in the Forest.--Reaches Gulf Triste.--Hardening Effect of his Misfortunes.--His new Piratic Enterprise.--Wonderful Success.--The Tornado.--Impoverishment and Ruin. 139

Early Life of Lolonois.--His Desperate Character.--Joins the Buccaneers.--His Fiend-like Cruelty.--The Desperadoes Rally around Him.--Equips a Fleet.--Captures Rich Prizes.--Plans the Sack of Maracaibo.--The Adventurous Voyage.--Description of Venezuela.--Atrocities at Maracaibo and Gibraltar.--Doom of the Victors. 151

Gibraltar in Ashes.--The Return to Maracaibo.--Division of the Plunder.--Peculiar Scene.--Reception of the Pirates at Tortuga.--Fiend-like Carousal.--The Pirates Reduced to Beggary.--Lolonois's New Enterprise.--The "Furious Calm."--Days of Disaster.--Ravaging the Coast.--Capture of San Pedro. 170

The Pirates' Perfidy.--Capture of a Spanish Ship.--Misery of the Pirates.--Desertion of Vauclin.--The Shipwreck.--Life upon the Island.--Expedition to Nicaragua.--Its utter Failure.--Ferocity of the Indians.--Exploring the River.--The Retreat.--Coasting to Darien.--Capture and Death of Lolonois.--Fate of the Remnants. 186

Testimony of Charles Johnson.--Marriage of Mary Read's Mother.--Singular Adventure.--Reasons for Disguising her Daughter.--Early Training of Mary as a Boy.--She Enlists on board a Man-of-War.--The Character she Developed.--Enters the Army.--Skill and Bravery.--Falls in Love with a Fleming.--Reveals her Sex.--The Marriage.--Happy Days.--Death of her Husband.--Adversity.--Resumes Male Attire. 201

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