Elizabeth-Town gazette. [volume] (Elizabeth-Town, N.J.) 1818-1821, 1818-10-06


had with me, stood still with their rifles
cooked, and each had his pistols at his
side and dagger. / took away the arms
from the travellers, who made no more
resistance. On the pack horse VIC found
300 doubloons and 7O4 pieces of different
sizes, and large quantity of gold in bars,
six inches in length and eight square--30
weight of it. With tie owners found
"a doubloons and silver dollars, and 100
French guineas, and 81 pieces, the value
of which could not tell, till / weighed
them. 1 got IL or 1900 dollars, alto
gether, from The company, all in gold.
On the fifth day alter this we reached
our cave again. Shortly after this left
the cave, and on my way met man on
horseback, with rifle on bis shoulder.
joined company with him, aud he told me
he had been TO St. Louis to buy land. In
a lew moments We came 10 beautiful
lspring, and dismounted TO get a drink
He laid his rifle against tree, and asked
me to take some brandy and water with
him. Whilst he was STOPPING to get some
water from the spring, seized bis rifle
iron the tree, and told him | was high
IWay robber and would take drink Of
water with him after had counted what
money be had that Inever drank brandy
or any kind of spirits, as l always had
spirits enough in me without taking bran
Idly, and that he did not instantly deliver
to me every cent he had, would send
him where he would get something hotter
than brandy. He was very much alarm
ed, and trembled worse than l now do un.
der the gaIlows. He delivered up all biz
money to me. i got from him 270C
dollars in gold and small bag of silver
but as never wished to bring man tc
poverty, gave him back the bag of silver
and his watch.
| We went to Nashville, Ten. / bough
a black boy, and two horses and a gig
and after a few days we started to Knox
vile together. From there we went tc
Lexington, Ken. and from there to Louis
vile, at the falls of Ohio. Here | swop
lped my two horses and gig, with gentle.
man from Georgia, for black boy and 8
gold repeater, and my first black BOY
sold to one of my highwaymen for foui
hundred and fifty dollars.--My two rob
beers having sold their horses, we left this
lplace iu flat topped boat, and went dow
the Ohio to Matches, and from there tc
New Orleans.
Ous night we less 50 much money at tht
gaming table, that we saw something was
to be done. / set my black boy free il
New Orleans, which place We. left, afie
purchasing three good horses, and started
for Baton Rouge. Here got passpor
from Gov. Grandpree, and intended tt
rob on the road between Baton Rouge
and Pensacola.
We started from Baton Rouge, to find
a fit place for our camp. About 80 miles
from Pensacola, and near track that led
to the Gold Mines, we found cleft OF
rocks that formed an admirable cave,
which no man visited before, Iexpect,
since the flood. Game was plenty, &c.
We hunted here nine days at the end
of that time we began to want powder and
shot, and thought that two of as should
go to Pensacola to get it. | was the one
to stay at home. They were away nine
days. One who married therethen began
to tell me all the news he had heard at the
hotel in Pensacola, where he had put up
at. He said he had seen Spanish gentle
man there, from old Spain, that was going
from Pensacola to Baton Rouge in ten
days, and that he had seen that he had a
good deal of gold about him. We i'm
mediately put our arms il order-I had a
pair of pistols, a dirk, a cutlass and q
rifle my two robbers had each of them
a rifle, pair of pistols, and dagger
On the eighth day, saw a company pass
as watched the road, and directly went
back to our cave, had our horses caught
and saddied, and we mounted them, with
our arms, in pursuit of them. On the
next day we came up TO them. My Span
ish talking man, who had seen the old
Spaniard in Pensacola, said that it was
the right company, for he knew the ole
Spaniard by the "cut of his jib." l rode
past them to see what arms they had, anf
saw as l past them, there were five il
company, and that they had two pair o
pistols--I turned 10 the woods to let then
pass, and waited till my two robbers came
lup. had tied handkerchief about my
face, when / passed them, SO that they
could not know me we all painted oul
faces red, and having primed our pieces
again started after them. We came up tc
them, and passed them, ten or fifteer
PAGES, when we suddenly wheeled round
aud presenting our rifles told them we
we're highway robbers, and that if they
made any resistance or offered TO run, un'
til they had delivered up their money tc
us, we would stop them with powder and
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