Connecticut western news., 1875-01-29
AARON.BURR,s DAUGHTER.
The Story Told by One of the Pirate Laftte's Men.


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 It has often been charged that the daughter of Aaron Burr became the vic tim of Laitte, the pirate, and as often thatthe vessel in which she sailed from South Carolina to New York was lost at sea with all on board. An old sailor who claims to have been with Latitte tells the story to Galveston paper. Frsm his story we make the following extract. He says:
 After the battle of New Orleans we Lafitte and his party who had taken part ia the battle) returned to Galveston. It was there that Lafitte called LIS all togethar-nen and officers-anl told us that he was determined to give up fol- lowing the sea, and would leave us: that If We desired we could choose a new leader. We were very sorry to hear this, for we all loved our intrepid and generous Lafitte,. and endeavored to shake his resolution. But he was firm, and so we went into an election, and Chauyet, IIaitte's first lieutenant, was chosen our leader. Shortly after Lafitte bade us adieu, and taking one ship, the Chiquita, sailed for South America. remained on the island with Chauvet
 
 He lacked the dash and enterprise, he was cross, cruel, harsh, ayaricious aad overbe:tring. We feared him, but did not love him as we did Lafitte. We'll, one day Chauvet took, command of the Vengeance, the fastest vessel and best armed of our navy, and sailed into the Gulf for q cruise. We stopped at one of the Florida Keys, and while there Clau- o4a1,o tents of which seemed to give him in- tense pleasure. He immediately weighed anchor and ran into the Atlan- tic, heading for Hattefas. After we got off Hatteras, a man was kept day and night aloft on the lookout, with orders to report every sail he saw. g-t
 One day, think it was some time in the month of March or April, 1915, the man aloft reported strange sail on our larboard. Chauvet seized his glass, and after viewing the stranger for some time, ordered the men piped to quarters and the decks cleared for action. was then azgunner.z
 We kept the stranger in sight until dark, and then, under press of sail, be gan to crawl upon her. She was fast sailer, but she was tortoise, compared to the Vengeance About daybreak next day we were close enough to make her out distinctly. She was a pilot boat built schooner, and was armed; two guns amidships and swivel forward. We ran about 200 cables length from her, and ChauYet, mounting the railing, hailed her. She replied that she was the Amer ican privateer schooner Patriot, bound from lGeorgetown, South Carolina, to New York, and ran mp the stars and stripes. Chauvet, instead of displaying the Venezuelan flag, under which we usually sailed, flung to the breeze the terrible black flag, and fired broadside into her. The Yankees were no towards, and they replied with their starboard gun and their swivel. And we'll aimed they were, too, for we had four men killed and some six wounded by the dis charge, besides having our rigging bad ly cut up. After sharp but brief con- hict we carried her by boarding, and every soul was either put to the sword or made food for sharks in our own pe- culiar way -
 After we had disposed of the dead and living privateermen, Chauvet descended into the cabin, and pretty soon he called out in an angry tone for myself and my mate to go to him. We descended and found him in the cabin, confronted by a beautiful woman, who held an empty bottle in her hand, with which she had struck Chauvet, who had attempted, it seems, to make to free with her. He ordered us to tie her hand and foot and convey her on board. the Vengeance and place her in his cabin. We obeyed him; i; but she fought us, and did all she could to jump overboard
 After gutting the captured vessel and transferring the valuables to the Ven geance, we fired her, and then headed for Galveston Island.
 Just after we entered the gulf, and while flying the Venezuelan flag, we had n terrible fight with Spanish cruiser, and being badly hulled and cut up, and after losing one-third of our crew we took advantage of foggy night to draw off, and under full press of canvas made for the island. Upon our arrival we found the Vengeance so badly damaged that it became necessary to remove from her her armament and all valuables, and sent her to our navy yard for repairs.
 We had gotten everything off but three or four guns, when one night the Vengeance caught fire and burned to the waters edge, and ill few hours afteI sank in the channel between our town on the east end of Galveston Island, and our navy yard, which was about half a mile to the vest.
 The woman captured on the privateel died few days after our arrival in Gal weston. She was avery handsome woman, and I afterwards learned was the daugh- ter of distinguished American. Her clothing, which was of the finest ma terial, was marked "T. A., and she had a golden locket containing portrait ot beautiful boy. On the locket were the words, |" To my wife, Theodosia She was buried on the island, few hundred yards to the east of the old fort on the point. It was whispered among the mer that Chauvet had killed her because she would not yield to his wishes. .
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