The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1890-05-18
ABOUT THE BUCCANEERS.
ONE or THE STRIA0iSr STORJFS or
THE UESTERN HEt!SpuERE.
Tho Rocky Ialet where the Germ of Piracy
Flourish .d-Temptrh nv lntold Riches
How Fierrs Ic Gr"s showed tho Way.

nromo"'ory wh,a,r 80. j.. auto'no tronlc
/ em extremity ct ltnla a.a l.,u i.t "a. ,u sea-
E nrIr % a 'Iis ane.en, ty mr1 a., ~ ,ses
familiar ul"u,h 1t now l., gave birth to the
L NEST ne oil" az '!ctgrCsgue class Of MAJ
,o Back in -" ocp" "s ,ieeados Of tho seven.
is!et, ugd n CIV ears Turluga aecamo the
TrcoEhi "i ga pulit"rs ut tho spanish Main.
| oi blood il,acy, and nut which sprcul over
| u waters Of he Western MurId, tom labra-
| dor 10Th" richest prurt lshCrlrs beneath the
! snMl era I.'ss and wN'h, ~ tho end Of tho
cenniHr, lHd crossed TO iir, ulcr hcmisphere.
| century D. Nmnsh pioneers tom thus island.
! then i'nh"i l-paniolR, or " lilro Spatn.' 1t
| Md> E.,,' NO inncitul nau" %. Iortura do
| MAJ, 10 i"a tortoise" nom ~ rcS,Sl-
| bhne" III suHUo TO the caraul,r. THAI am
phiidan. lho settlers were wui .Hud stm-
| ne i"ih. 'or ITO most part isherr who ,urh
! few m"nlts In tho twelve varied ~ hunts
! iEg ITO VIVID cattle which fed $40 wooded
Scarcely hat thoy become ", oatahtsl ed
| on the tortoise when one mornin., IN Nay. lD3l
| o.. S. thov were mystiled at tho sient Of y
| pinnacr ua oi strange seamen lUnGn! on the
kkHy With faces the mouth Of thr'r, harbor.
! OF -. CHRISTOPHER had. with tho y,lNouiur,AlI
LGcklestn9 swnirh marked that LAY ant IN. 50
| tune and n west wind should put IN ,nyir way.
| They were u lowed 10 Put up sauod.'l,t shelters
a. tho ,hnrbor mouth, and also SHOOT their
coast; In II few weeks it became oNidrnt
thst tho ra~"a!y strangers could slauel tor and
Spanish community could in three. "l'cucan-
nng.' by tho way was 4 peculiar process OF
curing flesh Ivy IcrkIng, sailing. and driving
in the sunshine. th" torn beng derived from
IN aboriginal word applied by tho caunibel
wa tho ekiII oil tho intruders in converting
bulls into Snrerlor mr,rhHntRhe Iroduet, ~
risvciy applied III naiyr Word IL to them u'1
As IortuGa lHy uirect in tho path Of Furo-
rean vessels bound Tor AirNjcau potts. the ilf-
thriving bus,ica- in boHaanmod G"@$ "ioubS
loom pie .e5-ot-riGht and mrrdorrs bocame to
them AS shells or s"une0n6 10 tho spanish fish
eImen. Worl went back a H." tO It. ,nristo-
pher throwing INIT i-gnd into such tan uproar
that the craze to 20 u-bourann,ug caiiiou it's
most unrIiy seamcn to The Tortoise, irench-
men came down uuon tu" islrt like
2 warm OF m3"sruit, - aid !oyerran +
recover from insir aston - meat. Omi-
hGm1 Gr ROY n WeT Gr nmGrI &nG the
as round spanish vaths CAV GH.Nrrsm cared
Lever n WHIST. rho Two ero4is. the French
but ohscn'oN through tho an ont and niurred
Ions Of the monks, We, Ium. dUluI vita the
we may only faucy the PROV ocutiyns which led
to the next scDn" in tho drama
Spanish islanders met at tho plaza Of their
little town IN 'front.' OF tho thaprl o; ''rr lady.
scended headlonG uron IT." rntr,.or7 at their
boucannng beaches. And tn'n 40 . was
llGHtepuS massacre 0l the hih\Ia - t..r ~ Tor
eiLnrrS, aGd lrrnchmen were s"ui . ing like
rocoanlt lronds before tbs huruc9s. Tor
tusa became too lCrriI 10" any r. cal of n
boucanncer Tho yellow hrrrcr uf $ ain. with
It's cast,cs and lions. haunted nr"vely at the
flag, tai in the rnEa. while tho oust"i Preach;
into wild heiters and bullockS il tho lIispaniola
Now arose a fellowship which finds no ANIL
ogy in protnne history except tho code OF the
Three Hundred of reloninIas. Tho bou"anning
nDAai Of
forming "a cou. lo ma'le common property Of
all pos essions OF either They bound theIl-
selves by every onth to an inrcri-habio BROTH
ernoOd. Each sworo 20 cmEc with death any
insult offered to the other. IN" two hunted
night, and wer" as ono flesh and always. as
the ban! l, ran&e4 tho coa ~ Valleys, grew the
a ew months after The massacre, four boat
loads OF Frcnchmcn left tho hispanoa coast
ensued. When il was complete The village
children who la been held a. cIp'ivps wero
ronsled alive II Inc plHa. rs the SPnntsh flag
VIZ Far m2yn r a1d the n az q up b,
presenting tho mother country with bales OF
vegetables not TO menti II tobacco and casks
of raw rum. and pearls. jewels. silver. and gold
now. in the year 1854. trade wa. especially
bgisx From Tortqgs, situated At tho junction
leon after galleon; crammed with tho choicest
products OF tho New World could be seen
ttanding away for CndiH and Earcelona-
toise market place for the sale Of
ttut anne beet; SO excellent shop IN
a name which in English becamr corrupted to
and subsequently, to buccaneers
Guile, however, being later omitted. Having q Z!
tie Tortugans canned many pieces
the low laitudes began to drift to tho islots
Men NJ. OF dubious reputation and women whose
- The most lawless Of the new, mers was one
Pierre 10 GroS. sailor OF oN-lke frame and
with twenty seven fellow spirits. stoie small
sloop from lortugHn skipper and started on
\ nautical ioray on whatsoever spanish mer-1
In bis course. The not was of sufficient gravity
TO dapnt even he chosen crow OF cuIlhroats
anything bur Spanish. as it wa, pain piracy:
but with i'ierre'5 buccaneers "pani.h gaIioon'
he sIoop ran on bel"io rorrheily wind
swinging down into the Carih aean sea, but.
sighting no Sranish craft. on tho third alters
Panama pearl fleet which had boon scplrated
rem It's sister vessels n rarGpt Pnr r
"ward the windwari horizon; l!c then ran
witty and silert.y down. under cover ., NC
.ame alongside Of early IN III" morning watch,
he entire twenty "sht buccaneers boarded
six men rushed hrH!lyaG TO the gunroom, OF
which they took llnm"dlai" uos1esa IN. Blk
While PER-" with jhr r,rnH nluE fifteen. hove
he morning wal h OYrrDCnId and made for tho
Gbin. pn bursting mo ihO Captains room
'iorrs found The worthy Don playing at cards
firh MS 4nircr5 AMI discussing Eoodiy meas
re OF Maioila l|ofoTa Tie Captain could So
luch mr. speah. icrI o. :iiteen warmed into tho
partm"nt HHi covered hogr0up with their pis-
lis. IN" lblcIpc giant clapTed tho mu/llh OF his
wn pistol at "ncc to lhe CAPTAINS temple. and
tanned noSSo-. ION OF tho craft IN loss than
lree mimi Ss from tho time PIofle and his
omrai,s cnmberod over The ,galIeon's rail
ley had captured tho vessel with its cargo OF
earls, silks, and merchandise.
The now crew forthwith marooned," or
IHndpuod, the officers Of the old. on solitary;
aribbean Key What were ct Of the Spanish
'mmon sailors We're put in the way Of RettinGA
Havana Pierre then took tho galleon to-
rance where he secretly contrived to soil heR~
ID her cargo Tho proceeds of the sale were
yided among the twrnt, eight. who unob-,
Hn55Iyey scattered. to cole again at Tortuga.4
Whom Intelligence OF this exploit reached the
o o. ks t9p eqtIre island was thrown Into
lhbuD Nothing was u he done but to go
hpccn9ning for. gall Icons since Pierre had SO
liliantly combined proi.5, adventure. and
M after snip were itiud out and manned