The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-07-08
PIRATE TEACHs TREASURE.
Buried i'm The Sands Near Morehead
and Has Never Been Found.
rhn Gnldshorn Argns has the Il

The Goldsboro Argus has the fol-
lowing:
Many, many years ago-early in
1870. to be more exact--a little patch
of English people settled down on the
sandbanks near Cape LN)kout, like a
tiny flower upon some Wild waste.
These were followed by French-Hugue
nots, fleeing from religious persecution.
OF their trials and sufferings, his
tory tells US little, but here and there
the thread of their story appears, pa
thetic enough to challenge poetic pic
turing of a Prescott, and their strug-
giles with the Indians give hints no
less romantic than the conquest OF the
Montezumas at the annihllauon or the
Peruvian Incas. 'Tis a field rich for
the historian and for the poet and no
doubt some day the story VIII be toId
in spice if not in chronicle.
In the vicinity of MOrehead City
may today be found much historical
material bearing on the events OF
those early days. In the court house
at Beaufort are land patents bearing
date 1913 and quaint records a nttle
later in great number. In the church-
ward at Beaufort are tombstones en-
graved with dates as early as 1fZO-
more than half a century before the
Revolution. The town of Beaufort was
incorporated in 1928.
The predecessor of the now dis
mantled Fort Macon was built on
Bogue Banks in 1856, nearly $50 years
ago, and the site of it is still pointed
out to visitors. 1t was called Fort
Dobbs," in honor of the man who was
Governor of the State. The garrison
consisted of 40 men, who manned IA
guns, twelve-pounders and six
Founders. The cost of the fort was
$1,000. Gov. Dobbs recommended
that a sort be built ct Cape Lookout,
but for some reason it was never done.
Another place of interest that is
pointed out to visitors even to this
day is a place called "Teach's Hole"
1t won it's name from the fact that it
was the rendezvous for vessels COM
posing the fleet of the pirate. Edward
Teach, sometimes called Blackboard"
He had a squadron of six vessels and
100 men, his principal ship-the
Queen Anne's Revenge '-carryinG
forty guns. Vane, Bennett and Worley
were his chief captains, and his fleet
sailed in and out of Beaufort harbor
many times. Finally Teach was kill
ed in a sea-fght with a fleet sent out
by the Governor of Virginia, under
Lieut.. Maynard. The engagement was
a fierce conflict in which a number of
lives were lost.
Teach boarded Marnard's ship and
the two had a hand-to-hand fight.
Teach was killed and his head severed
from his body, was attached to the
bow-sprit of Maynards vessel.
There are those who believe and
the belief has been strong and general
ever since the death of Teach and the
execution of his followers that some
where in the sound near ''Teach's
Hole" he buried immense quantities
of gold and jewels. Certain it is that
he captured vast treasure, and so far
as was known he disposed of but little
of it. except the merchandise taken.
Though many have sought this treas
ure i'm the sands around Beaufort har-
Dor, il has not been found.
Perhaps some day some one win
happen upon a Gold Bug" and a
chart similar to that of what Poe tells
us i'm his Tales and the treasure will
be unearthed.