Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1921-07-15
tho pirate figures.

Tho James Brothers. OF the Sea
Two OF tho most daring and in.
genious of these were the Barbarosa
the Mediterranean world from Com
stantinople to the Pillars OF Hercu-
les. The excellent harbors and the
sland hiding places made it possible
for him to defy the fleets of Eng
land, Italy and HOLLAND to levy tri-
butte on all the vessels that passed
over the highway, to capture the
richly laden Papal galleys bound for
Rome in Moslem defiance of Chris
tendon and chain the Christians to
their oars. In 1910, at that time
notorious and immensely wealthy
he changed the base of his opera
tions to the island of Jerba, off the
coast Of Tunis, where the Fates ceas-
ed to smile SO kindly upon him. At
ter many hard-fought battles and
Ivicissitudes of fortune he fell before
the forces of st. Charles " OF Spain
near Tremizan on African soil He
had actually escaped but upon learn
ing that his faithful followers were
close pressed no returned to die with
them. The career Of his brother
Kheyr-ed-din is scarcely less roman
tic.
Piracy on Ghe American coast
among tho French and Spanish navi-
gators began before the days OF the
English Colonists. Queen Eliza
beth is said to have covertIy counte-
Iranced as we'll as helped expeditions
by buccaneers. and in the West In
dies the trade restrictions placed by
the various mother countries led to
acceptance by many island governors
of wares brought by navigators
whom they knew TO be freebootera
and whose methods they could moi
afford to question.
Piracy Road to High Office
Perhaps the most INSCRIPTIONS
and willy of the perverted seakings
was Henry Morgan of the CaFibees
! He was magnate, an indomitable
ruler, a crafty strategist, and a com.
t mander of genius as well as pirate
Ipar excellence In fact flirted with
t one danger after the other Away.
+ to come out on top. He marched
T into Puerto Principe in the hear
D Of Cuba and took it despite every re-
sistance. He outwitted with uncan
ny cunning the officers at Porto Bel
10 in Panama, one OF the strongest
cities near the Caribbean shores ant
the storehouse for the riches which
had been brought by Spanish gal
Icons and mule packs from the In
terror. He escaped with an inesti
mable amount of gold jewels, ingen
iously employing fireship agains
the Spanish to accomplish his es
cape when he was bottled up II
Maracaibo Lake Finally he tool
and sacked the city of Panama
Then leaving hts companions in tn,
lureh, he slipped away at night witt
all the booty to Jamaica, ingratiat
ed himself with the governor, AM
was clever enough to get himself In
to the grares of the English KIM
who knighted him and made hin
Acknowledgement of Jamaica TO
long experience OF that colony
tIn our boyhood stories of Captain
Kid were frequent. The subject o
the narratives was really respect
able sailor In the merchant servici
with a wife and family in New Yorl
when he was commissioned by III,
English king in 1890, its power t,
seize and destroy off the American
coast all pirate ships. Having beef
given ships and crews to accomplish
the purpose, he gayly set sail acros
the Atlantic. around the Cape 0
Good Hope to Madagascar and tn
Red sea to ravage East India water
and convert to his own uses his cap
lures. Then he hied himself so tn
story goes. to West Indian water
and buried his sunerflnous treasure
before he finally went to Bostot
where he was captured, sent TO Eng
land for trial. was executed and hi
body left to dangle in the wind 70
years as a warning to sailors .