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HISTORY
OF
THE BUCCANEERS
OF
AMERICA.
By JAMES BURNEY, F.R.S.
CAPTAIN IN THE ROYAL NAVY.
London:
Printed by Luke Hansard & Sons, near Lincoln's-Inn Fields;
FOR PAYNE AND FOSS, PALL-MALL.
1816.
CONTENTS.
CHAPTER I.
Considerations on the Rights acquired by the Discovery of Unknown Lands, and on the Claims advanced by the Spaniards.
CHAP. II.
Review of the Dominion of the Spaniards in Hayti or Hispaniola. Page Hayti, or Hispaniola, the Land on which the Spaniards first settled in America 7 Government of Columbus 9 Dogs made use of against the Indians 10 Massacre of the Natives, and Subjugation of the Island 11 Heavy Tribute imposed 12 City of Nueva Ysabel, or Santo Domingo 14 Beginning of the Repartimientos 16 Government of Bovadilla ib. The Natives compelled to work the Mines 17 Nicolas Ovando, Governor ib. Working the Mines discontinued 18 The Natives again forced to the Mines 19 Insurrection in Higuey 20 Encomiendas established ib. Africans carried to the West Indies 21 Massacre of the People of Xaragua 22 Death of Queen Ysabel 23 Desperate condition of the Natives 24 The Grand Antilles 26 Small Antilles, or Caribbee Islands ib. Lucayas, or Bahama Islands ib. The Natives of the Lucayas betrayed to the Mines 27 Fate of the Natives of Porto Rico 28 D. Diego Columbus, Governor ib. Increase of Cattle in Hayti. Cuba 29 De las Casas and Cardinal Ximenes endeavour to serve the Indians 30 Cacique Henriquez ib. Footnotes
CHAP. III.
Ships of different European Nations frequent the West Indies. Opposition experienced by them from the Spaniards. Hunting of Cattle in Hispaniola. Adventure of an English Ship 32 The French and other Europeans resort to the West Indies 33 Regulation proposed in Hispaniola, for protection against Pirates ib. Hunting of Cattle in Hispaniola 34 Matadores ib. Guarda
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Costas 35 Brethren of the Coast 36
CHAP. IV.
Iniquitous Settlement of the Island Saint Christopher by the English and French. Tortuga seized by the Hunters. Origin of the name Buccaneer. The name Flibustier. Customs attributed to the Buccaneers. The English and French settle on Saint Christopher 38 Are driven away by the Spaniards 40 They return 41 Tortuga seized by the Hunters 41 Whence the Name Buccaneer 42 the Name Flibustier 43 Customs attributed to the Buccaneers 45
CHAP. V.
Treaty made by the Spaniards with Don Henriquez. Increase of English and French in the West Indies. Tortuga surprised by the Spaniards. Policy of the English and French Governments with respect to the Buccaneers. Mansvelt, his attempt to form an independent Buccaneer Establishment. French West-India Company. Morgan succeeds Mansvelt as Chief of the Buccaneers. Cultivation in Tortuga 48 Increase of the English and French Settlements in the West Indies ib. Tortuga surprised by the Spaniards 49 Is taken possession of for the Crown of France 51 Policy of the English and French Governments with respect to the Buccaneers 52 The Buccaneers plunder New Segovia 53 The Spaniards retake Tortuga ib. With the assistance of the Buccaneers the English take Jamaica 54 The French retake Tortuga ib. Pierre le Grand, a French Buccaneer ib. Alexandre 55 Montbars, surnamed the Exterminator ib. Bartolomeo Portuguez ib. L'Olonnois, and Michel le Basque, take Maracaibo and Gibraltar 55 Outrages committed by L'Olonnois ib. Mansvelt, a Buccaneer Chief, attempts to form a Buccaneer Establishment 56 Island Sta Katalina, or Providence; since named Old Providence ib. Death of Mansvelt 57 French West-India Company ib. The French Settlers dispute their authority 58 Morgan succeeds Mansvelt; plunders Puerto del Principe ib. Maracaibo again pillaged 59 Morgan takes Porto Bello: his Cruelty ib. He plunders Maracaibo and Gibraltar 60 His Contrivances to effect his Retreat 61
CHAP. VI.
Treaty of America. Expedition of the Buccaneers against Panama. Exquemelin's History of the American Sea Rovers. Misconduct of the European Governors in the West Indies. Treaty between Great Britain and
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Spain 63 Expedition of the Buccaneers against Panama 64 They take the Island Sta. Katalina 65 Attack of the Castle at the River Chagre ib. Their March across the Isthmus 66 The City of Panama taken 67 And burnt 68 The Buccaneers depart from Panama 69 Exquemelin's History of the Buccaneers of America 71 Flibustiers shipwrecked at Porto Rico; and put to death by the Spaniards 73
CHAP. VII.
Thomas Peche. Attempt of La Sound to cross the Isthmus of America. Voyage of Antonio de Vea to the Strait of Magalhanes. Various Adventures of the Buccaneers, in the West Indies, to the year 1679. Thomas Peche 75 La Sound attempts to cross the Isthmus ib. Voyage of Ant. de Vea 76 Massacre of the French in Samana 77 French Fleet wrecked on Aves 77 Granmont ib. Darien Indians 79 Porto Bello surprised by the Buccaneers ib.
CHAP. VIII.
Meeting of Buccaneers at the Samballas, and Golden Island. Party formed by the English Buccaneers to cross the Isthmus. Some Account of the Native Inhabitants of the Mosquito Shore. Golden Island 81 Account of the Mosquito Indians 82
CHAP. IX.
Journey of the Buccaneers across the Isthmus of America. Buccaneers commence their March 91 Fort of Sta Maria taken 95 John Coxon chosen Commander 96 They arrive at the South Sea 97
CHAP. X.
First Buccaneer Expedition in the South Sea. In the Bay of Panama 98 Island Chepillo ib. Battle with a small Spanish Armament ib. Richard Sawkins 99 Panama, the new City 100 Coxon returns to the West Indies 101 Richard Sawkins chosen Commander ib. Taboga; Otoque 102 Attack of Pueblo Nuevo
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tag="{http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml}a">103 Captain Sawkins is killed ib. Imposition practised by Sharp 104 Sharp chosen Commander 105 Some return to the West Indies ib. The Anchorage at Quibo ib. Island Gorgona 106 Island Plata 107 Adventure of Seven Buccaneers ib. Ilo 109 Shoals of Anchovies ib. La Serena plundered and burnt ib. Attempt of the Spaniards to burn the Ship of the Buccaneers ib. Island Juan Fernandez 110 Sharp deposed from the Command 111 Watling elected Commander ib. William, a Mosquito Indian, left on the Island Juan Fernandez 112 Island Yqueque; Rio de Camarones 113 They attack Arica ib. Are repulsed; Watling killed 114 Sharp again chosen Commander 115 Huasco; Ylo ib. The Buccaneers separate 116 Proceedings of Sharp and his Followers ib. They enter a Gulf 118 Shergall's Harbour 119 Another Harbour ib. The Gulf is named the English Gulf ib. Duke of York's Islands 120 A Native killed by the Buccaneers 121 Native of Patagonia carried away ib. Passage round Cape Horn 122 Appearance like Land, in 57° 50′ S. ib. Ice Islands ib. Arrive in the West Indies 123 Sharp, and others, tried for Piracy ib.
CHAP. XI.
Disputes between the French Government and their West-India Colonies. Morgan becomes Deputy Governor of Jamaica. La Vera Cruz surprised by the Flibustiers. Other of their Enterprises. Prohibitions against Piracy disregarded by the French Buccaneers 125-6 Sir Henry Morgan, Deputy Governor of Jamaica 126 His Severity to the Buccaneers ib. Van Horn, Granmont, and De Graaf, go against La Vera Cruz 127 They surprise the Town by Stratagem 127 Story of Granmont and an English Ship 128 Disputes of the French Governors with the Flibustiers of Saint Domingo 130
CHAP. XII.
Circumstances which preceded the Second Irruption of the Buccaneers into the South Sea. Buccaneers under John Cook sail from Virginia; stop at the Cape de Verde Islands; at Sierra Leone. Origin and History of the Report concerning the supposed Discovery of Pepys Island. Circumstances preceding the Second Irruption of the Buccaneers into the South Sea
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tag="{http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml}a">132 Buccaneers under John Cook 134 Cape de Verde Islands 135 Ambergris; The Flamingo ib. Coast of Guinea 136 Sherborough River 137 John Davis's Islands ib. History of the Report of a Discovery named Pepys Island ib. Shoals of small red Lobsters 140 Passage round Cape Horne ib.
CHAP. XIII.
Buccaneers under John Cook arrive at Juan Fernandez. Account of William, a Mosquito Indian, who had lived there three years. They sail to the Galapagos Islands; thence to the Coast of New Spain. John Cook dies. Edward Davis chosen Commander. The Buccaneers under Cook joined by the Nicholas of London, John Eaton 141 At Juan Fernandez 142 William the Mosquito Indian ib. Juan Fernandez first stocked with Goats by its Discoverer 143 Appearance of the Andes ib. Islands Lobos de la Mar ib. At the Galapagos Islands 145 Duke of Norfolk's Island ib. Cowley's Chart of the Galapagos 146 King James's Island ib. Mistake by the Editor of Dampier ib. Concerning Fresh Water and Herbage at the Galapagos ib. & 147 Land and Sea Turtle 148 Mammee Tree ib. Coast of New Spain; Cape Blanco 149 John Cook, Buccaneer Commander, dies ib. Edward Davis chosen Commander ib.
CHAP. XIV.
Edward Davis Commander. On the Coast of New Spain and Peru. Algatrane, a bituminous earth. Davis is joined by other Buccaneers. Eaton sails to the East Indies. Guayaquil attempted. Rivers of St. Jago, and Tomaco. In the Bay of Panama. Arrivals of numerous parties of Buccaneers across the Isthmus from the West Indies. Caldera Bay 150 Volcan Viejo 151 Ria-lexa Harbour ib. Bay of Amapalla 152 Davis and Eaton part company 154 Tornadoes near the Coast of New Spain 155 Cape San Francisco ib. Eaton's Description of Cocos Island ib. Point Sta Elena 156 Algatrane, a bituminous Earth ib. Rich Ship wrecked on Point Sta Elena 157 Manta; Rocks near it, and Shoal ib. Davis is joined by other Buccaneers ib. The Cygnet, Captain Swan ib. At Isle de la Plata 159 Cape Blanco, near Guayaquil; difficult to weather ib. Payta burnt 160 Part of the Peruvian Coast where it never rains ib. Lobos de Tierra, and Lobos de la Mar ib. Eaton at the Ladrones 161 Nutmeg Island, North of Luconia
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href="@public@vhost@g@gutenberg@html@files@37116@[email protected]#Page_163" class="pginternal" tag="{http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml}a">163 Davis on the Coast of Peru ib. Slave Ships captured ib. The Harbour of Guayaquil 164 Island Sta Clara: Shoals near it 164 Cat Fish 165 The Cotton Tree and Cabbage Tree 166 River of St. Jago ib. Island Gallo; River Tomaco 167 Island Gorgona ib. Pearl Oysters 168 Galera Isle ib. The Pearl Islands 169 Arrival of fresh bodies of Buccaneers from the West Indies 170 Grogniet and L'Escuyer ib. Townley and his Crew 171 Pisco Wine 172 Port de Pinas; Taboga 173 Chepo 174
CHAP. XV.
Edward Davis Commander. Meeting of the Spanish and Buccaneer Fleets in the Bay of Panama. They separate without fighting. The Buccaneers sail to the Island Quibo. The English and French separate. Expedition against the City of Leon. That City and Ria Lexa burnt. Farther dispersion of the Buccaneers. The Lima Fleet arrives at Panama 176 Meeting of the two Fleets 177 They separate 180 Keys of Quibo: The Island Quibo 181 Rock near the Anchorage ib. Serpents; The Serpent Berry 182 Disagreements among the Buccaneers ib. The French separate from the English 183 Knight, a Buccaneer, joins Davis ib. Expedition against the City of Leon 184 Leon burnt by the Buccaneers 186 Town of Ria Lexa burnt 187 Farther Separation of the Buccaneers ib.
CHAP. XVI.
Buccaneers under Edward Davis. At Amapalla Bay; Cocos Island; The Galapagos Islands; Coast of Peru. Peruvian Wine. Knightquits the South Sea. Bezoar Stones. Marine Productions on Mountains. Vermejo. Davis joins the French Buccaneers at Guayaquil. Long Sea Engagement. Amapalla Bay 188 A hot River ib. Cocos Island 189 Effect of Excess in drinking the Milk of the Cocoa-nut 190 At the Galapagos Islands ib. On the Coast of Peru 191 Peruvian Wine like Madeira ib. At Juan Fernandez 192 Knight quits the South Sea ib. Davis returns to the Coast of Peru ib. Bezoar Stones
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tag="{http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml}a">193 Marine Productions found on Mountains; Vermejo ib. Davis joins the French Buccaneers at Guayaquil 195 They meet Spanish Ships of War 196 A Sea Engagement of seven days ib. At the Island de la Plata 198 Division of Plunder 199 They separate, to return home by different Routes 200