Under the Southern cross in South America . Frenchman named Montbar, commonly called Pierrele Grand, or Peter the Great. This sanguinary sea-wolf once cap-tured the ship of a Spanish admiral while lying ofif Caicos in theBahama Channel. Another French leader of the pillaging, plun-dering bands was Francois LOlonnois, who had come out to theWest Indies as a common sailor. This reckless rover of the seascaptured a Spanish frigate which had been sent from Havana toput down the freebooters and which had on board a negro execu-tioner, who was to hang on the yardarm every man caught. LOlon-nois took
Under the Southern cross in South America . Frenchman named Montbar, commonly called Pierrele Grand, or Peter the Great. This sanguinary sea-wolf once cap-tured the ship of a Spanish admiral while lying ofif Caicos in theBahama Channel. Another French leader of the pillaging, plun-dering bands was Francois LOlonnois, who had come out to theWest Indies as a common sailor. This reckless rover of the seascaptured a Spanish frigate which had been sent from Havana toput down the freebooters and which had on board a negro execu-tioner, who was to hang on the yardarm every man caught. LOlon-nois took the Spanish crew of the frigate, ranged them in a con-venient row, and cut off the head of each man, licking his bloodysword clean with his own tongue, after each death-dealing blow. Probably the most famous leader of the gory gang of buccaneerswas Captain Henry Morgan—we say famous, rather than infamous—for at length he cried peccavi and made amends for his pillagingpast. Morgan was a Welshman by birth, who had to leave the old Gal-. STREET SCENE. CRISTOBAL, COLON
Size: 1362px × 1834px
Photo credit: © The Reading Room / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1900, bookdecade1910, bookidcu3192402042, bookyear1914
