is that Sir Francis Drake is to be numbered among that romantic
company of sea rovers of other days who buried vast treasure upon the
Spanish Main.

[1] _The Pirates' Own Book_.

[2] The famous merchant and philanthropist of Philadelphia.

[3] "I happen to know the fact that Blackbeard, whose family name was
given as Teach, was in reality named Drumond, a native of Bristol. I
have learned this fact from one of his family and name, of respectable
standing in Virginia, near Hampton." (Watson's Annals of Philadelphia.)

In the contemporary court records of the Carolina colony, the name of
Blackbeard is given as Thatch.

[4] Israel Hands was tried and condemned with Blackboard's crew, but
was pardoned by royal proclamation, and, according to Captain Johnson,
"was alive some time ago in London, begging his bread." This would
indicate that he had buried no treasure of his own, and had not
fathomed Blackbeard's secret. Stevenson borrowed the name of Israel
Hands for one of his crew of pirates in "Treasure Island."

[5] _The Pirates' Own Book_.

[6] This is from _The Pirates' Own Book_. Captain Johnson's version is
unexpurgated and to be preferred, for he declares that Blackbeard cried
out, "Damnation seize my soul if I give you quarter, or take any from
you."

[7] As showing the fanciful tastes in sinister flags, Captain Johnson
records that Captain Roberts flew "a black silk flag at the mizzen
peak, and a jack and pendant at the same. The flag had a death's head
on it, with an hour glass in one hand, and cross bones in the other, a
dart by one, and underneath a heart dropping three drops of blood."

[8] _The Buccaneers of America_. A True Account of the Most Remarkable
Assaults Committed of Late Years Upon the Coasts of the West Indies by
the Buccaneers of Jamaica and Tortuga (Both English and French).
Wherein are contained more especially the Unparalleled Exploits of Sir
Henry Morgan, our English Jamaican hero who sacked Porto Bello, burnt
Panama, etc. (Published in 1684.)

[9]The buccaneers derived their name from the process of drying beef
over a wood fire, or _boucane_ in French. They were at first hunters
of wild cattle in the island of Hispaniola or Hayti who disposed of
their product to smugglers, traders, and pirates, but they were a
distinct class from the _filibustiers_ or sea rovers. As cattle became
scarce and the Spanish more hostile and cruel foes, the buccaneers,
French and English, fo