Chapter VI
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THE GOVERNMENT SUPPRESSES THE BUCCANEERS
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Note 1 · Footnote 332: (return) C.S.P. Colon., 1669-74, No. 367.Note 2 · Footnote 333: (return) Ibid., Nos. 604, 608, 729; Beeston's Journal.Note 3 · Footnote 334: (return) Ibid., Nos. 552, 602.Note 4 · Footnote 335: (return) C.S.P. Colon., 1669-74, Nos. 608, 633.Note 5 · Footnote 336: (return) Ibid., No. 604.Note 6 · Footnote 337: (return) Ibid., Nos. 638, 640, 663, 697. This may be the Diego Grillo to whom Duro (op. cit., V. p. 180) refers—a native of HaNote 7 · Footnote 338: (return) Ibid., Nos. 697, 709, 742, 883, 944.Note 8 · Footnote 339: (return) C.S.P. Colon., 1669-74, Nos. 733, 742, 796.Note 9 · Footnote 340: (return) Ibid., No. 729.Note 10 · Footnote 341: (return) Ibid., Nos. 742, 777, 785, 789, 794, 796.Note 11 · Footnote 342: (return) C.S.P. Colon., 1669-74, Nos. 742, 945, 1042.Note 12 · Footnote 343: (return) C.S.P. Colon., 1669-74, Nos. 733, 742, 779, 796, 820, 1022.Note 13 · Footnote 344: (return) Ibid., Nos. 650, 663, 697. Seventeen months later, after the outbreak of the Dutch war, the Jamaicans had a similar sNote 14 · Footnote 345: (return) C.S.P. Colon., 1669-74, Nos. 697, 789, 794, 900, 911; Beeston's Journal.Note 15 · Footnote 346: (return) Ibid., Nos. 697, 789.Note 16 · Footnote 347: (return) Ibid., Nos. 1212, 1251-5.Note 17 · Footnote 348: (return) Ibid., No. 1259, cf. also 1374, 1385, 1394.Note 18 · Footnote 349: (return) Ibid., No. 1379.Note 19 · Footnote 350: (return) Ibid., 1675-76, Nos. 458, 467, 484, 521, 525, 566.Note 20 · Footnote 351: (return) S.P. Spain, vol. 63, f. 56.Note 21 · Footnote 352: (return) C.S.P. Colon., 1669-74, No. 1389; ibid. 1675-76, No. 564; Add. MSS., 36,330, No. 28.Note 22 · Footnote 353: (return) C.S.P. Colon., 1669-74, Nos. 888, 940.Note 23 · Footnote 354: (return) C.S.P. Colon., 1669-74, Nos. 1178, 1180, 1226; ibid., 1675-76, No. 579.Note 24 · Footnote 355: (return) Ibid., 1669-74, No. 1423; ibid., 1675-76, No. 707.Note 25 · Footnote 356: (return) Ibid., 1675-76, No. 520.Note 26 · Footnote 357: (return) Ibid.Note 27 · Footnote 358: (return) Ibid., 1669-74, Nos. 1335, 1351, 1424; S.P. Spain, vols. 60, 62, 63.Note 28 · Footnote 359: (return) C.S.P. Colon., 1675-76, No. 643.Note 29 · Footnote 360: (return) Ibid., Nos. 639-643.Note 30 · Footnote 361: (return) Ibid., Nos. 633-635, 729.Note 31 · Footnote 362: (return) Ibid., Nos. 693, 719, 720.Note 32 · Footnote 363: (return) C.S.P. Colon., 1669-74, Nos. 310, 704, iv. It was a very profitable business for the wood then sold at £25 or £30 a tNote 33 · Footnote 364: (return) Ibid., No. 580.Note 34 · Footnote 365: (return) Ibid., Nos. 587, 638.Note 35 · Footnote 366: (return) Ibid., Nos. 777, 786.Note 36 · Footnote 367: (return) C.S.P. Colon., 1669-74. No. 825.Note 37 · Footnote 368: (return) Ibid., Nos. 819, 943.Note 38 · Footnote 369: (return) Ibid., Nos. 954, 1389. Fernandez Duro (t.v., p. 181) mentions a Spanish ordinance of 22nd February 1674, which authorNote 39 · Footnote 370: (return) C.S.P. Colon., 1669-74, Nos. 950, 1094; Beeston's Journal, Aug. 1679.Note 40 · Footnote 371: (return) Ibid., 1675-76, No. 566.Note 41 · Footnote 372: (return) C.S.P. Colon., 1675-76, No. 673.Note 42 · Footnote 373: (return) Ibid., No. 526. In significant contrast to Lord Vaughan's praise of Lynch, Sir Henry Morgan, who could have little loNote 43 · Footnote 374: (return) Ibid., No. 912. In testimony of Lord Vaughan's straightforward policy toward buccaneering, cf. Beeston's Journal, JunNote 44 · Footnote 375: (return) C.S.P. Colon., 1675-76, No. 988.Note 45 · Footnote 376: (return) Leeds MSS. (Hist. MSS. Comm., XI. pt. 7, p. 13)—Depositions in which Sir Henry Morgan is represented as endeavouring Note 46 · Footnote 377: (return) C.S.P. Colon., 1675-76; Nos. 860, 913.Note 47 · Footnote 378: (return) Statutes at Large, vol. ii. (Lond. 1786), pp. 210, 247.Note 48 · Footnote 379: (return) C.S.P. Colon., 1675-76; Nos. 993-995, 1001.Note 49 · Footnote 380: (return) Ibid., No. 1093.Note 50 · Footnote 381: (return) C.S.P. Colon., 1677-80, Nos. 500, 508.Note 51 · Footnote 382: (return) Ibid., 1675-76, No. 916.Note 52 · Footnote 383: (return) Ibid., No. 1126.Note 53 · Footnote 384: (return) Ibid., Nos. 998, 1006.Note 54 · Footnote 385: (return) Ibid., No. 1129.Note 55 · Footnote 386: (return) Ibid., No. 1129 (vii., viii.); cf. also No. 657.Note 56 · Footnote 387: (return) C.S.P. Colon., 1675-76, No. 1129 (xiv., xvii.).Note 57 · Footnote 388: (return) C.S.P. Colon., 1675-76, Nos. 656, 741.Note 58 · Footnote 389: (return) Ibid., 1677-80, No. 313; cf. also Nos. 478, 486.Note 59 · Footnote 390: (return) Ibid., No. 368. A similar proclamation was issued in May 1681; cf. Ibid., 1681-85, No. 102.Note 60 · Footnote 391: (return) Ibid., No. 375.Note 61 · Footnote 392: (return) C.S.P. Colon., 1677-80, Nos. 243, 365, 383; Egerton MSS., 2395, f. 591.Note 62 · Footnote 393: (return) In a memoir to Mme. de Montespan, dated 8th July 1677, the population of French San Domingo is given as between four Note 63 · Footnote 394: (return) C.S.P. Colon., 1677-80, Nos. 347, 375, 383, 1497; S.P. Spain, vol. 65, f. 102.Note 64 · Footnote 395: (return) A small island east of Curaçao, in latitude 12° north, longitude 67° 41' west.Note 65 · Footnote 396: (return) Saint Yves, G. Les campagnes de Jean d'Estrées dans la mer des Antilles, 1676-78; cf. also C.S.P. Colon., 1677-80, NoNote 66 · Footnote 397: (return) C.S.P. Colon., 1677-80, Nos. 1646-47.Note 67 · Footnote 398: (return) Dampier says of this occasion: "The privateers ... told me that if they had gone to Jamaica with £30 a man in their PNote 68 · Footnote 399: (return) Charlevoix, op. cit., liv. viii. p. 120.Note 69 · Footnote 400: (return) Bibl. Nat., Nouv. Acq., 9325, f. 260; Charlevoix, op. cit., liv. viii. p. 122.Note 70 · Footnote 401: (return) Ibid., p. 119; C.S.P. Colon., 1677-80, Nos. 815, 869; Beeston's Journal, 18th October 1678.Note 71 · Footnote 402: (return) C.S.P. Colon., 1677-80, Nos. 569, 575, 618.Note 72 · Footnote 403: (return) Ibid., No. 770.Note 73 · Footnote 404: (return) Ibid., Nos. 622, 646.Note 74 · Footnote 405: (return) C.S.P. Colon., 1677-80, Nos. 770, 815, 1516: Beeston's Journal, 18th October 1678.Note 75 · Footnote 406: (return) The Spanish ambassador, Don Pedro Ronquillo, in his complaint to Charles II. in September 1680, placed the number at Note 76 · Footnote 407: (return) C.S.P. Colon., 1677-80, Nos. 1150, 1188, 1199, 1516; Beeston's Journal, 29th September and 6th October 1678. Lord CarNote 77 · Footnote 408: (return) Sloane MSS., 2752, f. 29; S.P. Spain, vol. 65, f. 121. According to the latter account, which seems to be derived froNote 78 · Footnote 410: (return) C.S.P. Colon., 1677-80, No. 1199.Note 79 · Footnote 411: (return) Ibid., No. 1188.Note 80 · Footnote 412: (return) Sloane MSS., 2572, f. 29.Note 81 · Footnote 413: (return) C.S.P. Colon., 1677-80, Nos. 1344, 1370.Note 82 · Footnote 414: (return) Ibid., No. 1516.Note 83 · Footnote 415: (return) Cf. Archives Coloniales—Correspondance générale de St Domingue, vol. i.; Martinique, vol. iv.Note 84 · Footnote 416: (return) C.S.P. Colon., 1677-80, Nos. 1420, 1425; Sloane MSS., 2724, f. 3.Note 85 · Footnote 417: (return) Sloane MSS., 2724, f. 198. Coxon probably did not submit, for Dampier tells us that at the end of May 1681, Coxon wasNote 86 · Footnote 418: (return) Ibid., f. 200; C.S.P. Colon., 1681-85, Nos. 16, 51, 144, 431. Everson was not shot and killed in the water, as MorganNote 87 · Footnote 419: (return) Ringrose's Journal. Cf. also S.P. Spain, vol. 67, f. 169; C.S.P. Colon., 1681-85, No. 872.Note 88 · Footnote 420: (return) C.S.P. Colon., 1681-85, Nos. 431, 632, 713; Hist. MSS. Commiss., VII., 405 b.Note 89 · Footnote 421: (return) C.S.P Colon., 1677-80, Nos. 1425, 1462.Note 90 · Footnote 422: (return) Ibid., No. 1361.Note 91 · Footnote 423: (return) C.S.P. Colon., 1677-80, Nos. 601, 606, 607, 611; ibid., 1681-85, No. 160; Add. MSS., 22, 676; Acts of Privy Council, Note 92 · The new Lieutenant-Governor of Jamaica, Sir Thomas Lynch, brought with him instructions to publish and carefully observe the articles of 167Note 93 · Some of the recalcitrant freebooters, however, were captured and brought to justice. Major Beeston, sent by the governor in January 1672, wiNote 94 · The Spaniards in the West Indies, notwithstanding the endeavours of Sir Thomas Lynch to clear their coasts of pirates, made little effort toNote 95 · Indeed Morgan, the buccaneer, was soon in high favour at the dissolute court of Charles II., and when in January 1674 the Earl of Carlisle wNote 96 · The excuse of the Spaniards for most of these seizures was that the vessels contained logwood, a dyewood found upon the coasts of Campeache,Note 97 · The Spaniards nevertheless did, as we have seen, engage in active reprisal, especially as they knew the cutting of logwood to be but the preNote 98 · The reprisals of the Spaniards on the score of logwood-cutting were not the only difficulties with which Lord Vaughan as governor had to conNote 99 · After the trial of Deane, the lieutenant-governor, according to Lord Vaughan, had openly expressed himself, both in the taverns and in his oNote 100 · As in the case of Modyford and Lynch, so with Lord Vaughan, the thorn in his side was the French colony on Hispaniola and Tortuga. The EngliNote 101 · Even with the success of this act, however, the path of the governor was not all roses. Buccaneering had always been so much a part of the lNote 102 · The French colony on Hispaniola was an object of concern to the Jamaicans, not only because it served as a refuge for privateers from Port RNote 103 · In the second war of conquest waged by Louis XIV. against Holland, the French in the West Indies found the buccaneers to be useful allies, bNote 104 · In the beginning of the following year, 1678, Count d'Estrées, Vice-Admiral of the French fleet in the West Indies, was preparing a powerfulNote 105 · The buccaneers were accused in the reports which reached Barbadoes of deserting the admiral after the accident, and thus preventing the reduNote 106 · On 1st March 1678 a commission was again issued to the Earl of Carlisle, appointing him governor of Jamaica.402 Carlisle arrived in his new Note 107 · These same privateers, however, were soon out upon a much larger design. Six captains, Sharp, Coxon, Essex, Allison, Row, and Maggott, in foNote 108 · Lord Carlisle cannot escape the charge of culpable negligence for having permitted these vessels in the first place to leave Jamaica. All thNote 109 · At the end of May 1680 Lord Carlisle suddenly departed for England in the frigate "Hunter," leaving Morgan again in charge as lieutenant-govNote 110 · A general warrant for the apprehension of Coxon, Sharp and the other men who had plundered Porto Bello had been issued by Lord Carlisle in MNote 111 · The buccaneers who, after plundering Porto Bello, crossed the Isthmus of Darien to the South Seas, had a remarkable history. For eighteen moNote 112 · The recrudescence of piratical activity between the years 1679 and 1682 had, through its evil effects, been strongly felt in Jamaica; and pu