St. Croix or Santa Cruz. An Emerald Isle. Where sugar was king. Christiansted. Ashore. Attractions of the island. A target for hurricanes. How Hamilton attracted attention. Cannibals. A turbulent past. Dreams of a kingdom. Knights of Malta. The home port of the Vigilant. Over the sea to Porto Rico. Porto Rico’s beauties and attractions. A tamed island. Drake’s repulse. The man with the queen’s glove in his hat. How the Earl of Cumberland took San Juan. An enemy he could not conquer. Ogeron’s attempts. The pirate prisoners. Ogeron’s escape. The rescuers. In the chain-gang. Birds of a feather. Mona the forbidding. Hispaniola the mighty. A miniature continent. The most historic spot in America. A land drenched in blood. XI The Gibraltar of the Buccaneers 195 Samana Bay and its environs. Where the first blood was spilled. The Bay of the Arrows. Trade Wind Cay. The pirates’ stronghold. A miniature Gibraltar. Legends and superstitions. Ruins on the cay. Treasure. Joseph’s find. Those who frequented the isle. Round and about Samana Bay. Samana and its people. Sanchez. A wild coast. Caverns. The amber beach. XII The Birthplace of the Buccaneers 210 The rugged island. The Dons in Santo Domingo. First gold in the New World. La Vega la Antigua. Old Weapons. The Cibao. Along the coast to Puerto Plata. The port. The Silver Shoals and Phipps’s treasure. The first European settlement in America. Isabella. Monte Cristi and El Morro. Tortuga the birthplace of the buccaneers. Cayona. The origin of the buccaneers. Strategies. Pirate governors. The buccaneers’ fort. The fate of the West India Company. XIII The Brethren of the Main 226 The buccaneer island. Early forays. Humane practices. How the pirates got their vessels. Daring assaults. The buccaneers’ ships. A motley lot. Honor among thieves. The inventors of accident insurance. Employees’ indemnities. Division of spoils. Oaths and agreements. Rules. Penalties. Recompense. Temptations. A few of the buccaneers. Rock Brasiliano the German. A degenerate brute. Bravery of Brasiliano. Escape from Campeche. John Davis the Jamaican pirate. A “kind and considerate man.” Lolonais the most cruel of the buccaneers. An ex-slave. A protégé of the governor. A notable feat. A monster in human form. Cannibalistic tendencies. Lolonais shipwrecked. The awful fate of Lolonais. Quarrels among the freebooters. The British buccaneers help take Jamaica. The pirates’ new lair. XIV The Granddaddy of the Dollar 243