Brewster.-His Death and Burial.-Mode of Worship.-Captain's Hill.-Difficulty with the Narragansets.-Firmness and Conciliation.-Terms of Peace.-Plans for Removal from Plymouth.-Captain Standish's Home in Duxbury.-Present Aspect of the Region. 332 CHAPTER XVI. The Will of Captain Standish.-His Second Wife.-Captain's Hill.-The Monument.-Letters from President Grant and General Hooker.-Oration by General Horace Binney Sargent.-Sketch of his Life.-Other Speakers.-Laying the Corner Stone.-Description of the Shaft. 358 V. CAPTAIN WILLIAM KIDD CAPTAIN WILLIAM KIDD AND OTHERS OF THE BUCCANEERS By JOHN S. C. ABBOTT CONTENTS. PAGE CHAPTER I. Origin of the Buccaneers. Renown of Captain Kidd.—Wild Legends.—Demands of Spain.—Opposition of the Maritime Powers.—The Rise of the Buccaneers.—The Pirates' Code.—Remonstrance of Spain.—Reply of France and England.—Confession of a Buccaneer.—Adventures of Peter the Great. 9 CHAPTER II. William Kidd becomes a Pirate. Ravages of the Pirates.—The King's Interview with Earl Bellomont.—William Kidd, the New-York Merchant.—His Commission.—Sailing of the Adventure.—Recruiting in New York.—Circuitous Trip to Madagascar.—Perils and Sufferings.—Madagascar the Pirates' Home.—Murmurings of the Crew.—Kidd reluctantly turns Pirate.—His Repulses, and his Captures. 29 CHAPTER III. Piratic Adventures. Audacity of Kidd.—Fate of the November.—Kidd kills William Moore.—The Renowned Ballad.—Kidd's Compunctions.—Kidd at Madagascar.—Piratic Carousals.—The Artificial Hell.—Kidd's Return to the West Indies.—Exaggerated Reports of Avery.—His wretched Career and wretched End. 51 vi CHAPTER IV. Arrest, Trial, and Condemnation of Kidd. Appalling Tidings.—Trip to Curacoa.—Disposal of the Quedagh Merchant.—Purchase of the Antonio.—Trembling Approach toward New York.—Measures for the Arrest of Kidd.—He enters Delaware Bay.—Touches at Oyster Bay and Block Island.—Communications with the Government.—Sails for Boston.—His Arrest.—Long Delays.—Public Rumors.—His Trial and Condemnation. 75 CHAPTER V. Kidd, and Stede Bonnet. The Guilt of Kidd.—Rumors of Buried Treasure.—Mesmeric Revelation.—Adventures of Bradish.—Strange Character of Major Bonnet.—His Piracies.—Encounters.—Indications of Insanity.—No Temptation to Turn Pirate.—Blackbeard.—Bonnet Deposed. 98 CHAPTER VI. The Adventures of Edward Teach, or Blackbeard. Seizure of the Protestant Cæsar.—The Piratic Squadron.—Villany of the Buccaneers.—The Atrocities of Blackbeard.—Illustrative Anecdotes.—Carousals on Shore.—Alleged Complicity with the Governor.—Hiding-place near Ocracoke Inlet.—Arrangements for his Capture.—Boats sent from two Men-of-War.—Bloody Battle.—The Death of the Pirate.—His Desperate and Demoniac Character. 110 CHAPTER VII. The Close of Stede Bonnet's Career.