The Pirates of Panama: or, The Buccaneers of America; a True Account of the Famous Adventures and Daring Deeds of Sir Henry Morgan and Other Notorious Freebooters of the Spanish MainExquemelin, A. O. (Alexandre Olivier)
History
The Pirates of Panama: or, The Buccaneers of America; a True Account of the Famous Adventures and Daring Deeds of Sir Henry Morgan and Other Notorious Freebooters of the Spanish Main
Exquemelin, A. O. (Alexandre Olivier)
Buccaneers; Pirates; Spanish Main; West Indies -- History
The lot fell on one half of the people of the lost vessel, who embarked
in the long-boat, and on the skiff which they had before, the other half
remaining ashore. Lolonois having set sail, arrived in a few days at the
river of Nicaragua: here that ill-fortune assailed him which of long
time had been reserved for him, as a punishment due to the multitude of
horrible crimes committed in his licentious and wicked life. Here he met
with both Spaniards and Indians, who jointly setting upon him and his
companions, the greatest part of the pirates were killed on the place.
Lolonois, with those that remained alive, had much ado to escape aboard
their boats: yet notwithstanding this great loss, he resolved not to
return to those he had left at the isle of Pertas, without taking some
boats, such as he looked for. To this effect he determined to go on to
the coasts of Carthagena; but God Almighty, the time of His Divine
justice being now come, had appointed the Indians of Darien to be the
instruments and executioners thereof. These Indians of Darien are
esteemed as bravoes, or wild savage Indians, by the neighbouring
Spaniards, who never could civilize them. Hither Lolonois came (brought
by his evil conscience that cried for punishment), thinking to act his
cruelties; but the Indians within a few days after his arrival took him
prisoner, and tore him in pieces alive, throwing his body limb by limb
into the fire, and his ashes into the air, that no trace or memory might
remain of such an infamous, inhuman creature. One of his companions gave
me an exact account of this tragedy, affirming that himself had escaped
the same punishment with the greatest difficulty; he believed also that
many of his comrades, who were taken in that encounter by those Indians,
were, as their cruel captain, torn in pieces and burnt alive. Thus ends
the history, the life, and miserable death of that infernal wretch
Lolonois, who full of horrid, execrable, and enormous deeds, and debtor
to so much innocent blood, died by cruel and butcherly hands, such as
his own were in the course of his life.
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