The Real Captain Kidd: A VindicationDalton, Cornelius Neale
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The Real Captain Kidd: A Vindication
Dalton, Cornelius Neale
Kidd, William, -1701; Pirates -- Biography
And that, when he arrived in the said Port, there was a Pirate Ship,
called the _Moca_ Frigate, at an Anchor, _Robert Culliford_, Commander
thereof; who with his Men, left the same at his coming in, and ran into
the Woods: and the Narrator proposed to his Men to take the same, having
sufficient Power and Authority so to do; but the Mutinous Crew told
him, If he offered the same, they would rather fire Two Guns into him,
than one into the other; and thereupon Ninety-seven deserted, and went
into the _Moca_ Frigate, and sent into the Woods for the said Pirates,
and brought the said _Culliford_, and his Men, on board again; and all
the time she staid in the said Port, which was the Space of Four or Five
Days, the said Deserters, sometimes in great Numbers, came on board the
said Galley and _Adventure Prize_, and carried away great Guns, Powder,
Shot, small Arms, Sails, Anchors, Cables, Surgeons, Chests, and what else
they pleased; and threatened several times to murder the Narrator, as he
was informed, and advised to take care of himself; which they designed
in the Night to effect; but was prevented by him locking himself in his
Cabin at Night, and securing himself with barricading the same with Bales
of Goods; and, having about Forty small Arms, besides Pistols, ready
charged, kept them out; Their Wickedness was so great, after they had
plundered and ransacked sufficiently, went Four Miles off to one _Edward
Welche’s_ House, where his the Narrator’s Chest was lodged, and broke it
open; and took out Ten Ounces of Gold, 40 Pound of Plate, 370 Pieces of
Eight, the Narrator’s Journal, and a great many Papers that belonged to
him, and the People of _New York_ that fitted them out.
That about the 15th _June_, the _Moca_ Frigate went away, being manned
with about 130 Men, and Forty Guns, bound out to take all Nations: Then
it was that the Narrator was left with only Thirteen men; so that the
_Moors_ he had to pump and keep the _Adventure Galley_ above Water, being
carried away, she sunk in the Harbour; and the Narrator, with the said
Thirteen men, went on board the _Adventure Prize_; where he was forced
to stay Five Months for a Fair Wind; In the meantime, some Passengers
presented, that were bound for these Parts; which he took on board, to
help to bring the said _Adventure Prize_ home.
That, about the beginning of _April_, 1699, the Narrator arrived at
_Anguilla_ in the _West Indies_, and sent his Boat on Shore; where his
Men had the News That he and his People were proclaimed Pirates, which
put them into such Consternation, That they sought all Opportunity to run
the Ship on Shore upon some Reef or Shoal, fearing the Narrator should
carry them into some _English_ Port.
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