Captain William Kidd and Others of the Buccaneers
CHAPTER XIV.
_Sir Henry Morgan._
His Origin.--Goes to the West Indies.--Joins the Buccaneers.--Meets Mansvelt the Pirate.--Conquest of St. Catharine.--Piratic Colony there.--Ravaging the Coast of Costa Rica.--Sympathy of the Governor of Jamaica.--Death of Mansvelt.--Expedition of Don John.--The Island Recaptured by the Spaniards.--Plans of Morgan.--His Fleet.--The Sack of Puerto Principe.--Horrible Atrocities.--Retreat of the Pirates.--The Duel.--They Sail for Puerto Velo.--Conquest of the City.--Heroism of the Governor. 225