Index for the Project Gutenberg Series "American Pioneers and Patriots"
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 theix Pirates.—The Duel.—They Sail for Puerto Velo.—Conquest of the City.—Heroism of the Governor. 225