The Monarchs of the Main; Or, Adventures of the Buccaneers. Volume 2 (of 3)

CHAPTER II.--CONQUEST OF PANAMA.

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March from Chagres over the Isthmus--Famine--Ambuscades of Indians--Wild bulls driven down upon them--Victory in the Savannah--Battle of the Forts--Takes the city--Burns part of it--Cruelties--Revels--Virtue of the Spanish prisoner, and her sufferings--Retreats with prisoners--Ransom--Divisions of booty--Treason of Morgan--Escapes by night to Jamaica--Dispersion of his fleet--Morgan's subsequent fate 125