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Dead Men Tell No Tales
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direction of the shore.
Slowly Blackbeard raised his pistol;
an entirely different smile now hov
ered at the corners of his mouth. He
fired twice, and as the shots - rang
out, the frogs suddenly ceased their
incessant croaking. The sailors
stumbled, fell forward on their faces,
and lay still. A silent gasp came from
Mary Ann. A thin spiral of smoke
curled lazily from the nozzle of Black
beard’s pistol.
Blackbeard, still smiling, turned to
her, said, “Dead men tell no tales .. .
Come ...”
Somewhere on the lonely sand spits
and shores of North Carolina lies
buried treasure to the extent of over
a million dollars; for it is known that
Mary Ann Blythe collected several
chests of Jewels of immense value
that have never been found. And Mary
Ann and Blackbeard made several
similiar expeditions in the secrecy of
night, punctuated by digging and pis
tol shots. Dead men tell no tales,
and they have kept their secrets
well ....
It is in the Caribbean that the tra
dition of buried treasure holds forth
in all its golden allure.
IPerhaps the greatest prize ever,
to be taken by any pirate was the
sacking of Panama, known as the
“Cup of Gold,” by Henry Morgan, not
then “Sir”, about two hundred and
fifty years ago. Panama considered
herself impregnable by virtue of be
ing situated on the south side of the
isthmus, and protected by what the
Spaniards .believed was an impassable
barrier of jungle. But Henry Morgan,
not to be balked of his prize, sur
mounted that obstacle by a classic
trek through the jungles, up the
Chagres River, beset on all sides by
danger and hardships, to fall upon
Panama and take the city in an orgy
of bloody violence.
The Spaniards were warned of the
approach of Mongan, but believing
Panama immune from pirate attack,
they were caught flat-footed. They
put up a terrific resistance, but Mor
gan was not to be diverted from his
purpose after his terrible march
through the jungles, with its attend
ant toll in life and morale.
Henry Morgan fell upon the city
of Panama with a pitiful few hun
dred followers at his back; and in a
classic fight in which the Spanish
employed everything they could mus
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with Morgan when he took Panama,
tells us that in this battle Morgan
lost 200 men, a sizable portion of his
“army”, and the Spaniards lost 600
men killed. Many others fled to the
jungles before the blood and gold
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It is an acknowledged fact that
Henry Morgan did not take from Pan
ama all the wealth that the city con
tained. In his haste to find treasure
he killed too many men—particularly
priests—who could have told him
where the treasure was hidden. For
three bloody weeks Morgan tortured
and killed, trying to wrest the last
gold chain, the last piece of jewelry,
the last incredibly rich church treas
ure, but he got only a pitiful handful
of the total.
When Morgan finally quit Panama,
leaving the city in flames, he carried
with him, Esquemeling tells us, “175
beasts of carriage, laden with gold and
silver and other precious things.” But,
after deducting the lion’s share for
himself, Morgan’s men received, as
their share of the booty, 200 pieces
of-eight-per-man—about two hundred
dollars.
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where in its tortuous tunnels and
secret chambers lay buried and hidden
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when the news came that Morgan was
marching on the city. That was Henry
Morgan’s greatest defeat—to be frus
trated in acquiring the enormous
wealth he had suffered so many hard
ships to attain.
That wealth is still “lost”, waiting
to be found. It is guarded by the
men who died to defend it—and dead
men tell no tales.
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