Indian Antiquary Vol 48

Author(s): Richard Carnac Temple, Devadatta Ramkrishna Bhandarkar
Publisher: Swati Publications

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DECEMBER, 1919 ]
EPISODES OF PIRACY IN THE EASTERN SEAS
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laden with calicos. I sold some of the goods bought of Glover to Captain Hore and his Company as likewise (to] the Whitemen that lived upon Madagascar and Captain Richard Glover. .
(13) June 9th 1697.-Arrived the Resolution Captain Chivers Commander, burden near 200 tons, 90 men, 20 guns. Formerly the ship belonged to Captain Robert Glover, but the Company took her from him and turned him and 24 men of his men out of her by reason they were not willing to go a-privateering into the East Indies. They met with a Mosounes at sea and lost all their masts and put into Madagascar about ten leagues to the northward of St. Mary's, and there masted and fitted their ship; and while they lay there, they took the brigantine Amity for her water-casks, sails and rigging and masts, and turned the hull a drift upon a reef. Captain Glover promised to forgive them what was past if they would let him bave his ship again and go home to America, but they would not except he would go into the East Indies with them. September 25 they set sail to the Indies.
(14) June 14th 1697.- Arrived the ship Fortune from New York, Captain Thomas Mostyn Commander and Robert Allison Supercargo, the ship burden 150 tons or thereabouts, 8 guns, near 20 men, having several sorts of goods aboard and sold to Captain Hore and Company and to the Whitemen upon Madagascar.
(15) June 1st 1697.- Arrived a ship from New York, Captain Cornelius Jacobs Commander and Supercargo, Mr. Fred. Phillips owner, burden about 150 tons, 2 guns, near 20 men, having several sorts of goods aboard and sold to Captain Hore and his Company and to the Whitemen upon Madagascar and 4 barrels of tar to me.
(16) July 186 1697.- Arrived the brigantine Swift from Boston, Mr. Andrew Knott Master and John Johnson Merchant and part owner, burden about 40 tons, 2 guns, 10 men, having several sorts of goods aboard, some sold to Captain Hore and Company: the rest put ashore at St. Mary's and left there. A small time after his arrival I bought three quarters of her and careened and went out to seek a trade and to settle a foreign commerce and trade in several places on Madagascar. About eight or ten days after I went from St. Mary's the negroes killed about 30 Whitemed upon Madagascar and St. Mary's and took all they or I had. Captain Mostyn and Captain Jacobs and Captain Hore's ship and Company being all there at the same time and set sail from St. Mary's October 1697 for Madagascar to take in their slaves and rice having made a firm commerce with the negroeB on Madagascar. At my return I met with Captain Mostyn at sea sixty leagues of St. Mary's. He acquainted me with the negroes' rising and killing the Whitemen. He persuaded me to return back with him and not proceed any further for there was no safe going to St. Mary's, all my men being sick. After good consideration we agreed to return ard go for America.
The above mentioned men that were killed by the natives were most of them privateers that had been in the Red Sea and took several ships there. They were chiefly the reason of the natives rising, by their abusing of the natives end taking their
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