Rio had met with a terrible misfortune, from
which it took many years to recover, and rarely have the sanguinary deeds
of a murderous rabble led to so severe a retribution.
THE WONDERFUL MARCH OF THE FREEBOOTERS
The March of the Ten Thousand, from Babylon to the Black Sea, is one of
the famous events of history. The march of the three hundred, from the
Pacific to the Atlantic, which we have here to tell, is scarcely known to
history at all, yet it was marked by a courage and command of resources as
great as those of the ancient Greeks. We think our readers will agree with
us when they read this story, taken from the records of the freebooters on
the Spanish Main.
After ravaging the settlements of Spain on the Atlantic coasts, various
fleets of these piratical adventurers sought the Pacific waters in 1685,
and there for several years made life scarce worth living to the
inhabitants of the Spanish coast cities. Time and again these were
plundered of their wealth, numbers of their ships were taken, and a
veritable reign of terror prevailed.
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