266 CAPTAIN ZACHARY G. LAMSON 



tain Stockton, at the channel of Caye de 

 Sucre, coast of Cuba, and was informed 

 on board that he had recaptured an Eng- 

 lish brig, of which the captain and mate had 

 been hung by the pirates. The 'Alligator' 

 had also retaken the Columbian schooner 

 'Cienega,' which had been seized by a 

 mutinous crew. At the time of leaving, 

 Captain Stockton was in shore with a 

 schooner of light draught, with seventy men 

 belonging to the 'Alligator' and 'Gram- 

 pus,' together with the three crews of the 

 prizes he had taken. He engaged a pirate 

 launch of seventy men, but as he was much 

 embarrassed by all those he had aboard, 

 he was in doubt what to do with them. 

 The famous Lafitte was among the pirates. 

 The very day of our parting we fell in with 

 a schooner and three launches which gave 

 chase, but blowing heavy and being to 

 windward, succeeded in getting from them. 

 The next day at 10 A. M. made a schooner 

 on our larboard bow, lying under mainsail 

 and jib. At 11 A. M. she was on our lee 



