ns, men, women,
and children; viz., one hundred and ninety soldiers of the garrison;
forty inhabitants, who were married: forty-three children, thirty-four
slaves, belonging to the king; with eight children, eight banditti,
thirty-nine negroes belonging to private persons; with twenty-seven
female blacks, and thirty-four children. The pirates disarmed all the
Spaniards, and sent them out immediately to the plantations to seek for
provisions, leaving the women in the church to exercise their devotions.

Soon after they reviewed the whole island, and all the fortresses
thereof, which they found to be nine in all, viz., the fort of St.
Jerome, next the bridge, had eight great guns, of twelve, six, and eight
pounds carriage; with six pipes of muskets, every pipe containing ten
muskets. Here they found still sixty muskets, with sufficient powder and
other ammunition. The second fortress, called St. Matthew, had three
guns, of eight pounds each. The third, and chiefest, named Santa
Teresa, had twenty great guns, of eighteen, twelve, eight, and six
pounds; with ten pipes of muskets, like those before, and ninety muskets
remaining, besides other ammunition. This castle was built with stone
and mortar, with very thick walls, and a large ditch round it, twenty
feet deep, which, though it was dry, yet was very hard to get over. Here
was no entry, but through one door, to the middle of the castle. Within
it was a mount, almost inaccessible, with four pieces of cannon at the
top; whence they could shoot directly into the port. On the sea side it
was impregnable, by reason of the rocks round it, and the sea beating
furiously upon them. To the land it was so commodiously seated on a
mountain, as there was no access to it but by a path three or four feet
broad. The fourth fortress was named St. Augustine, having three guns of
eight and six pounds. The fifth, named La Plattaforma de la Conception,
had only two guns, of eight pounds. The sixth, by name San Salvador, had
likewise no more than two guns. The seventh, called Plattaforma de los
Artilleros, had also two guns. The eighth, called Santa Cruz, had three
guns. The ninth, called St. Joseph's Fort, had six guns, of twelve and
eight pounds, besides two pipes of muskets, and sufficient ammunition.

In the storehouses were above thirty thousand pounds of powder, with all
other ammunition, which was carried by the pirates on board. All the
guns were stopped and nailed, and the fortresses