Show SHIFT IN SEARCH FOR PIRATE GOU ancient ancien t map and letter indicate new island new orleans la the century old quest for burled buried pirate gold around the mouth of the mississippi r river I 1 ver will shift to cut island just I 1 off the louisiana coast in the gulf of me ale too as the result of recent discoveries by two engineers search for the pirate booty of the early earla port part of the nineteenth century previously had centered about grand isle 15 miles to tile the east of bayou la fourche Four clio cut cat island which Is not indicated by any modern modera map Is li 15 miles to the west of the bayou new light was shed on the pirates when C ll new orleans engineer and member of tile the louisiana historical so society clety found an old map anal lille doing some research work in a new iberia law sult suit the map indicated indicate cal 1 island as tile the position of the pirates on its face also was written near grand isle the former position of the pirates Wad dills discovery was tinted by another made by walter Y kemper franklin la engineer who worked with on the new iberia case kt kamper while in tile the united states land office tin in washington aisem discovered ereo a letter dated a e march alacci 1 17 1814 written to a louisiana ana landow landowner tier by an era em of the land office 1 I 1 had contemplated tile the immell ate survey of ble public lands art arid islands of tile the west coast from the 11 the it iatter ater read but unsafe because of an overgrown piratical they have fortified thein elves selves ou on une one of file lie islands and burrer none to at approach them tile the parly of pirates amount to upwards of mn men they are for titled on cat at islami bifid have live five or six armed vessels varr carrying ying 12 to 14 V u to winn f ann |