Show ELO ELMO SCOTT WATSON me western N union red beard first great pirate P IRACY Is us its old us its history til atory the first savage mun mull who hollowed out a log with fire find paddled around in tilts tills craft probably pro lubly bubly fell a vict victim lill to tile the first net act of piracy when lie met another savage travel traveling hig on a log on willett lie lind bad spent no labor prom from time thim immemorial the mediterranean sea was ravaged by pirate fleets elects which ninde asla ashi minor und find tile islands near it their headquarters from which they out for aralds on the blimps of rome home there Is the story of the lie pirates who captured the flit young julius and held hlin him for rans ronsom for six weeks during which tit the 0 future consul live lived d on excellent terms terina with ills captors cup tora lie ile told them that lio lie would one lily crucify choln ill all whereat they roared with laughter at it tills pleasantry jut it wits was also a matter of record that lie kept ills word in the mediterranean continued long utter after rome home had ft illon in ant and early in tile sixteenth century it gave to history lil hI story the first outstanding pirate leader the eunious Ilar barossa or red lied ilet ird red deards real ovag bruj tin and lie wits was tile the son soil of a turkish renegade and a christian mother lie ile was horn born on oil tile island of lesbon in ill the aegean sen sea it 11 stronghold of tile pirates pl rutes wilting whom lio lie rapidly rose to a of accepted leadership hut but feeling the alie need for it u more convenient base from willell which to conduct ills operations in 1501 lied beard ca 09 ills nt tunis bunla und and became tile the first of tile the barbary corsairs cors cor alra whose choso raids went unchecked until some youthful conIl luders of tile united states navy taught tini glit tile ahcin proper respect for the freed freedom of tile sens sells red hod heard beard lind had it convenient will tile sultan of tunis whereby that eminent ruler was to be given one fifth aalt of tile booty lie he took tit in return for ro und protection when it ons aib needed one of ills first imbt exploits mia antis tile capture of two galleys Kiil leya belonging to POPO pope julius 11 II which C 11 hail had balled from froin G genoa enon and the richness of tile loot front from tills showed allowed tile lip that lio he had made n no mistake in agreeing to a partnership with barbarossa the next benr the pirate gli ovel ills his during daring by capturing a ship with goo sold soldiers lers on bondol anil and in it alis moors floors invited libin 1111 to join them in their never ending war on they nt tempted to take t ile town lind and port oc 1110 eya luit but after eight dilys days fighting during which red lieu lost on an arin the attack failed although barbarossa became rich and powerful otter lie he lind bild captured tile the town of Alg algiers lers where lie ile set himself embroilment with up its sultan lila ills spain proved lili his undoing charles V sent nn an army of men to algiers defeated tile corsair and rod red beard wits waa killed in battle |