NEWS photo Brad Ledwidge

A COMMUNITY, forum v was recently held at Lions Gate Hospital to discuss healthy food and
‘eetivity choicas for children. Included among the various speakers were (left to right): LGH
“outpatient ‘dietition Sharron Drinkwater; RDNs Hugette Cloutier and Suzanne Darke, North
Shere Heatth’s Margaret Broughton and Douglas Coilege’ 8 Chris Johnson.

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‘rom fishermen to outlaws -

Pirate Peter Easton still considered a folk hero out East

WHAT. BRITISH pirate:

“recruited”. Newfoundland
“fishermen to a life of pillage .
and plundes? aa

i By Miireha Boulton
Contributing Writer

Aasitime outlaw Peter Easton, a
short, ‘dark. man. with a glib tongue
“and a ‘cruel streak that was matched -
by: his good “cheer and generosity,
remains “a «folk: hero ine
Newfoundland. -

the town of Happy Adventure i is
named ‘for his: flagship, and many
of his: ‘adopted pirates took the
Easton hame in his honor.~ ©
While Samuel de Champlain-.
was struggling, to.found his colony’ ’
Quebec, commerce was booming

“Phe “Basqués, » Portuguese,
‘French and English gathered. at the
hatbor | to trade and refit their ships.

i visit. “to
Newfoundland was during the reign
of Elizabeth 1. :

. He. came with her blessing aS a

; privateer.. ; be

When James 1 took the throne,
‘he eliminated the legal plundering -
of foreign ships. by privateers,
which fed to a massive transition to
outright policy.’ .

- Easton made the transition quite

Successfully. :

‘By -1610,-he commanded 40
“ships engaged in looting ships in
‘the English Channel.

: Merchants petitioned the gov.
“ermmment for relief from Easton’s
“depredations, and. Sir Henry

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‘ spared after giving the buccaneer

Mainwarting prepared a squadron
of ships to pursue Easton.

. However, Easton avoided any
engagement by. embarking for
Newfoundland.

He built a fort at Harbour Grace,

“and recruited or pressed fishermen

into his service.

Although he used. Harbour
Grace primarily as a base, he found
time to raid Basque and French
ships for their arms, cargoes of salt:
fish and “liberated” at least one
shipment of French wine.

In Conception Bay he took two
‘ships and 30 ships were pillaged i in
St.John’s.

The ‘colony at Cupids was

two pigs. Easton protected the

- colonists’ valuable fishing supplies

and tons of salt during the winter.
His loyal followers dubbed him:

- the “Pirate Admiral” and he was
’ perceived as a defender of common

folk. :
;, By 1612, Easton had amassed a
considerable navy.-He is said to

have taken 500 fishermen into his
employ.

Although he was an outlaw in
England, Easton applied to King
James for a pardon, and apparently,
paid well for it.

In fact, he received two pardons.

En route to his retirement,
Easton paused to intercept the
Spanish plate fleet which was trans-
porting the:annual loot of the
empire from Central America.

When he finally settled down in
a palace on the Riviera, Easton was
one of the richest men in the world.

He became a marquis, and lived
in the lap of luxury. .

‘Although Easton never returned

-to- Newfoundland, his fishermen

pirates did and the Easton name
remains popular in that part of
Newfoundland where pirates once
reigned.

This article. was prepared by the

ject, designed to raise awareness
about Canada’s history. For more
information call 1-800-567-1876.

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Information Meeting

Leo Marshall Curriculum Centre
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Thursday, April 14, 1994

7:00 p.m.

‘A Panei, including a District administrator, teach-
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