The story, as it was recounted to me, is that Avery was the first Englishman to find the island. The Spanish had been using it to conduct illicit transactions for decades. Avery plans to lie in wait for them.He and his crew of 44 arrive...and sail inland.But as they move up the inlet, they see something most unexpected. She was Spanish, but not one of the ships they'd been hunting. This ship had been there far longer than that. Captain's log identifies her having set sail from Havana in 1636.31 souls aboard.Avery finds the remains of all 31. Slaughtered. Brutally so. Evidence that a number of them had been dismembered while still alive....All 31 bodies were found still on the ship, locked inside the hold.Locked from within.They ate each other alive.Avery claimed to have seen the log It said that the crew had refused to go inland to forage for food or for fresh water.That the first men in had returned, reporting sounds coming from the forest.The men said it sounded to them... like the voice of God... warning them to stay away.
Flint, Black Sails 408.
