Chapter XI: The Downfall of Angria (2)

But the follies of Kyffin had roused a feeling against the English that was not likely to be allayed by Gyfford, who exceeded Kyffin in dishonesty and imprudence. He threw himself into the pepper trade, using the Company's money for his own purposes, and joined hands with the Portuguese interpreter, Ignatio Malheiros, who appears to have been a consummate rogue. Before long, religious feeling was aroused by the interpreter obtaining possession of some pagoda land in a money-lending transaction. Gyfford also aroused resentment, by trying to cheat the native traders over the price of pepper, by showing fictitious entries in the factory books, and by the use of false weights. The only thing wanting for an explosion was the alienation of the Mahommedan section, which, before long, was produced by chance and by Gyfford's folly. It happened that some Mahommedan traders came to the fort to transact business with Cowse, who had resumed business as a private merchant; but he was not at leisure, so they went to the interpreter's house, to sit down and wait. While there, the interpreter's 'strumpet' threw some _hooli_ powder on one of the merchants. Stung by the insult, the man drew his sword, wounded the woman, and would have killed her, if he and his companions had not been disarmed. Gyfford, when they were brought before him, allowed himself to be influenced by the interpreter, and ordered them to be turned out of the fort, after their swords had been insultingly broken over their heads. The people of Attinga flew to arms, and threatened the fort. For some months there were constant skirmishes. The English had no difficulty in defeating all attacks, but, none the less, trade was brought to a standstill; so Mr. Walter Brown was sent down from Bombay to put matters straight. Poola Venjamutta, who had all the time kept himself in the background, was quite ready to help an accommodation, as open force had proved useless. Things having quieted down, Gyfford, 'flushed with the hopes of having Peace and Pepper,' devoted himself to trade. He had at this time a brigantine called the _Thomas_, commanded by his wife's brother, Thomas Cooke, doing his private trade along the coast. The year 1720 passed quietly. Force having proved unavailing, the Attinga people dissembled their anger, and waited for an opportunity to revenge themselves. So well was the popular feeling against the English concealed, that Cowse, with his long experience and knowledge of the language, had no suspicions.

There had been an old custom, since the establishment of the factory, of giving presents yearly to the Rani, in the name of the Company; but for some years the practice had fallen into abeyance. Gyfford, wishing to ingratiate himself with the authorities, resolved on reviving the custom, and to do so in the most ceremonious way, by going himself with the presents for seven years. Accordingly, on the 11th April, 1721, accompanied by all the merchants and factors, and taking all his best men, about one hundred and twenty in number, and the same number of coolies, Gyfford started for Attinga, four miles up the river. Here they were received by an enormous crowd of people, who gave them a friendly reception. The details of what followed are imperfectly recorded, and much is left to conjecture, but Gyfford's foolish over-confidence is sufficiently apparent. In spite of their brave display, his men carried no ammunition. Poola Venjamutta was not to be seen. They were told he was drunk, and they must wait till he was fit to receive them. He was apparently playing a double part, but the blame for what followed was afterwards laid on his rival, Poola Cadamon Pillay. Cowse's suspicions were aroused, and he advised an immediate return to Anjengo, but Gyfford refused to take the advice. He is said to have struck Cowse, and to have threatened with imprisonment. The Rani also sent a message, advising a return to Anjengo. It was getting late, and to extricate himself from the crowd, Gyfford allowed the whole party to be inveigled into a small enclosure. To show his goodwill to the crowd, he ordered his men to fire a salvo, and then he found that the ammunition carried by the coolies had been secured, and they were defenceless. In this hopeless position, he managed to entrust a letter addressed to the storekeeper at Anjengo, to the hands of a friendly native. It reached Anjengo at one o'clock next day, and ran as follows:--

"Captain Sewell. We are treacherously dealt with here, therefore keep
a very good look-out of any designs on you. Have a good look to your
two Trankers,[9] We hope to be with you to-night. Take care and don't
frighten the women; we are in no great danger. Give the bearer a
Chequeen."[10]

But none of the English were to see Anjengo again. That night, or the next morning, a sudden attack was made, the crowd surged in on the soldiers, overwhelmed them, and cut them to pieces. The principal English were seized and reserved for a more cruel death. In the confusion, Cowse, who was a favourite among the natives, managed to disguise himself, got through the crowd, and sought to reach Anjengo by a little frequented path. By bad luck he was overtaken by a Mahommedan merchant who owed him money. Cowse offered to acquit him of the debt, but to no purpose. He was mercilessly killed, and thus the debt was settled. 'Stone dead hath no fellow,' as the chronicler of his death says. The rest of the English were tortured to death, Gyfford and the interpreter being reserved for the worst barbarities. Ignatio Malheiros was gradually dismembered, while Gyfford had his tongue torn out, was nailed to a log of wood, and sent floating down the river.

It is easy to picture to one's self the consternation in Anjengo, that 12th April, when, soon after midday, Gyfford's hasty note was received, and the same evening, when a score of wounded men (topasses) straggled in to confirm the worst fears; 'all miserably wounded, some with 12 or 13 cutts and arrows in their bodyes to a lower number, but none without any.' Gyfford had taken away all the able men with him, leaving in the fort only 'the dregs,' old men, boys, and pensioners, less than forty in number. At their head were Robert Sewell, who describes himself as Storekeeper, Captain and Adjutant by order of Governor Boone; Lieutenant Peter Lapthorne, Ensign Thomas Davis, and Gunner Samuel Ince. The first three of them were absolutely useless, and Gunner Ince, whose name deserves to be remembered, was the only one of the four who rose to the situation. His first care was for the three English women, whose husbands had just been killed. By good fortune there happened to be in the road a small country ship that had brought a consignment of cowries from the Maldives. Mrs. Gyfford, for the third time a widow, Mrs. Cowse with four children, and Mrs. Burton with two, were hastily put on board, and sailed at once for Madras. No mention appears of Mrs. Gyfford having any children with her, but she carried off the factory records and papers, and what money she could lay her hands on. She was no longer the confiding girl, who had given herself to Governor Harvey eleven years before. She had learned something of the world she lived in, and intended to take care of herself as well as she could. She even tried to carry off Peter Lapthorne with her, but Sewell intervened and prevented it. So giving him hasty directions to act as her agent, she passed through the dangerous Anjengo surf and got on board. A letter to her from Lapthorne, written a few weeks later, relates that the only property he could find belonging to her were 'two wiggs and a bolster and some ophium' in the warehouse.

Having got rid of the white women, Sewell and his companions set to work to hold the fort against the attack that was inevitable. From the old records we get an idea of what the fort was like. As designed by Brabourne, it covered a square of about sixty yards each way, but this did not include the two Trankers, palisaded out-works, alluded to in Gyfford's note. Ten years before, the attention of the Council at Bombay had been drawn to the bad condition of the

"Fort house, being no more then timber covered with palm leaves
(cajanns) so very dangerous taking fire," and the chief of the factory
was ordered to build "a small compact house of brick with a Hall, and
conveniencys for half a dozen Company's servants. And being advised
that for want of a necessary house in the Fort, they keep the Fort
gate open all night for the guard going out and in, which irregularity
may prove of so pernicious consequence as the loss of that garrison,
especially in a country where they are surrounded with such
treacherous people as the Natives and the Dutch," it was ordered that
a "necessary house over the Fort walls" should be built, and the gates
kept locked after 8 o'clock at night.

How far these orders had been carried out does not appear; but the Company's goods were still kept in a warehouse outside the walls: some of the Company's servants also had houses outside, and the palm-leaf roofs were still there. For garrison they only had about thirty-five boys and pensioners, 'whereof not twenty fit to hold a firelock,' and, for want of a sufficient garrison, it was necessary to withdraw from the Trankers, which were thought to be so important for the safety of the place. Desperate as was the outlook. Gunner Ince exerted himself like a man, animating everybody by his example. By his exertions, seven hundred bags of rice, with salt fish for a month, and the Company's treasure were got in from the warehouse, and an urgent appeal was sent to Calicut. The surgeon had been killed with Gyfford; they had no smith or carpenter or tools, except a few hatchets, and the Attinga people swarming into Anjengo burned and plundered the settlement, forcing a crowd of women and children to take refuge in the small fort. Though no concerted attack was made at first, the assailants tried with fire arrows to set fire to the palm-leaf roofs, which had to be dismantled; and all through the siege, which lasted six months, the sufferings of the garrison were increased by the burning rays of a tropical sun or the torrential rains of the monsoon.

On the 25th April, they were cheered by the arrival of two small English ships from Cochin, where the intelligence of the disaster had reached; and received a small reinforcement of seven men with a consignment of provisions. A message of condolence also had come from the Rajah of Quilon, who offered to receive the women and children, so one hundred and fifty native women and children, widows and orphans of the slain, were sent off. On the 1st May, an ensign and fifty-one men, collected by Mr. Adams from Calicut and Tellicherry, joined the garrison, and gave some relief from the constant sentry duty that was necessary. The enemy, meanwhile, had contented themselves with harassing the garrison by firing long shots at them; but it was rumoured that the Rajah of Travancore was sending troops, and then they would have to sustain a serious attack. Gunner Ince, on whom the whole weight of the defence rested, let it be known that in the last extremity he would blow up the magazine. It is cheering to find that there was at least one man who was prepared to do his duty. Sewell and Lapthorne got drunk, and joined with the warehouseman, a Portuguese named Rodriguez, in plundering the Company's warehouse and sending goods away to Quilon; the soldiers followed the example, and plundered the rooms inside the fort, while the late interpreter's family were allowed to send away, to Quilon, effects to the value of one hundred thousand fanams, though it was known that the Company had a claim on him for over two-thirds of the amount, on account of money advanced to him. Davis was dying of a lingering illness, to which he succumbed in the beginning of July.

On the 24th June, a vigorous attack was made on the fort from three sides at once. On one side the enemy had thrown up an entrenchment, and on the river side they had effected a lodgment in Cowse's house, a substantial building close to the wall of the fort. This would have soon made the fort untenable, so a small party was sent to dislodge the occupants. At first they were repulsed, but a second attempt was successful. Marching up to the windows, 'where they were as thick as bees,' they threw hand grenades into the house, which was hurriedly evacuated; numbers of the enemy leaping into the river, where some of them were drowned. Ince then bombarded them out of the entrenchment, and the attack came to an end. Several of the garrison were wounded, but none killed; but what chiefly mortified them was that the arms of the men slain with Gyfford were used against them. After this the land blockade lingered on, but no very serious attack seems to have been made. A second reinforcement of thirty men was sent down by Adams from Calicut, and the Rani and Poola Venjamutta sent 'refreshments,' and promised that the attacks of their rebellious subjects should cease. The Rani also wrote to the Madras Council, and sent a deputation of one hundred Brahmins to Tellicherry, to express her horror of the barbarities committed by her people, and her willingness to join the Company's forces in punishing the guilty.

Intelligence of the disaster at Anjengo did not reach Bombay till the beginning of July. The monsoon was in full force, and no assistance could be sent till it was over. Men and supplies were gathered in from Carwar and Surat, and, on the 17th October, Mr. Midford, with three hundred men, reached Anjengo. His report on the state of affairs he found there makes it a matter of surprise that the place had not fallen. The safety of the fort had been entirely due to Gunner Ince. Sewell's behaviour was that of a fool or a madman. Together with Lapthorne, he had set the example of plundering the Company, and their men had done as much damage as the enemy. Sewell, as storekeeper, had no books, and said he never had kept any. Lapthorne had retained two months' pay, due to the men killed with Gyfford, and asserted his right to it. Much of the Company's treasure was unaccounted for, and Mrs. Gyfford had carried off the books. Midford sent Sewell and Lapthorne under arrest to Bombay, where they were let off with a scolding, and proceeded to restore order. The Rani and Venjamutta were friendly, but told him he must take his own vengeance on the Nairs for their inhuman action. So he commenced a series of raids into the surrounding country, which reduced it to some sort of subjection. Soon there came an order for most of his men to be sent back to Bombay, where warlike measures against Angria were on foot. A cessation of arms was patched up, and Midford installed himself as chief.

He proved to be no honester than his predecessors. He monopolized the pepper trade on his own private account, making himself advances out of the Company's treasury. In less than a year he was dead, but before his death Alexander Orme,[11] then a private merchant on the coast, was sent to Anjengo as chief of the factory, at the special request of the Rani. Before long, Orme had to report to the Council that there were due to the Company, from Gyfford's estate, 559,421 fanams, and that 140,260 gold fanams had disappeared during Midford's chiefship which could not be accounted for. Midford had also drawn pay for twenty European soldiers who did not exist. The Council ascribed Midford's misdeeds to his 'unaccountable stupidity,' and the Directors answered that 'the charges against Mr. Midford are very grievous ones.'

In September, 1722, the Council received from Orme a copy of the treaty he had made with the Rani. The following were the chief provisions. The ringleaders in the attack on Gyfford were to be punished and their estates confiscated; all Christians living between Edawa and Brinjone were to be brought under the Company's protection; the Rani was to reimburse the Company for all expenses caused by the attack on Anjengo; the Company was to have exclusive right to the pepper trade, and were empowered to build factories in the Rani's dominions wherever they pleased; the Rani was to return all arms taken in the late out-break, and to furnish timber to rebuild the church that had been burned. The treaty was guaranteed by the Rani's brother, the Rajah of Chinganatta. By the Directors it was received with mixed feelings.

"Last years Letters took some notice about the Affair at Anjengo, We
had not then the Account of the Treaty Mr. Orme made with the Queen of
Attinga and King of Chinganetty, We are sorry to find it included in
the Treaty, That We must supply Souldiers to carry on the War against
her rebellious Subjects for which she is to pay the Charge, and in the
Interim to pawn Lands for answering principal and Interest, because it
will certainly involve us in a trouble if We succeed, and more if We
dont, add to this, the variable temper and poverty of those people may
incline them to refuse to refund, and in time they may redemand and
force back their Lands, If the Articles are fully comply'd with they
seem to be for the Companys benefit, But We fear we shall have the
least Share of it, To what purpose is her Grant to Us of all the
Pepper in her Countrey, If Our unfaithful people there get all for
themselves and none for Us, as you Charge Mr. Midford with doing, We
dont want an Extent of Lands, if We could but (obtain) pepper cheap
and sufficient, And what benefit will it be to Us, to have the liberty
of building Factorys, which in Event is only a Liberty to lavish away
Our Money, and turning Quick Stock into dead, unless you could be
morally certain it would be worth while to get a small residence in
the King of Chengenattys Countrey, where it is said the Dutch make
great Investments of Peice Goods cheaper and better, than they used to
do at Negapatam, and therefore have deserted it, We consider further,
if such Goods as are proper for Our Europe Market were procurable, how
comes it We have had none hitherto, It is true We have had Cloth from
Anjengo good of the Sorts, but Invoiced so dear that We forbad sending
more unless to be purchased at the prices We limited, since then We
have heard no more about it, But we are told it is Traded in to Bombay
to some profit, What profit will the putting the Christians between
Edova and Brinjohn under Our Jurisdiction yeild to Us, and what
Security can you have that the King of Chenganattys Guarranteeship
will answer and give full satisfaction, These are what appear to Us
worthy your serious and deliberate consideration to be well thought of
before you come to a determination What Orders to give, We find by
your Consultations in January 1722/23 You had sent down Treasure to
Anjengo, to enable the Chief to levy Souldiers to revenge the Murder
of the English, since you could not spare Forces which as there
exprest is absolutely necessary, for else the Natives will have but
contemptible thoughts of the English, who will then loose their Esteem,
had We ever found a benefit by their Esteem, something might be said
for it, But in the present Case We fear We shall buy Our Esteem at too
dear a Rate, We should be extreamly glad to be mistaken and to find in
effect what your 120th Paragraph says in words, that you hope to make
it a Valuable Settlement."[12]

We left Mrs. Gyfford flying from Anjengo in a small country ship, with two other English women and six children. The misery that the three poor widows must have endured for a month, crowded into a small country boat, without preparation or ordinary comforts, at the hottest time of the year, must have been extreme. On the 17th May, the fugitives landed at Madras. The Council there granted them a compassionate allowance, of which Mrs. Gyfford refused to avail herself. After a time she made her way to Calcutta and joined her father's family, leaving, with an agent in Madras, the Anjengo factory books, which, after repeated demands, were surrendered to the Madras Council. From Madras to Calcutta she was pursued by the demands of the Bombay Council. The books had been restored at Madras, and the Bengal Government extracted Rs.7312 from her; but, in reply to further demands, she would only answer that she was 'an unfortunate widow, struggling with adversity, whose husband had met his death serving our Honourable Masters,' and that it was shameful to demand money from her, when she herself was owed large sums by the Company. She could only refer them to her agents at Madras and Anjengo. Still, she was in a considerable dilemma, as she could not get out of the country without a full settlement of accounts, and, if resistance was carried too far, her father might be made to suffer.

At this juncture an unexpected way of escape presented itself. Twelve months before this, Commodore Matthews had arrived in Bombay with a squadron of the Royal Navy for the suppression of piracy. But Matthews was more bent on enriching himself by trade than on harrying pirates; and, as his own trading was inimical to the Company's interests and certain to set the Company's servants against him, he had from the first assumed a position of hostility to the Company. Every opportunity was seized of damaging the Company's interests and lowering the Company's authority. All who were in the Company's bad books found a patron and protector in Matthews; so, when in September, 1722, the flagship appeared in the Hooghly, Mrs. Gyfford was quick to grasp the opportunity, that presented itself, of bidding defiance to her pursuers. She at once opened communication with Matthews, and besought his protection. She was an unfortunate widow who had lost two husbands by violent deaths in the Company's service, and, now that she was unprotected, the Company was trying to wring from her the little money she had brought away from Anjengo, while she herself had large claims against the Company. This was quite enough for Matthews. Here was a young and pretty woman with a good sum of money, shamefully persecuted by the Company, to which he felt nothing but hostility. At one stroke he could gratify his dislike of the Company and succour a badly treated young woman, whose hard fate should arouse sympathy in every generous mind; so the Bengal Council were told that Mrs. Gyfford was now under the protection of the Crown, and was not to be molested.

In the hope of securing some portion of the money due to the Company, the Council attached the brigantine _Thomas_, commanded by Mrs. Gyfford's brother. A letter was at once forthcoming from Matthews to say that he had purchased Mrs. Gyfford's interest in the vessel. Finding themselves thus forestalled, the Council begged Matthews not to take her away from Calcutta till she had furnished security for the Company's claim of Rs.50,000, Matthews replied that he should take her to Bombay, where she would answer anything that might be alleged against her. As soon as he had completed his trading in Bengal, Mrs. Gyfford, with her effects, embarked on board the _Lyon_, and so returned to Bombay. There, in January, 1723, we find her living under Matthews' roof, much to the wrath of the Council and the scandal of her former acquaintances. By this time, the Council had received from Anjengo more precise details as to what was due to the Company from Gyfford's estate. All the cowries, pepper, and cloth that were said to belong to Gyfford had been bought with the Company's money, and the Company's claim against his estate was nearly £9000. A stringent order was sent to Mrs. Gyfford, forbidding her to leave Bombay till the claim was settled. Matthews at once put her on board the _Lyon_ again, and there she remained; not venturing to set foot on shore, lest the Council should lay hands on her.

By the end of the year, Matthews was ready to return to England. Intent to the last on trade, he touched at Carwar, Tellicherry, and St. David's, and, in Mrs. Gyfford's interests, a visit was also paid Anjengo, to try and recover some of the property she claimed to have left there. She was not going to be put off with Lapthorne's 'two wiggs and a bolster.' In July (1724) the _Lyon_ reached Portsmouth, and was put out of commission.

At first the Directors appear to have paid little attention to Mrs. Gyfford, perhaps not thinking her worth powder and shot. Their principal anger was directed against Matthews, against whom they obtained a decree in the Court of Chancery for unlawful trading. But Mrs. Gyfford would not keep silence. Perhaps she really believed in the justice of her claims. She bombarded the Directors with petitions, till at last, two years after her arrival in England, they tardily awoke to the fact that they themselves had substantial claims against her. They offered to submit the claims to arbitration, to which Mrs. Gyfford consented; but as she still refrained from coming to close quarters, they filed a suit against her in the Court of Chancery, nearly four years after her arrival in England. Mrs. Gyfford promptly replied with a counter-suit, in which, among other things, she claimed £10,000 for presents taken by Gyfford to the Rani of Attinga on that fatal 11th April, seven years before. Four years later, she was still deep in litigation, having quarrelled with her agent, Peter Lapthorne, among others. It is to be hoped, for her sake, that Chancery suits were cheaper than they are now. Here we may say good-bye to her. For those who are curious in such matters, a search among the Chancery records will probably reveal the result, but it is improbable that the Company reaped any benefit from their action. And so she passes from the scene, a curious example of the vicissitudes to which Englishwomen in India were exposed, two hundred years ago.

[1] They were issued at the rate of sixty-five for a rupee; before long,
their value was reduced to seventy-two for a rupee, at which price
they were much in request, and the Governor reported that he expected
to coin sixteen tons of them yearly.

[2] In October, 1713, the Bombay Council decided that the Xeraphims, being
much debased with copper and other alloy, their recognized value
should in future be half a rupee, or two Laris and forty reis. The
Xeraphim was a Goa coin, originally worth less than one and sixpence.
The name, according to Yule, was a corruption of the Arabic _ashrafi_.

[3] The year before, the _Godolphin_ had escaped from an Angrian fleet,
after a two days' encounter within sight of Bombay.

[4] The records are silent as to the _Defiance_, but it is mentioned by
Downing, who says that, instead of doing his duty, the captain made
the best of his way to Bombay. The story seems to be borne out by a
faded letter from the captain to the Directors, appealing against
dismissal from the service.

[5] The name is now given to the group of islands to which Bourbon and
Mauritius belong. At that time it generally applied to Bourbon, and
especially to St. Paul's Bay, which was a favourite place of call for
ships to water at.

[6] According to some accounts, the first settlement was a few years
earlier, but the dates of the early travellers are very unreliable.
Hamilton says that a present was sent in 1685 to the Queen; "A
beautiful young English gentleman had the honour to present it to her
black Majesty; and as soon as the Queen saw him, she fell in love with
him, and next day made proposals of marriage to him, but he modestly
refused so great an honour however, to please her Majesty, he staid at
court a month or two and satisfied her so well that when he left her
court she made him some presents."

[7] Bruce.

[8] This is the reason given by Bruce for Brabourne leaving Anjengo, but
the death of Brabourne's wife, in 1704, probably had a good deal to do
with his leaving the place. Her tomb still exists.

[9] Tranqueira (Port.), a palisade.

[10] Meaning sequin: the origin of the modern Anglo-Indianism, chick.'

[11] The father of Robert Orme, the historian, who was born at Anjengo.

[12] Letter from Court of Directors to Bombay, 25th March, 1724.

INDEX

A

Abdul Guffoor, his ship seized off Surat;
his ship, _Futteh Mahmood_, taken by Every;
incites the natives of Surat against the English.
Adams, Mr., sends relief to Anjengo.
_Addison_, the, East Indiaman, commanded by Boone, against Kennery;
consultation on board.
_Adventure_ galley, the, fitted out as a privateer;
commanded by Kidd;
size and defence of;
anchors off Johanna;
anchors at Perim;
flies English colours at Carwar;
sails to Calicut;
chased by two Portuguese vessels;
chases the _Sedgwick_;
her crew divide the spoil of the _Quedah Merchant_;
becomes unseaworthy;
her owners not inculpated by Kidd.
_Advice_, the, King's ship, under Warren.
Affleck, Mr., owner of the _London_.
Aislabie, William, President of Bombay, his negotiations with Angria;
sails for England;
begins building the church at Bombay;
his armed yacht taken by Angria.
_Algerine_, the.
_See Soldado_, the.
Alibagh fort, unsuccessfully assaulted by the English and Portuguese;
taken by Sumbhajee Angria.
_Anglesea_ the, man-of-war.
_Anglesea_ the, French man-of-war, attacks the _Anson_;
Angria, Conajee (Kanhojee), pirate, rise of the power of;
succeeds to the command of the Mahratta navy;
styled Darya-S ranga;
destroys the _Bombay_ frigate;
fortifies Kennery;
attacks the _Godolphin_;
concludes a treaty with the Mahrattas;
becomes an independent chief;
captures the _Anne_ ketch;
his ships attack the _Somers_ and _Grantham_;
captures a Portuguese 'armado,';
opens negotiations with the English;
articles of agreement delivered to, by Lieutenant Mackintosh;
his territory a refuge for desperadoes;
defies Governor Boone;
fruitless attack made on his fort at Gheriah;
offers terms to Governor Boone;
negotiates with the English through Sahoojee;
his ships burnt in Gheriah harbour;
makes a treaty with the Portuguese;
fits out an expedition against Carwar;
his commodore killed and ship taken;
his power weakened;
his treatment of Curgenven;
his death.
Angria, Mannajee, illegitimate son of Conajee Angria;
quarrels with Sumbhajee;
takes Colaba;
imprisons Yessajee;
his relations with the English;
captures Caranjah;
seizes Bombay ships;
Captain Inchbird sent to punish;
his territories attacked by Sumbhajee;
increase of power of.
Angria, Sakhajee, son of Conajee Angria;
establishes himself at Colaba;
dies.
Angria, Sumbhajee, son of Conajee Angria;
quarrels with Mannajee;
his gallivata captured;
captures the _Derby_;
opens negotiations with Bombay;
his fleet chased by Bagwell;
takes the _Jupiter_;
attacks Mannajee's territories;
his camp bombarded by Inchbird;
retreats from Colaba;
makes overtures of peace to Bombay;
captures the _Salamander_;
dies.
Angria, Toolajee, illegitimate son of Conajee Angria;
taken prisoner by Mahrattas;
succeeds Sumbhajee;
captures the _Princess Augusta_;
sacks Mangalore and Honore;
captures the _Restoration_;
captures trading boats;
chases the _Tartar_;
attacks the _Ruby_;
takes the _Swallow_;
proposes terms to the Bombay Council;
the English co-operate with the Peishwa against;
his fleet chased by James;
his fort at Severndroog bombarded;
the Council's orders as to terms of capitulation with;
leaves Gheriah and treats with the Mahrattas;
warns his brother-in-law against surrendering Gheriah;
his person demanded from the Mahrattas;
his fleet destroyed at Gheriah;
imprisoned for life by the Mahrattas;
escape of his sons from captivity.
Angria, Yessajee, illegitimate son of Conajee Angria;
imprisoned by Mannajee.
Anjediva, island, part of Brown's fleet finds refuge at;
Portuguese fort on.
Anjengo, the Dutch oust the Portuguese from;
English factory and fort at;
unrest at;
massacre of the English at;
state of the garrison at;
fort at, besieged;
the Company's goods at, plundered;
monopoly of pepper trade at, secured to the Company;
the Company's remarks on trade at.
_Anne_, the, grab, taken by Toolajee Angria.
_Anne_, ketch, the, sails for Bombay;
how protected;
attacked and captured by Angrian ships;
recovered from Angria;
taken by Sumbhajee Angria.
Annesley, Daniel, President of Surat, imprisoned
Anselme, Captain, commander of the _Derby_, purposely delays his ship;
surrenders the _Derby_ to Angria.
_Anson_, the, East Indiaman, attacked by French man-of-war.
_Antelope_, the, taken by the Coolee rovers.
_Apollo_, the, French man-of-war, attacks the _Anson_.
Arabs, the, of Muscat, pirates;
attack the Company's ship _President_;
ravage Salsette.
Armenian merchants, their complaints of pirates.
Armenian ships, plundered by pirates.
Ashure, Rani of Attinga, the English settle in her territory;
dies.
Attinga, monopoly of the pepper trade at, granted to the English;
internal divisions in;
massacre of the English from Anjengo at.
Attinga, Rani of, the, blockades the English at Anjengo;
makes peace with the English;
yearly presents to;
sends food to the besieged at Anjengo;
disclaims participation in the massacre of the English;
requests Orme to be chief at Anjengo;
to compensate for attack on Anjengo.
_See also s.v._ Ashure.
_Augusta_, the, taken by Toolajee Angria.
Aungier, Gerald, President of;
Bombay, quells mutiny among the soldiers.
Aurungzeeb, Mogul Emperor;
his ship, _Gunj Suwaie_, taken by Every;
story of the capture of his granddaughter;
his order to imprison the English in Surat and Bombay;
holds the English responsible for loss of the _Quedah Merchant_;
reverses his order to stop European trade;
death of.

B

Babington, Philip, Irish pirate;
commands the _Charming Mary_.
Bab's Key
_See_ PERIM.
Bagwell, Commodore;
chases Sumbhajee Angria's fleet into Rajapore river.
Bahama Islands, the;
a haunt of pirates.
Ballajee Bajee Rao, the Peishwa's son;
attacks Sumbhajee Angria's camp;
his alliance with the English.
Ballajee Rao.
_See_ PEISHWA, THE.
Bandara, shelled by the English.
Bankote
to be made over to the English;
surrender of, to the Mahrattas;
surrender of, to the English.
Bassein
besieged by the Mahrattas.
Bellamont, Lady;
Kidd's present to.
Bellamont, Lord;
supports syndicate to send out a privateer against French commerce;
appointed Governor of New York;
obtains a commission for Kidd;
arrests Kidd;
said by Kidd to have French passes of captured ships;
accused of complicity in Kidd's piracies.
Bellamy, Lieutenant;
killed before Alibagh.
_Bengal_ galley, the;
engages Portuguese grabs;
attacked off Colaba and boarded by Angrian ships.
_Benjamin_ yacht, the;
unmolested by pirates.
_Benjimolly_ the;
taken by Toolajee Angria.
Berkeley, Lieutenant;
fights a duel with Lieutenant Stepney.
Berlew (? Bellew), Captain;
directs attack on Gheriah;
Beyt, pirates from.
Bhyroo Punt.
_See_ PEISHWA, THE.
Blackbeard.
_See_ TEACH, EDWARD.
Bomanjee, a Parsee broker;
arrest of, for fraud;
his cause espoused by Matthews.
Bombay, its defenceless position;
seized by Keigwin for the King;
surrendered to Grantham;
Boone builds a wall round;
conditions imposed by the Portuguese at the cession of;
increased reputation of the English at;
council-of-war held at;
freed from the pirates;
state kept up by the Company's servants at.
Bombay Council, conclude a six months' truce with Sumbhajee Angria;
send warning to merchantmen of French man-of-war;
their reply to Toolajee Angria's overtures;
co-operate with the Peishwa against Toolajee Angria;
terms of agreement between the Mahrattas and;
their instructions to Olive and Hough;
proceed against Mrs. Gyfford.
_Bombay_ frigate, the, destroyed by Angria's vessels.
_Bombay_ galley, the, engages Portuguese grabs;
attacked off Colaba by Angrian ships;
sent against the Angrian fleet.
Bombay Marine Battalion, formation of.
Bonnell and Kynaston, partners of Porter;
action brought against, by the East India Company.
Boone, Charles, President of Bombay;
his character and capacity;
fleet organized by;
failure of his attempt on Vingorla;
sends an expedition to Gheriah;
plans an attack on Kennery;
his opinion of the Company's military;
rejects Angria's terms;
builds the _Phram_, a floating battery;
builds a wall round Bombay;
his trouble with the Portuguese;
plans a second expedition against Gheriah;
orders Brown to engage the Madagascar pirates;
plans a fresh attack on Angria;
his disappointment at failure of the expedition against Colaba;
intrigues against;
embarks for England;
attacked on his homeward journey by Angria;
rescues a ship from the Kempsant's grabs;
succeeded by William Phipps;
abolishes the public table at Bombay.
Boscawen, Admiral, leaves four ships to protect the coast of India.
Bourbon, Isle of, the _Nostra Senhorade Cabo_ taken by pirates at;
governor of, compelled to countenance pirates;
Matthews trades at.
Bourchier, Richard, President of Bombay, strengthens alliance with
the Peishwa.
Bowen,--, pirate, commands the _Speedy Return_.
Brabourne, John, procures grant of Anjengo for the English;
completes the fort at Anjengo;
leaves Anjengo.
Braddyll, Mr., member of Bombay Council, intrigues against Boone;
is protected by Matthews.
Braddyll, Mrs., taken to Surat by Matthews.
Brathwaite, Lieutenant, of the _Lyon_ leads the assault on Alibagh;
made captain of the _Exeter_.
_Bridgewater_, the, blockades Gheriah.
Bridgman, Henry.
_See_ EVERY, HENRY.
Brinjone.
_See_ VILLANJUEN.
_Bristol_, the, taken to Sumatra on a piratical cruise.
_Britannia_, the, Company's armed ship, built at Carwar, by
Boone's orders;
sent to attack Vingorla;
takes part in the attack on Kennery;
sent in search of pirates.
Brown, Walter, factor, commands Company's troops;
serves on the _Addison_ against Kennery;
commands the expedition against Gheriah;
cowardice and incompetency;
plans a night surprise on Gheriah;
abandons the attack on Gheriah and Deoghur;
his fleet chased by the pirates;
orders the _Phram_ to be burned;
sent in search of pirates;
chases the _Cassandra_ and _Victory_;
sent to Anjengo to accommodate matters.
Buchanan, Captain, holds Gheriah after its capture.
Burton, Mrs., escapes from Anjengo.
Byng; Sir George, First Lieutenant of the _Phoenix_.

C

_Caesar_, the, engages with pirates.
Calicut, Kidd's letter of protest to the factory at;
relief sent to Anjengo from.
Carolina, North, pirates off the coasts of;
governor of, intimidated by Teach;
planters at, seek assistance from Virginia.
Carpenter's Bay, Mauritius, message from the pirates found at.
Carwar, Kidd's visit to;
factory at, besieged by the Sunda Rajah;
part of Brown's fleet escapes to;
threatened by Angria's forces;
Captain Hudson entertained at;
Hamilton's account of.
_Cassandra_, the, Company's ship (later a Madagascar pirate ship),
her fight with pirates;
taken by England;
falls in with Brown's fleet;
chases the English fleet to Goa;
spoil from, presented to the daughter of the Governor of Cochin;
chased by Brown and Macrae;
with the _Victory_, takes the _Nostra Senhora de Cabo_;
takes an Ostend ship;
Macrae's defence of;
booty acquired by the crew of.
_Catherine_, the, trades to Mocha.
_Ceres_, the, Company's ship, attacked by Angrian pirates.
Chalmers, Lieut.-Colonel, commands troops at Gheriah.
_Chandos_, the,
employed in the attack on Gheriah;
fired on by the _Cassandra_;
sent with Brown in search of pirates.
_Charles the Second_, the,
seized by Every and mutineers;
renamed the _Fancy_.
_Charlotte_, the, Madras ship, taken by Angria's fleet.
_Charming Mary_, the, a pirate ship.
Charnock's Point, St. Mary's Island,
a pirate settlement;
wrecks of merchant ships at;
Matthews takes booty at.
Chaul,
the rendezvous for the Colaba expedition;
Mannajee Angria escapes to;
attacked by Sumbhajee Angria;
made over to the Peishwa;
James joined by the Mahratta fleet at.
Cheyne, Captain, commands the _Protector_
Child, Sir John, President of Surat
attempts to pacify the native governor;
compared with Governor Boone;
his intrigues at Surat;
endeavours to re-establish the Company's authority at Bombay.
Child, Sir Josiah.
Chimnajee Appa, the Peishwa's brother,
his aid invoked against Mannajee Angria.
Chinganatta, the Rajah of, guarantees the treaty at Anjengo.
Chivers, a Dutchman,
commands the _Soldado_ or _Algerine_;
captures and releases the _Sedgwick_;
promises submission to Warren.
Chown, Catherine (_née_ Cooke),
sails for Bombay on the _Anne_;
her second husband killed;
is captured by Angrian pirates;
taken prisoner to Colaba;
a ransom demanded for;
birth of her son;
marries William Gyfford.
_See also s.v._ COOKE, CATHERINE; GYFFORD, CATHERINE; HARVEY, CATHERINE.
Chown, Thomas,
supercargo of the _Godolphin_;
wrecked;
goes to Carwar as factor;
marries Catherine Harvey;
sails for Bombay to prosecute his wife's claims;
killed in action with Angria's fleet.
Clive, Robert (Lord);
commands land forces against Gheriah;
Bombay Council's instructions to;
dispute as to his share of spoil at Gheriah;
his capacity as a soldier.
Cobb, Captain,
commands the _Samaritan_ and _Roebuck_;
captures two Mogul vessels.
Cockburn, Captain, commander of the _Salisbury_,
Matthews' letter to;
Matthews quarrels with;
assists the Council at Bombay;
placed under arrest by Matthews;
transferred to the _Exeter_.
Coins, multiplicity of, at Bombay.
Colaba,
granted to Conajee Angria by treaty;
Lieutenant Mackintosh goes to, with articles of treaty;
fired on by the English;
English and Portuguese make an unsuccessful attack on;
appropriated by Sakhajee Angria;
taken by Mannajee Angria;
attacked by Sumbhajee Angria;
engagement between Angrian ships and Bombay gallivats off.
Conajee Angria.
_See_ ANGRIA, CONAJEE.
Concan, the coast of,
harried by Sivajee's fleet;
the Peishwa becomes master of.
Conden (Congdon, Condent), pirate,
his headquarters, Madagascar;
commands the _Flying Dragon_.
Cong, plundered by pirates.
Cooke, Catherine,
daughter of Captain Cooke, gunner;
marries John Harvey.
_See also s.v._ CHOWN, CATHERINE; GYFFORD, CATHERINE; HARVEY, CATHERINE.
Cooke, Captain Gerrard,
gunner at Fort William;
made engineer and captain;
father of Catherine Gyfford;
marries his daughter to Harvey.
Cooke, Thomas, Gyfford's brother-in-law,
commands the _Thomas_;
his ship attached by the Bengal Council.
Coolee rovers, the.
Coorla, River, defences of;
forced by the English and;
Dutch.
Corlem, Portuguese fort at,
destroyed by the English.
Courten, Sir William,
his attempt to establish a separate trade in the East Indies.
Cowan, Robert, factor,
commands Company's troops;
negotiates treaty between English and Portuguese at Goa;
his services recognized;
made a general in the expedition against Colaba;
his military incapacity.
Cowse, Mrs., escapes from Anjengo.
Cowse, Simon,
Anjengo left in charge of, by Brabourne;
deposed by Kyffin;
resumes business as private merchant;
his advice to Gyfford;
killed in escaping to Anjengo;
the enemy occupy his house at Anjengo.
Coxsidge, Captain,
takes part in the attack on Kennery.
Cruffe, James, armourer,
recaptures the _Josiah_ ketch.
Cuddalore, establishment of a factory at.
Culliford, ----, mutineer and pirate,
succeeds Stent as commander of the _Defence_;
renames her the _Resolution_;
attacks the _Dorrill_, 50;
promises submission to Warren;
Kidd's dealings with;
trial, condemnation and respite of.
Curgenven, Mr., private merchant,
sails for China on the _Charlotte_;
captured by Angria's fleet;
a prisoner for ten years.

D

Dabul, the _Ockham_ attacked off, by Angrian pirates; the Mahrattas offer James a reward to attack. _Dadaboy_, the, taken by Toolajee Angria. Dalrymple, Mr., killed in a duel with Mr. Sutherland. Danes, the, their supposed piratical outrages; implicated in the capture of Abdul Guffoor's ship. _Dartmouth_, the, East Indiaman, takes part in the attack on Kennery. Darya--S ranga. _See_ ANGRIA, CONAJEE. Davis, Thomas, besieged in Anjengo; dies at Anjengo. Deccanees, tin coins, value of. _Defence_, the (formerly the _Mocha_ frigate, _q.v._), becomes a pirate; renamed the _Resolution_. _Defiance_ grab, the, present at the attacks on Kennery; present at Gheriah; engages the _Victory_, pirate ship. _Defiance_, the, frigate, attacked by Angria's ships. _Derby_, the, Company's ship, taken by Toolajee Angria. Deoghur (or Tamana), granted to Conajee Angria by treaty; Angria's southernmost stronghold; attack on, abandoned. _Derby_, the, East Indiaman, taken by Sumbhajee Angria's ships. Desforges, M., Governor of Bourbon. Diego Suarez, pirate settlement of Libertatia at. _Doddington_, the, East Indiaman, wrecked. _Dorrill_, the, Company's ship, attacked by the _Resolution_. _Dove_ the, Company's grab, captured by Mahratta fleet. Downing, Clement, takes part in the attack on Kennery. Dutch, the, torture and execute Captain Towerson; obstruct the English at Surat; protect pirates at the Cape; entertain England and Taylor at Cochin; unite with the English against Coolee rovers; their disastrous engagement with Toolajee Angria; their hostility to the English at Anjengo; their investments in Chinganatta. Dwarka, pirates at.

E

_Eagle_ galley, the, attacked by Angria's grabs;
takes refuge in Saragon harbour.
Easthope, Captain Jeremiah, dies of fever, before Gheriah.
East India Company, the, their servants at Surat imprisoned;
bring an action against Bonnell and Kynaston;
grant commissions to seize interlopers and pirates;
offer a reward for Every's apprehension;
untrustworthiness of their crews;
petition the Admiralty for a ship to deal with pirates;
their trade in India ruined by pirates;
character and pay of their servants;
incompetence of their military;
send out a guardship to Bombay;
their action with regard to Matthews;
build the _Guardian_ and _Protector_ for protection of coast trade;
complicated accounts of;
in India;
state kept up by their servants at Bombay;
their remarks on the treaty with the Rani of Attinga;
file a suit against Mrs. Gyfford.
_East India Merchant_, the, Company's ship.
Edawa.
Eden,--, Governor of North Carolina, suspected of complicity with Teach.
_Edgar_, the, Every serves in.
Edgecombe, Captain, commander of the _Mocha_ frigate;
his crew mutiny;
stabbed.
Egmont, Earl of, his estimation of the Company's military officers.
Elephanta, island, Portuguese village on, burned;
Mannajee Angria hoists his flag on.
_Elizabeth_, the, private ship, plundered by the Sunda Rajah;
taken by pirates off Honore.
England, Edward, pirate;
his headquarters, Madagascar;
commands the _Victory_;
his engagement with the _Cassandra_;
entertains Macrae on board the _Cassandra_;
engages Brown's fleet and chases it to Goa;
entertained at Cochin by the Dutch;
his crew incensed against Macrae;
marooned at Mauritius;
goes to St. Mary's.
English, the, in ill-odour at Surat;
blamed for piracy of other nations.
suffer for Every's seizure of the _Gunj Suwaie_.
Ericeira, Conde de, ex-Viceroy of Goa, his ship boarded by pirates;
forced to ransom himself.
Every, Henry, _alias_ Bridgman, his career as a pirate;
parentage of;
seizes the _Charles the Second_ and renames her;
his piratical outrages on the Guinea Coast;
his friendly warning to the English;
establishes himself at Madagascar;
takes the _Futteh Mahmood_;
takes the _Gunj Suwaie_;
his reported abduction of Aurungzeeb's granddaughter;
captures the _Rampura_;
retires to England;
reward for his apprehension offered;
his reported flight, to Ireland, and death in Devonshire;
compared with Kidd.
Every, John.
_See_ EVERY, HENRY.
Execution Dock, Kidd hanged at;
_Exeter_, the, King's ship,
sent out against pirates;
dismasted;
her captains;
takes part in the expedition against the Portuguese;
goes to the defence of Carwar.

F

Fake, Corporal, mutinies, and is shot.
_Fame_, the, Company's armed ship;
built at Surat by Boone's orders;
sent to attack Vingorla;
takes part in the attack on Kennery.
_Fancy_, the pirate ship,
commanded by Taylor;
her engagement with the _Cassandra_;
given to Macrae.
_Fancy_, the (formerly the _Charles the Second, q.v.)_, pirate ship;
commanded by Every;
takes the _Futteh Mahmood_;
takes the _Gunj Suwaie_.
Farrell, Captain, pirate.
Fleetwood, Miles, succeeds Mence as chief at Carwar.
_Flying Dragon_, the, pirate ship.
Forbes, Lieutenant, communicates with the besieged in Carwar factory;
holds Gheriah after its capture.
_Fort St. George_, the, galley, engages Portuguese grabs.
Foulis, Captain, commander of the _Anson_;
his bravery against the French.
French, the, at Surat;
their men-of-war menace the Company's ships;
their defeat in the Carnatic;
take the _New George_;
East Indiaman.
_Futteh Dowlet_ grab, the;
sent by Bombay Council to assist Mannajee Angria;
taken by Toolajee Angria.
Futteh Droog, Angrian fort, bombarded by James.
Futtehghur, granted to Conajee Angria by treaty.
_Futteh Mahmood_, the, taken by Every.

G

Gallivats, large rowing boats.
Gayer, Sir John, President of Surat, receives news of Every;
delivers French pirates to the Governor of Surat;
offers to convoy the Red Sea fleet;
harassed by untrustworthiness of English crews;
disclaims responsibility with regard to the _Quedah Merchant_;
hands over to the Portuguese their ship taken by pirates;
Harland and Richards quarrel with;
compared with Governor Boone;
killed in action on the _New George_;
annuls a marriage.
Gheriah or Viziadroog, granted to Conajee Angria by treaty;
account of attack on;
Angria's fleet from;
menaces Bombay;
second expedition against;
its fate settled;
attacked by a Dutch squadron;
capture of;
attacked by allied forces;
reported impregnability of;
blockaded by James;
division of spoil taken at;
European slaves at;
surrendered to the Mahrattas.
Gilliam, James, pirate,
seized and imprisoned at Mungrole;
sent to Aurungzeeb's camp.
Goa, proclamation issued from, to the Portuguese at Bombay;
Viceroys of.
_Godolphin_, the, attacked by Angria's ships_;
wrecked outside Bombay.
Gordon, Captain, takes reinforcements to Carwar;
is wounded;
his fruitless action at Gheriah.
Goring, Mr., his visit to Oarwar,
dies at sea.
Gova, fort, bombarded by James;
governor of;
escapes to Severndroog.
Grabs, two-masted ships, description of.
_Grantham_, the, East Indiaman,
attacked by Angria's ships;
placed under Matthews' orders against pirates.
Grantham, Sir Thomas;
Keigwin surrenders Bombay to.
Green,--, pirate, takes the _Speedy Return_;
hanged.
_Greenwich_, the, Company's ship, leaves the _Cassandra_
in her contest with pirates;
sent in search of pirates.
_Guardian_, sloop, the, man-of-war, built to protect the Malabar coast;
commanded by James;
takes part in the combined attack on Gheriah.
Giuliam,--, pirate, hanged;
_Gunj Suwaie_ (Exceeding Treasure), the;
taken by Every.
Guzerat, coast of;
infested by Coolee rovers.
Gyfford, Captain, commander of the _Sidney_;
distrusts Kidd.
Gyfford; Catherine _(née_ Cooke),
a third of Harvey's estate paid to;
her third husband killed at Anjengo;
escapes from Anjengo;
carries off factory records from Anjengo;
appoints Lapthorne her agent;
lands at Madras;
goes to Calcutta;
declines to satisfy claims against her husband;
Matthews espouses her quarrel with the Bengal Council;
is carried off to Bombay by Matthews;
attempts to secure her effects at Anjengo;
is brought to England by Matthews;
petitions the Directors for redress;
files a suit against the Company;
quarrels with Lapthorne.
_See also s.v._ CHOWN, CATHERINE; COOKE, CATHERINE;
HARVEY, CATHERINE.
Gyfford, William, factor at Bombay,
marries Catherine Chown;
appointed supercargo of the _Catherine_;
chief of Anjengo factory;
his dishonesty;
insults Mahommedan traders;
his private trade;
goes to Attinga with presents for the Rani;
is inveigled into an ambush and tortured to death;
his estate a debtor to the Company.

H

_Halifax_, the, Company's ship, attacked by Angrian pirates.
_Halifax_, the, country ship, sent to assist Mannajee Angria.
Halsey,--, pirate.
Hamilton, Alexander, his defence of Littleton;
his account of the engagement
between the _Phoenix_ and a Sanganian pirate;
commands the _Morning Star_;
is attacked by pirates;
made commander-in-chief of the Company's frigates;
sent to relieve Carwar factory;
resigns his post as commander-in-chief;
brings charges against Taylor;
his account of Carwar.
Hand, John, master of the _Bristol_, interloper.
Hands, Israel, wounded by Teach.
Harland, Captain, quarrels with Sir John Gayer;
succeeds Richards as commander of the
_Severn_ and the _Scarborough_.
_Harrington_, the, Company's ship, engages pirate ships.
Harris, President at Surat, declines to interfere
to procure Gilliam's release.
Harvey, Catherine _(née_ Cooke),
goes to Bombay;
returns to Carwar;
asserts her claim, to Harvey's estate;
marries Thomas Chown;
sails for Bombay.
_See also s.v._ CHOWN, CATHERINE;
COOKE, CATHERINE; GYFFORD, CATHERINE.
Harvey, John, chief of Carwar factory,
demands the surrender of Parker by Kidd;
entertains Captain Hudson;
marries Catherine Cooke;
his deformity;
resigns the Company's service;
goes to Bombay to wind up his affairs;
returns to Carwar;
dies.
_Harwich_, the, man-of-war, under Warren,
attacked by a pirate vessel.
_Hastings_, the, man-of-war, under Warren,
Hewitt, Lieutenant, sent to reconnoitre at Gheriah.
Hill, Serjeant, wounded in the attack on Carwar.
Himmutghur, to be made over to the English.
Honore, seizure of a pirate ship at;
pirates provision their ships at;
attacked by Arab pirates;
sacked by Toolajee Angria,
Houblon, Sir James, his ships hired by the Spanish Government.
Hough, Commodore, drives Angrian grabs to Severndroog;
his ability,
present at the attack on Gheriah.
Hudson, Captain, commands the _Loyall Bliss_.
_Hunter_, the, reinforces the _Revenge_;
takes part in the attack on Kennery;
present at Gheriah;
attacked by Angria's grabs.

I

Ibrahim Khan, captain of the _Gunj Suwaie_, cowardice of. Ince, Samuel, gunner, defends Anjengo; is reinforced from Cochin; his bravery. Inchbird, Captain, sent on a mission to Mannajee Angria; seizes Mannajee Angria's gallivats; commands ships sent to the relief of Mannajee Angria at Colaba. _Indien_, the, French ship, captured by Commodore James. Interlopers, unlicensed merchant adventurers. Ireland, John, pirate, commission to Kidd to apprehend. Itimad Khan, Governor of Surat, protects the English; character of.

J

_James_, the, one of Houblon's squadron;
her men join the mutineers on the _Charles the Second_.
James, Commodore William, commands the _Guardian_;
commands a squadron against Gheriah;
his early life;
his capacity;
captures the _Indien_;
his success at Severndroog;
director of the East India Company, baronet, and member of Parliament,
sent to Madras.
Jenkins, Captain of the _Harrington_,
his conflict with Angrian pirates;
his courage commended.
Jinjeera, the Seedee of, complains of English outrages.
Jobson, Captain, commander of the _Ockham_, beats off Angrian pirates.
Johnson, Sir Robert, captain of the _Exeter_, Matthews quarrels with;
perishes at sea;
Matthews answerable for the death of.
Jolly Roger, the, hoisted by mutinous ships.
José, Francisco de Sampaio e Castro, Viceroy of Goa;
unites with Boone in the expedition against Colaba;
treatment of, by Matthews;
comes to terms with the Council at Bombay.
_Josiah_ ketch, the, taken by her crew;
recaptured by Cruffe and carried to Acheen;
attacked by the Sanganians.
Junaghur, imprisonment of Gilliam and his followers at.
_Jupiter_, the, French ship, taken by Sumbhajee Angria.
Jyeghur, granted to Conajee Angria by treaty;
the Mahrattas to attack.

K