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Fired with revenge, he traveled back to Boston, assembled a crew of 20-25 men, and entered upon a career of piracy to recoup his losses. Ironically, he did not target French shipping, probably because the English traders were wealthier Story of Dixie Bull: ''Discover Maine, Maine's History Magazine, Greater Bath-Brunswidk Region'', Vol. 3 (2006) Issue 3, p. 9 . His fame as "the dread pirate" derived from his attack on the settlement of Pemaquid in 1632. Few pirates had the temerity to attack a defended town. Sailing into the harbour, with what is said to be three ships, he opened fire on the Stockade there, and sacked the town. The booty seized is variously said to have been 55 pounds or $2500. He now sails out of history. Some stories say he joined the French, others that he returned to England , and others that he was hanged in Tyburn . Legend says that he buried treasure on Damariscove Island and Cushing Island in Casco Bay . The legend of Dixie Bull was soon enshrined in ballads, the most famous of them being "The Story of Dixie Bull" and "The Slaying of Dixie Bull" Dixie Bull ballad: '' Minstrelsy of Maine, Folk-Songs and Ballads of the Woods and the Coast '', Fannie Hardy Eckstorm and Mary Winslow Smith; Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1927 . This ballad describes a duel between Dixie Bull and a fisherman from Pemaquid , Daniel Curtis, on an island near that town, in which Dixie Bull was killed, saving the town. NOTES |
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