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Bicentennial Edition, (July
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of Lafitte
ODELE H. PERANICH Herald Bay Bureau
Summer-evening breezes, so familiar to'
ingeo%ipc at e d4b e 1 o w. ir<4us isc,reams ; and soulful moans,,are j said to have been heard^i
and crossbones days of	and Mississippi Coasts,
Jean Lafitte and his pir-, ^:	he successfully avoided
ating adventures. . entanglement in the Un-Waveland's Pirate j ited States and Britain’s the Gulf' shores, blow House, built, in; 1802 by •yvWar*of .1812/for■-.two -v£on manypccasions'com-’-j steadily, caressing a a so-called gentleman1 »• years,, principally, be- . ing from.the location-of,.j large white frame house pirate, a privateer and	cause.. ofAthe;profitv As;;ii-.>V:the ,dungeon/v.:E$f^
set neatly but obscurely-■■'New Orleans business-	long as he stayed un^-jK-..	And tales	have	been <
some"l00!feet	Inland.,,	:	man believed to be ruler	/	committed to “either^told	of this	olcf .	house.
A golden flickering light shines.;through ?an upstairs window — per-haps as ax signal — meant to be. seen by only: one - man^and ar-
of the Gulf Coast pir- side, all .flags continued which once ^offered " rebates, is said to have har- : to be vulnerable to^his ^- fuge to. the gallant?buc-, bored the buccaneer * attack,; .■and^gainS ' Un-.fc- caneer. who terrorized* Jean Lafitte.	v<V varied.	the- Gulf^of. Mexico/ wa* <
. Lafitte, the French .In September of 1814^5ters^is9mel>belieyiable|! marauder of the late •• however, he shunned an —some;,not.Viasomer^be^L’ 1700s and early" 1800s,. offer of 30,000 pounds by lieved ;'	'	”	’	”
the British,''and invtrade ’ ited'1'
ranged to.warn of dan- ^ concentrated hja piracy	----
ger or to o e r .^'..exploits within the Gulf for.a'full.pardop arid cit-One'legend,wconviric^ assurance or sate :pas- :>of Mexico and discrimi-; ,„izenshiprestoration ?f orbing not^because it is be-^i sage from the multi-sail , na^ed against'no coun-' ^himselffarid his^follow*^; lieved but^becaUse.it;^ ship anchored.In the st.ry in the selectionfor^ ers;i4Laf ittevjoined^^;haswithstood the .test,of;,/; y 01	~>u*s- -yi ■. his high seas ventures.1' . forces with Gen.iyAn^^ years, is of a secret tun-,^
The sceneris oneu?i' Although ^Lafitte's :dr.ewVjackson and^^neJ-iWhich ranT.from'^ajVi
which couldsvery well homeland -----------A-J ‘■'"r —
have tak’en place many^. strong b times during the skull him and
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.'**$and-?the Coast,thereby^; thily >transfe$i-boqtjh -
' - '^implanting for himself aL; V..’' from ships to a''strong-.
‘'deep; affection,in:th'e:.;.^hold';below- the house/;, ,!
I hearts^ of.jthe sAmerican''.-**^. This; tunnel is' aald:to^;
.^people.;; v have . beeni:discovered^'
;• Lafitte.'s Pirate many times ,since thei
House, said^to be the .; ■■ days of Lafitte.
■ headquarters for his . One • suchUdiscovery^
privateering,' was con- said Mr. and'Mrs. Bprjn ‘
structed in resemblance ' H. Lister5’the,;last*own-V:i ___________uvv r _______=»•	___ ■_*
planter's-cottage. • . *• . before* itsidestruction in£, Ir on •* grill- b anisters ■ 1969* by'Hurricane Cam-^ ^trimmed the 'spacious ‘	'
•’ ‘-.g a 11 er y^f r o n t i n g.
house1 and bordered r ^
:r^stepsJ;ftpm.: the ,grou^|'!'*^nd^th^
^leve l’. td|the entr anc ej|0i^a g a	ey^a:l;e d$S, sH'id^
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