Lost you come to hell with me, for I must die."
Smith, the historian, observes, " that it is certain the pirates were frequently in the Sound, and supplied with provisions by the inhabitants of Long Island, who, for many years afterwards, were so infatuated with a notion, that the pirates buried great quantities of money along the coast, that there is scarce a point of land, or an island, without the marks of their auri sacra fames. Some credulous people have ruined themselves by their researches, and propagated a thousand idle fables current to this day, among our country farmers."6 There is a tradition that Kidd buried money beside a rock on Huckleberry Island.0
Almost every boulder and erratic block in this vicinity has been examined by the gold hunters in search of pirates' money.
On the opposite shore of Long Island is a small promontory which runs into the entrance of Hempstead bay, called to this day, Kidd's
a Oallop among American Scenery, by a A. B. Silliman. b Smith's Hist. N. T. English edition, 92.
e Amusing stories arc related of the goldhnnters and their mode of conducting operations, which generally resnlted in the marvellous revelations of Kidd himself, seated on bis treasure, holding a drawn sword.
He biddeth farewell to the seas, and the raging main.
He exhorteth the young and old to take counsel from his fate.
And declareth that he must go to hell, and be punished for his wickedness.
HISTORY OF THE COUNTY OF WESTCHESTER.