QMR Jean Lafitte Traditional Cache
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QMR - The Quest for Morgan's Rum
Jean Laffite first appeared in New Orleans in 1803, but where was he born? Marseilles, Bordeaux, St. Domingue? No one knows, because he told different stories to different people. He was the son of aristocrats guillotined during the French Revolution. He fled the slave revolts on the island of Haiti. Yet, his instinctive familiarity with the marshes and bayous from New Orleans to the Gulf of Mexico and his ability to converse in French, Spanish, English, or Italian suggest that he grew up in the region where he plied his trade.
In 1803 New Orleans became part of the United States, but it was settled by the French, sold to the Spanish, and then returned to the French before Napoleon sold the territory to Thomas Jefferson. In spite of these changes, New Orleans retained its French customs and language. Americans, including the new governor -- William C. C. Claiborne -- were not welcomed, partly because they considered the citizens of New Orleans to be lazy and lawless. They were aghast at the Creoles' toleration of smuggling, which hindered merchant trade. Things came to a head between Claiborne and Laffite in 1813 when the governor issued a $500 reward for the privateer's arrest. Within a week of the posting of those notices, new wanted posters appeared, offering $1500 to anyone who delivered Governor Claiborne to Barataria. They were signed, Jean Laffite.
Many thanks to Mandarin Lake for placing the original cache.
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