8 Chapter 7 The Hunt Is On

Chapter 7 The Hunt Is On Though Governor Eden was not hunting Blackbeard, and was in fact sharing some of his profits, other governors in the colonies still wanted the pirate's head. William Keith, the governor of Pennsylvania, ordered him arrested . . . if someone could find him. Alexander Spotswood, the governor of Virginia, tried but couldn't locate him. Spotswood was outraged by the capture of the French ships and by Governor Eden's behavior in helping the pirates. "I thought it necessary to put a stop to further progress of the robberies," he wrote.

虽然伊登总督没有猎杀黑胡子，而且实际上还分享了他的一些利润，但殖民地的其他总督仍然想要海盗的头。 宾夕法尼亚州州长威廉·基思下令逮捕他。 。。如果有人能找到他。 弗吉尼亚州州长亚历山大·斯波茨伍德试图找到他，但找不到他。 斯波茨伍德对法国船只的被俘和伊登总督帮助海盗的行为感到愤怒。 他写道:“我认为有必要制止进一步的抢劫行为。”

Only one of Blackbeard's men, William Howard, was captured and arrested by Spotswood's officers. Howard gave up information about where Blackbeard might be. Governor Spotswood ordered two Royal Navy ships to sail to North Carolina with orders to find and capture or kill Blackbeard. Blackbeard, meanwhile, remained in North Carolina. By this time, he had moved out of Bath and spent most of his time in a camp on Ocracoke

黑胡子的手下只有威廉·霍华德一个人被斯波茨伍德的军官抓住并逮捕。 霍华德透露了黑胡子可能在哪里的信息。 斯波茨伍德总督命令两艘皇家海军军舰前往北卡罗来纳州，找到并捕获或杀死黑胡子。 与此同时，黑胡子留在了北卡罗来纳州。 这时，他已经搬出了巴斯，大部分时间都在奥克拉科克的一个营地里度过

Island, one of the barrier islands of North Carolina. Formed mostly of sand, the islands shrink and grow over time as they are battered by waves and tides. Few trees or grasses grow on the dunes, and only seabirds lived there at the time. The wind howls often and the nights can be cold.

岛，北卡罗莱纳的堰洲岛之一。 这些岛屿主要由沙子组成，随着时间的推移，在海浪和潮汐的冲击下，它们会缩小和扩大。 沙丘上几乎没有树和草，当时只有海鸟生活在那里。 风经常咆哮，夜晚很冷。

Blackbeard's crew would have made camp using ships' sails for tents and cooking over campfires. He was probably aware that British ships were searching for him, but he believed that he had picked a good hiding spot. The narrow inlets around the island would make it hard for large ships to reach him. At the same time, more and more Royal Navy ships were indeed patrolling the waters off the

黑胡子的船员们会用船帆搭帐篷，在篝火上做饭。 他可能知道英国船只正在搜寻他，但他相信自己选了一个很好的藏身之处。 岛屿周围狭窄的入口使大型船只很难到达。 与此同时，越来越多的皇家海军舰艇确实在南海附近的水域巡逻

American mainland and near the British colonies of the Caribbean. The net was closing around the pirates.

美洲大陆和加勒比海英属殖民地附近。 海盗们被网围得越来越紧。