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Biography
William Henry "Bully" Hayes (c. 1829 - +/-1877 ) was a South Sea pirate born in Cleveland, Ohio, and is sometimes referred to as "the last of the Buccaneers". Piracy is Robbery committed at sea or sometimes on shore without a commission from a sovereign Nation (as distinct from Privateering This article refers to the type of pirate For other uses see Buccaneer (disambiguation The buccaneers were Pirates who attacked He earned his nickname "Bully" as a result of his rude behaviour toward his crew, although toward others he could be very charming if he chose to be.
With his ship, "Leonora", he mainly ran trading missions throughout Oceania specializing in rum and rifles, but he was not averse to blackbirding (slave trading) and filibustering (privateering). Blackbirding refers to the recruitment of people through trickery and Kidnappings to work on plantations particularly the Sugar cane Plantations of
The Leonora was shipwrecked in 1874 [1] at what is now the Utwe-Walong Marine Park on Kosrae[2]. Utwe (or Utwa) is the second-largest Municipality in the Micronesian state of Kosrae, the largest being Tafunsak. Kosrae (koʊˈʃaɪ /koʊʃˈraɪ/ or /koʊsˈraɪ/ in English) formerly known as Kusaie, is an island in Micronesia and is by itself one of four Bully Hayes was murdered around 1877 by former crewman Peter Radeck, or "Dutch Pete", after a violent disagreement, his body thrown into the ocean.
Popular culture
The adventures of "Bully" were the subject of the 1983 pirate adventure film Nate and Hayes, also known as Savage Islands, which starred Tommy Lee Jones as Hayes. Events February 11 - The Rolling Stones concert film Let's Spend the Night Together opens in New York Adventure Film is a Film genre. History The adventure film reached its peak of popularity in 1930s and Nate and Hayes, also known as Savage Islands ( UK title is a 1983 Swashbuckling Adventure film set in Tommy Lee Jones (born September 15, 1946) is an Academy Award - Golden Globe - Screen Actors Guild - and Emmy Award -winning
References
External links
- Hayes biography at Pohnpei Heaven
- Hayes biography at Australian Dictionary of Biography On-line
- Bully, Leonora and the lost treasure
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