The Spanish President of Panama sends a bit of fan mail to the pirate admiral Captain Morgan. The correspondence quickly turns into FIGHT ME 1v1.

[**The following takes place after Captain Morgan and his crew of 400 pirates successfully sack and ransom the city of Portobelo.**] >Even the president of Panama, after the deal had been struck, succumbed to an “extreme admiration” for [Morgan](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6f/Henry_Morgan_in_colour.jpg)’s feat of arms, “considering that four hundred men had been able to take such a great city, with so many strong castles: especially seeing they had no pieces of cannon, nor other great guns…” >He sent a messenger to Morgan, asking the admiral to send a sample of the arms that the pirates had used to take Portobelo. If the story is true, Morgan must have shaken his head: It was not the weapons that had proved themselves; it was the men and their leader. He sent a pistol and a few bullets back, with a note saying that the president should keep the guns for a year, after which he’d come to Panama himself “and fetch them away.” >The president, seeing that the pistol was a common type, sent it back with a gold ring and a warning: If Morgan came to Panama, he wouldn’t find the success he’d achieved in Portobelo. _______________________________ **Source:** Talty, Stephan. “Portobelo.” *Empire of Blue Water: Captain Morgan’s Great Pirate Army, the Epic Battle for the Americas, and the Catastrophe That Ended the Outlaws’ Bloody Reign*. New York: Crown Publishing Group (NY), 2007. 120-21. Print. _______________________________ **Further Reading:** [República de Panamá (Republic of Panama)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panama) [Harri Morgan / Sir Henry Morgan](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Morgan) [Portobelo, Colón](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portobelo,_Col%C3%B3n)