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Н GAUCHO
Colors: Laura Battaglia

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 ISBN 1-56163-224-4
‎‫ سینا‬1995
©NBM 1998 for the English translation
Tronslated by Jacinthe Leclerc
Lettering by Sam Sheng/CompuDesign
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 orn in Edinburgh in 1787, Тот tried to overthrow the Spaniards by push-
Browne of the 71st Scottish ing the settlers to free themselves from
Light Infantry died about a hun- their mother country. The Union Jack was
dred years later. He served under to be seen floating everywhere from the
General Beresford and Admiral Atlantic to the Pacific coast.
Home in one of the many adventures that The British had the best naval fleet of all.
illustrate the magnitude of the colonization It was an armada of admirably built vessels
wave which led to Europe's conquest and commanded by exceptional beings. Their
brutal division of new shores. An adven- philosophers were of mercantile spirit and
ture set at the end of the world, at the tip of the tool, of their own fashioning, was free-
South America between Rio de la Plata and masonry. This "sect", as designated and
the Tierra del Fuego, between the River of condemned by the papal bull of 1738, was
Silver, which usurped somewhat its name born June 24th, 1717, on St. John's Day,
from the precious metal, and a frozen land with the creation of the Great Lodge of
where the only heat came from homes of London, which officially marked the ar-
Indian tribes. Geography is too familiar rival of speculative masonry.
with this toponimical irony. A few decades later, the Lodges were
In the beginning of the 19th century, Tom everywhere. Many of them freed them-
Browne was a tiny pawn, a young drummer selves of the authority, however symbolic,
in the midst of a great game whose rules of London. To such an extent that the rebel
were changed by the French Revolution North American masons were, for the most
and Napoleon the First. Alarmed by the part, the initiators of the Revolution against
French strive for power on the continent, the British Crown... АП that remains of
the English wanted, more than ever, to this is a symbolic picture of a decorated
control the seas. They populated Australia George Washington parading on December
with their convicts, tried to maintain an 27, 1778 in the streets of Philadelphia, at
influence in their ex-North American co- the head of a Masonic procession cele-
lonies, protected Canada and further south, brating the defeat of the English troops.
According to the poet Kipling, it 56
that freemasonry belonged to English im-
perialistic history. The Brothers were ardent
defenders of the Monarchy, the parliament
and of their national pride. Each regiment
had at least one Lodge and Masonic work
was linked to military action. The regi-
mentary lodge was a meeting place, a place
of fraternal gathering where group spirit
became stronger and where the boredom of
life in the garrisons was lessened in times
of peace. Friendships were prolonged and
acquaintances and common objectives were
extended outside of a military context.
It is not by chance that Sir Home spoke of
the American Lodge of London while in the
vicinity of Buenos Aires in June of 1806.
As he readies to land, he remembers the
Wellington Brothers, Pitt and Miranda who
was initiated in this same Lodge and was
the first to demand the independence of the
Spanish colonies of Latin America. But the
divisions between the nations gave rise to
divisions among the masons. The Lodges
directly under British authority opposed
themselves to the more revolutionary ones,
led by the French. In Buenos Aires, the
Independence of the South Cross Lodge,
close to the French Brothers, confronted
other masons, partisans of England ready to
stand by the soldiers of the 71st as they
prepared to enter the city.
In these first days of June 1806, this
imminent landing also upset the black
slaves from the rich plantations. The En-
glish had promised them liberty and they
were getting ready to abolish the trading of
slaves, a measure which was put into effect
a few months later in the spring of 1807.
However, it wasn't until 1833 that the
English finally abolished slavery entirely,
twenty years after Argentina, which, in the
meantime, had become independent.
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In this way, the slaves who жеге forced to bean to South America and raised doubt come, like old Cipriano, veteran of the like statue living under the tent of the
help in history's convulsions hadn't miscal- among the slaves as to what could be Ethiopian regiment, did. Hope also to the Namuncura Cacic is all that is left, a
culated while in their Candombe bathed in expected from the white man. Irish prostitutes of the ship Encounter, leather mummy delivering his abundance
candle light and the drum sounds of their In this moment of history as told by Hugo deported to Australia while submitted, in of memories to an initially ironic scribe,
Native Africa. Mami Mambo had predicted Pratt and illustrated by Milo Manara, the meantime, to the pleasures of the offi- the soldier Hermosid, who then becomes an
the cost of the massacres when she said: events follow their course in the name of cers of the Royal Navy. In this way, attentive witness to his decades of mis-
"Us Negroes can only tremble when we freedom, a philosophical concept for the everyone tries to find their lucky star in the erable and moving secrets.
hear the word freedom. The slightest scare English who manipulate it to their ad- galaxy of freedom: the one that would What remains is this story which could
gives us the right to the most atrocious vantage with settlers as well as slaves with allow them to survive the shock of self- illustrate the banner with the coat of arms
reprisals from the whites." Her conviction contradictory promises. It gives hope to interest, the brutality of instincts, the am- of the 71st Scottish Light Infantry which is
was based on the bloody French repression the blacks, victims of slavery, who are bitions of State and the aspirations of man. displayed to this day in the Cathedral of
on Dominican land that fueled stories and ready to accept any improbable alliance Ав so often happens, the testimony of ап Buenos Aires.
testimonials on plantations from the Carib- without any real illusions as to the out- alert witness, a centenarian, a parchment-
 HERE WE ARE ¥ 4 VERY WELL SERGEANT,
AT THE TOLDERIA ч “ONWARD
OF А FOR OuR
NAMUNCURA.

HUINCA!
CHRISTIANS!
 SO THIS 15
IT..THOSE WHO
І WILL STAY HERE
WISH TO LEAVE
SHOULD DO

THE INDIANS
ARI
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САРТАМ
CHICLANA!
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TIRED,
MANUEL!
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YES 1 KNOW.. A MATE. YOUR
ILL COME
ALONE...
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BUT IM NOT HERE

FRIEND OF
MY FATHER,
THE GREAT
CALFUCURA|
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ТОРАУ
IN THE TOLDERIA OF
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DOGS YOU KNOW AND
0065 PISS. YOU HUINCAS,
YOU STINK, TOO.

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МЕ FARAUN BUT ARE FLOATING AROUND.
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TO CALL ME IMPROPERLY PULVERIZEO..YES
BROWNE. IT'S AN ENGLISH G
~ NAME АМО
| USED
TO BE
ENGLISH

BROWNE.
BUT THAT'S
AN ENGLISH
МАЛМЕ

TOM BROWNE,
DRUMMER WITH MEAN THAT
THE 7IST YOU WERE
SCOTTISH
HERE DURING
LIGHT INFANTRY
THE
UNOER
THE COMMAND
ENGLISH
OF GENERAL INVASIONS?
WILLIAM
CARR
BERESFORD.

YES. | WAS ! Ам
AN ENGLISH VERY OLD!
DRUMMER AT THE TIWE
DURING THE | WAS
WINTER OF SIXTEEN.
1806-1807.
 TELL ME TELL YOU..IVE
1 DONT REMEMBER
BROWNE SEEN SO MANY
VERY WELL ANYMORE. THINGS THAT IT
GET CONFUSED AS TO
WOULD TAKE ME
THE CHARACTERS..BUT
100 YEARS!
ІТ WAS A GREAT
ADVENTURE.

ІУЕ BEEN WITH WHITELOCK,

GUEIMER, ROSAS, RAMIREZ,
LOPEZ АМО CALFUCURA.
A LIFE FILLED
WITH ADVENTURES
ANO WOMEN...
ESPECIALLY ONE.

A FISHMONGER FROM
DUBLIN..BUT IT ALL
STARTED ON JUNE 8TH 1806.
YES, IT WAS THE
8TH OF JUNE..ON THE RIO
OE LA PLATA,
IN FRONT OF
BUENOS AIRES.
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YOU HERE... САМО
IT'S OONE. BECAUSE МЕ

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АМО YOUR
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WE
ARE HERE
TO FIGHT AGAINST
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NOT AMONGST )
OURSELVES.
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LET'S THINK ABOUT
THE SFANIARDS.

THIS “WE”
15 RATHER
CURIOUS.
HERE 15 WAITING
FOR US WITI
 | DONT BELIEVE
THAT МЕ

ВУ JOVE, IF THAT'S
ALL IT 15, WE WILL FIND

LONDON FOUNDEO ВУ

MIRANDA...

THERE WAS OHIGGINS, BOLIVAR,

LORD MA: ЕЕ, LORD
MELVILLE, LORD WELLINGTON,
PITT AND #
YOU WERE NOT THERE,
SIR WILLIAM...
 THE SPANISH
CUSTOMS
ADMINISTRATOR 15
FULL OF
Я N DEBTS. HE IS
READY TO HELP

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US IN ORDER
TO CURE
HIS ANEMIC
ኤፌ WALLET. HE
WILL HAND
OVER THE
THE DEATH OF ROYAL TREASURE
PRIME MINISTER PITT OF LUIAN
WAS A GREAT LOSS. PERSONALLY
MIRANDA, BOLIVAR АМО THE 7
OTHERS HAVE TAKEN
CERTAIN INITIATIVES
WITHOUT FOLLOWING A
PRE-ARRANGEO PLAN. WE
MUST ACT QUICKLY, THE
SPANIARDS ARENT
EXPECTING A SEA
OFFENSIVE.

VERY WELL, WHITE.

THIS EXPEDITION ONCE THE COLONIES
HAS TO BENEFIT ARE INDEPENDENT,
THE COLLEAGUES МЕЦ. STIMULATE
THAT HAVE TRADE
PARTICIPATEO WITH
IN THIS UNDER- ENGLAND.
TAKING. ANYWAY,
THE LATE LORD
PITT DID AGREE
WITH THIS
ACTION.

WE KNOW ‫ےک‬‎ ONE 15 FIGHTING FOR

THAT THERE ARE 2 INDEPENDENCE WITH
LODGES IN BUENOS AIRES. THE FRENCH AND
WHAT SIDE THE OTHER, THAT
ARE OF THE BROTHERS
THEY ON?
LINIERS, LEANS
TOWAROS US.
 IO RATHER у АН, МЕЦ...
WELL, MY DEAR STAY WITH IT'S ALL IN
BROTHERS, IF YOURE NOT MY SCOTTISH A THE SKIRTS.
AGAINST IT, | SUGGEST IR
A BIT OF SEX. WE
HAVE SOME YOUNG IRISH
SERVANTS ON THE
CORVETTE ‘ENCOUNTER’.
LET'S GO MEET
TH

Hmmmm. JUST А 7! RI
JOKE, SIR DENIS. ALL WELCOME
GOOD EVENING! THERE TO JOIN US!
15 AN IRISH GIRL WITH SKIN
AS WHITE AS MILK,
RED CHEEKS,
ма BLUE EYES АМО
у BLACK HAIR

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THIS ADVENTURE ቼ DONT ВЕ А PESSI-
SEEMS DISHONEST. | MIST, SIR WILLIAM..
IT WILL BRING WELL EASILY TAKE
АНОУ ENCOUNTER,
BRING THE LADDER
DOWN..COMMODORE
РОРНАМ 15 COMING
ОМ BOARD!

LET'S HOPE THAT

[2 RATHER МОТ
MASTER, THEY GET THEIR UNDERSTAND THAT
CLEAN ROCKS OFF CLAGG. JUST
GIRLS UP.
THE OFFICERS
ARE ARRIVING. ,

MATTHEW,
GET
THOSE
IRISH WHORES
! DIONT READY!
SAY
ANYTHING
SIR...
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SURE IS А 5 ONE ОР ТНОБЕ SCUM OFFICERS JUST
OF SOME ٥

1 REMEMBER
THAT SMELL.
WHEN ! WAS A
CABIN BOY, |HAD
МУ CHERRY РОРРЕО
TOO.

AFTER,
| GOT МУ
REVENGE!
OF 'BANSHEE5”
WASHING OTHER
PEOPLE'S
SHIRTS...
AND YOU,
DONT
PULL

LOOKS LIKE
YOU FOUND
УО!
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YOU SMUTT: Y FF
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PLAYS THE HARP. HE SAYS THAT
УОЏ NEED BRONZE STRINGS TO
GET THE MAGIC SOUND
NOBODY OUTDOES HIM АТ
PARTIES. HE WINS ALL THE MUSIC
CONTESTS. HE 15 RELATED TO
GRANIA O'MALLEY BURKE,
THE GREATEST SAILOR
OF IRELAND..

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15 YOUR NO, THE SERGEANT 15
FATHER MY MOTHER'S BOSS AND
SERGEANT 4 MINE TOO. HE BOUGHT US
LINCH? ( АТ THE DEBT PRISON
š OF DUBLIN.

ESE 77
AGS
 YOU HAVE TO ВЕ RINSED OFF
FOR TONIGHT..YOULL HAVE ТУМЕ
TO WARA H SIR Hi
DONT TELL ME THAT У
DIONT KNOW THAT MOLLY
15 COMMODORE SINCE WE LEFT THE COLONY
POPHAMS LITTLE ON THE CAPE, HE KEEPS HER
 BUT NOBODY WILL
CALL ME A LIAR
BECAUSI im

TOO..BUT WE
CANT ОО ANYTHING
ABOUT IT...

AT LEAST YOURE ЗАእህህМИ Fr

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: ^ ! PROBLEM LIES. LET'S
EVENTS WILL RIO CONCENTRATE INSTEAD
us ОБ ON THE REPARTITION OF
THE 'COLONY'S TREASURE”.
A PART OF IT GOES
TO OUR FRIENDS
AT THE ‘BUENOS
AIRES LODGE’.

WHAT PERCENTAGE?
А THIRD SOUNDS LIKE TOO MUCH. WE
ALREADY HAVE TO GIVE A THIRD
OF IT TO THOSE WHO ARE A THIRD ТО 6٤
FINANCING THE OPERA- BETWEEN THE FREE-
TION IN ENGLAND. MASONS ANO THE
ROYAL NAVY. THAT
WOULD LEAVE US WITH
А THIRO..TO DIVIDE
AMONGST BERESFORD,
РАСК АМО O'GORMAN.
 WHAT ABOUT
THAT FROG LINIERS? | DONT THINK SO. THE VICEROY

BELONGS TO A DIFFERENT
LODGE WHERE THE
FRENCH Al
CREOLES ARE
NUMEROUS.

GOOD. IF THEY DONT HELP a TOMORROW

5, WE WONT HAVE TO SHARE МА AT DAWN МЕЦ.
ANYTHING WITH THEM. THE Y SEND А FEW MEN DOWN
то DO
SOME SCOUTING.

THAT'S GOOD ENOUGH

FOR NOW, LET'S
SEE HOW
WELL THESE
IRISH WOMEN
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WHAT НАРРЕМЕО?
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МУ МАМЕ 15
GILLESPIE,
APTAIN
OF THE MARINES.

YES, RUSSELL...
ይ ONE OF THE FEW WHY NOT?
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š Д оғ BUENOS AIRES Ы. SURE OF
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THING,
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WE CANT
TRUST HIM.
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LIKE THAT...
WITHOUT SAYING
GOOD-BYE.
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HOW LONG HAVE FOR THE MCPHERSONS
YOU BEEN LIVING IN FIVE YEARS, OF CLUNY,
BUENOS AIRES? AS A BOAT PILOT ANO 7
BETWEEN
MONTEVIDEO
ANO BAIRES.
ANO |
TO THE CUMMINGS
OF BADENOCH.*

WE ARE TO “CHACRA OE PERORIEL' 15 THE

DISEMBARK АТ OLO NAME. NOWADAYS, THE PLACE
"LA CHACRA OE BELONGS TO A BASQUE, JUAN
PERORIEL' NEAR MARTIN OF PUERREYDON...A RICH
SAN ISIORO. MAN FROM THE "INDEPENDENCE"
LOOGE. HE'S A FRIEND OF
LINIERS. HE WON'T
BE WITH из.

HE MIGHT NOT BE
WRONG. IT WOULONT BE TO
THE ADVANTAGE OF A
SPANISH SUBJECT TO SWITCH

SPAIN TO THE KING

OF ENGLANO.
 JOSE, ARE
YOU ОШТЕ SuRE

ОО you THE ENGLISH ARE

BELIEVE THAT WHITES AND WHITES
THE ENGLISH ARE VILE'
WILL GIVE US
OUR FREEDOM?
 YEAH?
AND YOU
ARE HALF
WHITE AND

BuT
ARE тнеу
GOING TO
GIVE Us
OUR
FREEDOM?

| DONT KNOW WHAT АМО HE GOT THE

IM IT FOR
TO ANSWER. OF
REMINDED OF my
WORST
HIS FRIEND.IN ANY
UNC LE, ROMAN CASE, WE ARE WITH
OTALORA, A ERS. THEM FOR THE
FRIEND OF LINI MOMENT. LATER,
WAS
IN 1793, HE OF WELL ALSO FREE
ACCUSED OURSELVES OF
SUBVERSIVE THESE NEW
ACTWITIES. MASTERS.
 15 THAT
you, SEÑOR

DON JOSE? YOU MUST

BE PRETTY THIRSTY TO
CALL ME ‘DON’. WHO
ARE THOSE TWO?

CAPTAIN GILLESPIE, I'D

LIKE TO INTRODUCE YOU TO
DON JOSE OTALORA. HIS
FATHER WAS A PURE
MANDINGO BUT HE
IS A HELL OF A
REBEL TOO.
 OTALORA 15 THE NAME
THAT WAS IMPOSED On ME By
THE FAMILY THAT | BELONG TO
AS A SLAVE, | DONT
KNOW МУ REAL NAME.
МУ FATHER DIDNT
KNOW IT EITHER.

HOWEVER, MY MOTHER'S
HE DIONT REMEMBER IT IS MANVA. SHE IS A DESCENDANT
ANYMORE. _IN HIS YOUTH, OF CHIEF CHARRUA
HE WAS ORDERED TO FORGET WHO KILLED ONE OF
IT ANO SINCE THEN, ኣ THE FOUNDERS OF
WE HAVE A BUENOS ۸٤5
A WHITE МАМЕ. IN 1584,
: JUAN DEGARAY.

ALL RIGHT. IM NOT HERE ТО MORE OR LESS 2000 MEN. MAYBE

DISCUSS THE GENEALOGY OF LESS. THE INFANTRY REGIMENT
THE OTALORA FAMILY “EL FIJO”, THE BUENOS AIRES
BUT TO FIND OUT DRAGONS, THE "REAL
HOW MANY SOLDIERS CUERPO DE ARTILLERIA'
THERE ARE IN THE <= AND 105 BLANDENGUES'
CITY AND THE OF BUENOS AIRES
SURROUNDING AREA. ት AND MONTEVIDEO.
 | THOUGHT እ
THERE WERE THERE ARE MORE OFFICERS
THAN SOLDIERS. THEIR
PAY COSTS A LOT AND
THE VICEROY PREFERS
SPENDING MONEY
ON SPECULATIONS
ABOUT IMPORTING
SLAVES АМО OTHER
MERCHANDISE
ON THE EDGE
OF LEGALITY.

WHAT WILL THE CREOLE,

INDIAN ANO AFRICAN РА
COMMUNITIES
BUENOS ARES OFСОР ALWAYS WITH
STRONGEST THE
EXCEPT
E a WILL TES. FOR SOME ARISTOCRATS
H AND THE 'CRIOLLO
PEOPLE WHO CANT
STAND FOREIGN
INTERFERENCE.

OK. IM GOING BACK

TO THE SHIP. TO ۷
OUR WILL TO FREE THE
SLAVES IF THEY SIDE
WITH US, TOM
WILL STAY HERE
AS А HOSTAGE
 NOT А VERY IM THE ONE
PRESTIGIOUS HOSTAGE. WHO GIVES THE
WHY DONT YOU STAY REPORT ANO NO
INSTEAD OF ONE ELSE.
b THAT'S WHY.

WHAT 00 QUITE SIMPLY ВЕ LET'S GO BACK

YOU THINK, HERE FOR THE ON BOARD COME BACK
ORUMMER? DISEMBARKMENT. MISTER DÀ HERE TONIGHT.
RUSSELL.

ro
RATHER STAY
HERE THAN GO
BACK ON BOARD.
WHAT MUST | ОО?
 SOMEONE'S
COMING!

IT'S THAT MARINE

OFFICER AND RUSSELL,
THE ONE WHO WHO KI KNOWS

AYE, AYE, SIR!

CAPTAIN!
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77 Nk
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YOU THINK?
THE TIME
IS RIGHT,
ISNT IT?

HEY, YOU GUYS, OO YOU HAVE ANY

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TI
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RIBALOS,
GET DRESSED.
THE PARTY'S
OVER!

——
FREEDOM, FREEDOM, WHAT
SIR HOME, DO YOU WANT TO DO WITH
YOULL ІТ? SOUTH AMERICA IS
Buy MY... OUT THERE. WHEN
FREEDOM? wE GO TO
SHORE, ЕБСАРЕ

BUT THERE THEY ARE РАРІ5Т5

ARE SPANIARDS LIKE YOU. | DON'T THINK
AND INDIANS. IF THEYLL EAT YOU. YOUR
THEY FIND ME, DESTINY IS TO SPREAD
THEYLL EAT ME. YOUR LEGS, THAT'S
ALL. IT WILL
SUIT THEM TOO,
MOLLY. IN ANY
CASE, ILL SEE
THANK YOU FOR YOUR BACK ALREADY
HOSPITALITY, MISTER BATH.
CAPTAIN
DO У/НАТ5 NECESSARY GILLESPIE?
FOR МУ RETURN
ON THE
"DIADEM"

FROM WHAT | UNDERSTAND,

THE INDIGENOUS POPULATION
АМО THE SLAVES WILL
SIOE WITH US IF WE
PROMISE THEM
THEIR FREEDOM.

N
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LET'S NOT FORGET
THAT WE ARE DEALING
7 THAT'S TRUE, SIR, BUT WITH THE DOMINATING
SINCE THE AFRO-AMERICAN MENE:
CLASS ‫سوا‬‎THIS‫تسل‬
OF COUNTRY.
SAILORS HAVE ВЕЕМ 6 OUR AMERICAN COLONIES,
IN FROM HAITI ON AMERICAN WE
АМО FRENCH MERCHANT CONTCANT ALIENATE
‫نسب‬‎ (
MARINE SHIPS, ALL WE м LENTS;
HEAR ABOUT 15 THE
BLACKS REBELLING
AGAINST
EWES FOR THE TIWE BEING LET'S
MAKE GOOD
USE OF THEM.
 THERE ARE 5ОМЕ LET'S CHARM THEM, THEYLL
LET'S USE THEM EX-DEPORTED BECOME ALLIES. YOURE
COMPLETELY. INDIVIDUALS THAT GOING TO GIVE YOUR
WHEN THE TIME SHOULD HAVE GONE REPORT TO GENERAL
15 RIGHT, WELL TO AUSTRALIA ON BEDFORD.
NEUTRALIZE THEM BOARD THE LET'S GO.
АМО WELL HELP LADY SHORE,
THEIR OLD MASTERS. ABOUT A
HOW МАМУ HUNDRED OF
ENGLISH SUBJECTS THEM COUNTING
ARE THERE IN THEIR WIVES,
THIS CITY? АМО IRISH
DESERTERS,
CORSAIRS, SLAVE
TRADERS AND
SMUGGLERS. ALSO
SOME HIGHWAY
ROBBERS WHO
SOUGHT
REFUGE HERE

CONVICTION IN
ENGLAND.

THERE. THE
CURRENT SWEPT
HIM AWAY.

NO, HE GOT
STUCK IN
THE ANCHOR'S

WE GOT RIO
OF THAT
SADIST.
AVN
(ho
WA
МО, HES NOT BACK
AND IN MY OPINION,
GOOD FOR
HIM!
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 SHE IS A WOMAN.
SHE KNOWS
SOMETHING
ABOUT
DANCING.

WELL, WELL, A
ME. ILL TERPSICHOREAN
BRING YOU DISCIPLE.
TO SHORE.

1 МЕТ HER AМА

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LONG TONIGHT ыг DANCE
TIME А

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YOU ARE OF COURSE, AND IF
ALL GOES WELL, ILL
LEAVE WITH

ITS OK IF WE LOSE THE

WAR BUT IF WE WIN, YOUR
DESERTION WILL

WHAT | JUST SAID..

THAT IM GOING, Im
DESERTING. THIS 15
A BIG COUNTRY. WITH
MOLLY AND ANOTHER GIRL,
WE CAN OPEN AN INN, IT'S
NOT THE MONEY THAT'S
LACKING. LOOK AT
WHITE АМО RUSSELL,
THEYRE DOING
JUST FINE.

АМО YOU'LL HAVE МУ DEAR НИМСНВАСК, HAVE YOU SEEN

THE ROYAL МАМУ THERE'S A WHOLE ЕМРТУ AN OFFICER OF
ON YOUR TAIL TO CONTINENT OUT THERE.
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LIEUTENANT, YOULL BE
EXECUTED. NOW LET'S
GO ТО ТА QUINTA DE
PERORIEL

ONWARO TO
PUEVRREDONI

HEY, | УОЏ САМ

ENGLISH BOY, GET NICE
YOURE GOING ( АМО CLOSE
ТО /МЕЕТ THE ТО YOUR
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A DOUBT. THEY ABSOLUTELY
ARE ENGLISH WANT TO
PIRATES, LIKE SEE HIM
THE ONE THAT
WE LOCKED
UP IN THE
STABLE.

AURELIANA! HA! HA! OUR COUSIN

AURELIANA! AURELIANA WOULD
MAKE AN EXCELLENT
RECRUIT FOR THE
QUEEN'S LIGHT
INFANTRY.
THEY HAVE МО
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ENGLISH--A YOU MEAN, SPANIARDS CALLED US WHEN
GRINGO A GRINGO” WE DOCKED IN TRINIDAD. AT
THE TIME, WE SANG
J GREEN t. Grows $ Ц THE
RUSCHES. YES. “2 ІТ WAS
BECAUSE OF THAT SONG,

BUT YOU, WHAT HAVE УОЏ

GOT IN COMMON WITH
THEM? DID YOU
EVER GO TO | WAS A SLAVE IN NEW
TRINIDAD? YORK WHEN THE
YANKEE REVOLUTION
BEGAN. | ENLISTED
WITH THE ENGLISH IN
EXCHANGE FOR MY
FREEDOM АМО |
FOUGHT THE ENTIRE
WAR WITH A
REGIMENT CALLED
THE ETHIOPIANS.
AFTER, WE CONTINUED
FIGHTING IN THE
CARIBBEAN,

BUT THEN, YOU YES, SEÑORITA

SPEAK ENGLISH, AURELIANA.
CIPRIANO? 1 SPEAK
ENGLISH.

ር መመ
ЕАСН DAY, THESE ОО YOU BELIEVE THAT IF IT WERE UP TO ME, ID
SOLDIERS BECOME LIEUTENANT HERNANDEZ?
EXECUTE HIM RIGHT AWAY
MORE UNDISCIPLINED. МУ HUSSARS ARENT LIKE BUT YOUR BROTHER
IT'S OUR VICEROY'S THAT, AT DO You DOESNT WANT
WITH THE TO..AT LEAST
NOT HERE

HE'S RIGHT. BUT НЕ KILLED

DOES THIS SEEM A BLANDENGUES LESS GALLEGO,
TO BE AN APPROPRIATE LIEUTENANT, ISNT IT? መ
A GALLEGO.

EXECUTE НІМ?
BUT HE'S
МУ AGE!

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GO НОМЕ,
COUSIN.

ОК, ENGLISHMAN, |
DONT TRY 6 ‫م‬‎
FUNNY, ILL UNTIE
YOUR HANDS.

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BUT ТОО WFULSIVE'
НЕ 15, OR RATHER,
WAS MY NEPHEW.
| HAD MARRIED
HIS AUNT.

YOU GOT BETTER WHY WOULO BECAUSE YOU'RE AN

LUCK. SENORITA
THEY EXECUTE ENGLISH SOLDIER, A
AURELIANA mE = LUTHERAN, A SPY AND
WONT LET YOU KILLED A
YOU BE SPANISH
EXECUTED. SOLDIER.

THAT OFF!
CER KILLED THEY NEED LESS THAN THAT ТО
JOSE. HE KILL YOU BUT SENORITA AURELIANA
WAS GOING IS YOUR AGE MORE OR LESS,
TO KILL ME
TOO.
 RIGHT, SERGEANT. WED NEED 14000 SOLDIERS ТО
BUT І CANT LET THIS COVER THE TERRITORY OF WHICH
GO. ТНАТ GIRL 15 6000 WOULD HAVE TO BE IN BUENOS
GOING TO PAY. AIRES TO COUNTER THE PIRATES.
ІМ FACT, WE ONLY HAVE
A 1000 WITH MORE
IN MONTEVIDEO.

BUT THERE ARE

50000 PEOPLE IN
THE CITY. THOSE EXACTLY,
PIRATES CANT MANUELA.
DO ANYTHING THOSE PIRATES
AGAINST US, DONT HAVE ANY
POSSESSIONS OR
FAMILY HERE.
THEY HAVE
NOTHING.

COUSIN,
YOURE NOT
GOING TO KILL
MULATTOS
THE YOUNG
AND HALF
BREEDS, WILL
ENGLISHMAN?
REBEL AGAINST
THEIR MASTERS
FIRST CHANCE
THEY GET.
 FOR THE TIME BEING,
HE'S LUCKY. WE WON'T KILL
HIM BECAUSE WE'RE Ом
YOUR PROPERTY АМО МЕ
WANT TO PLEASE YOU,
SENORITA AURELIANA.

THE YOUNG TIGER BECOMES AN ADULT ONE WILL you

DAY.. BUT HE'S MORE USEFUL ALIVE THAN DEAD. ACCOMPANY ME,
YOULL MAKE HIM TELL US HOW MANY ОЕ, AR
ARMED COMPANIONS LIEUTENANT?
HE HAS.
| MUST
LEAVE FOR

SERGEANT, WERE LEAVING

FOR LUJAN. ASSIGN THREE
MEN TO THE 'CHAERA'
WITH THE
PRISONER.
VERY WELL, WHAT WILL YOU GIVE
LIEUTENANT. ME IF ! LEAVE YOU A POUCH
YOU REYES... " HERE SO THAT
YOU GET YOUR AA TOBACCO.
REVENGE? <

YOULL СОМЕ TO NO GOOD,

REYES. BUT IF YOU SUCCEED
IN GETTING THE
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THE WELL SAYS
ТІ YOURI
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ME THAT THEY
LEFT TOM
AROUND HERE.

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NOBODY

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BE CAREFUL'
IF МЕ GET CAUGHT
BEFORE WE TOUCH
GROUND, МЕЦ.
BE HUNG!
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ONLY ONE OF US GO
SCOUTING AROUNO.
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CAPTURED.
MAYBE THEY
KILLED Him?

WHO ARE you? NOTHING. IM ІТ 15! BUT WHERE ARE IM LOOKING

WHAT ARE УОЏ JUST PASSING YOU FROM? IVE FOR A FRIEND.
DOING IN THIS THROUGH АМО | NEVER SEEN YOU WHAT
SACRED PLACE? DIONT KNOW ТНАТ AROUND HERE HAPPENED
THIS PLACE BEFORE.
WAS SACREO.
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MY NEPHEW ANO | CAME TO BURY CAME OFF ONE OF THE SHIPS IN
HIM. THEY WANTEO TO CAPTURE THE BAY. HE TRIED ТО DEFEND
AN ENGLISH PIRATE. МУ NEPHEW АМО NOW
HE'S A PRISONER UP
THERE AT THE
PERDRIEL'S.

NO, HE GOT ARE THERE ABOUT TEN

HIT BUT NO A LOT ОР SERVANTS АМО
BRAVE GUY WOUNDS. PEOPLE UP THREE SOLDIERS
GUARDING
WOUNDED? THE PRISONER!

DO you WE NEED А
THINK | COULD GARDENER IF YOU FLOWERS?
FIND WORK? KNOW YOUR МУ
FLOWERS! SPECIALTY!
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1 WANT ТО WASH THERE BUT..AS YOU WISH!
UP А BIT АМО LOOK WHEN YOU GET THERE,
PRESENTABLE TO ASK FOR CIPRIANO. IN
YOUR MASTERS. THE MEANTIME, ILL
CLEAN UP HERE.

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TOM'S OK BUT HE'S A PRISONER. | MADE

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HOUSE WHERE HE'S KEPT PRISONER.
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NEED AN
OFFICER.

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YOULL ESCORT MY FAMILY. SHOULO ВЕ А
THE ENGLISHMAN 15 FREE, THIRD SOLDIER
HELL GO WITH YOU. WITH YOU.
TREAT HIM WELL.

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BOAT IN THE END.
WE SERVE A FARAWAY
KING ANO EARN
LESS THAN NOTHING.
AS SOON AS THIS
15 OVER, ILL BE
GOING SOUTH TO
SEARCH FOR
THE IMPERIAL
CITY.

INDIAN TALES. YOURE OLO

IT DOESNT IT'S TOO LATE
FOR YOU SO YOU
DON'T WANT
TO BELIEVE
IN IT!
 GOOD, BECAUSE OVER
THERE, THE CANDOMBE
GONE. THE GRINGOS
HUT 15 FULL ОР
LANDED AND ARE PROBABLY
ENGLISH FRIENDS
OCCUPYING BUENOS AIRES.
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YOU ВЕ ESCORTED TO SAN ssl я P Do you
FERNANDO. HE FREED "y MEAN,
THE BOY AND > Р 7 FRIENDS
THE OTHER BLACKS d y 4 OF MINE?
ARE GETTING 5
ТНЕ САЙТ
READY.

YES, YOUR FRIENDS..A MATTHEW, ! ООМТ KNOW THEIR

HUNCHBACK, A SAILOI CLAGG NAMES BUT THE HUNCHBACK
ANO ተ хас PS ANO SAVED SEÑORITA AURELIANA'S
3 MOLLY? LIFE АМО KILLED
THAT SCUM OF INIA y
A SOLDIER, TE Le
LET'S RUN
OVER TO
THE HUT!
 МНАТ АВОШТ
WHAT DO
YOU MEAN, МЕ
WON? IF THEY CATCH
ME OR BETTER YET,
۱۴ THEY CATCH US
THEYLL HANG US
FOR MURDER АМО
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UNDER AND MATT KILLED THE
5ТАМО! LIEUTENANT
WHO RAPED
THAT YOUNG
ORUMMER АМО
THEY HELPED
МЕ АМО THE
OTHERS Е5САРЕ!

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ТШ
WELL...YOU WE DIDNT
DID A GOOD DO IT FOR
THING! THE LUVVA
YOU, SMART
ASS!
 WE'RE GOING TO SET UP : IN. IN
(fNi
A WHORE HOUSE WITH THE
GIRLS АМО УОЏ ARENT
INCLUDED,

NO, NOT ME.

THAT'S BETWEEN
CLAGG AND
THE GIRLS.

FOR NOW, WE HAVE 1 CLAGG, DO WHAT you

OTHER THINGS TO + WANT Вит MOLLYS
CONSIDER. WE HAVE NA COMING WITH
TO BRING ALL THESE : 2 МЕ. ٩
- PEOPLE ТО

MOLLY WON'T
BE GOING WITH YOU
BUT IF YOU REALLY
WANT ТО, TRY ME.
YOUVE BEEN GET-
TING UNDER MY
SKIN FOR SOME
TIME МОМ.
 IM SORRY BUT
IT'S HIS
OWN FAULT.

22:5 REALLY
COURAGEOUS. A REAL
ORDERLY DUEL LIKE
THE ONES

7 THERE'S NO TIME
TO WASTE. WE
MUST LEAVE.
 WE COULD AND WHAT WOULD WE DONT CRY
HAVE STAYED HAVE TO LIVE ON? AT AURELIANA.
THERE, LEAST WITH THE NO ONE
TOGETHER. MASTERS, WELL ALWAYS
CAN BLAME
HAVE SOMETHING
YOU FOR IT.

BAH.IF WE CRIED ۷١ АМО YOU МУ NAME 15 JUAN 17222 ARENT

EVERY TIME YOU KNOW A MANUEL DE ROSA MY ENGLISH
GOT YOUR ASS BIT ABOUT AND Im A VOLUNTEER.
RAMMED, WE'D IT! ! САМ TELL YOU THAT
YOUR ENGLISH MATES
WONT LAST LONG АТ
BUENOS AIRES.
 MOLLY? не мошо
HAVE LET HER GO FOR 2
FOR MOLLY...
SHILLINGS. BUT YOU'RE
ሂ RIGHT, НЕ DID START IT.
АМО АМУМАУ YOL W :
SAW IT TOO. НЕ
WAS LOOKING
FOR А FIGHT À

Im LEAVING, АМО WHAT ІШ. STAY AWAY FROM T

том. IM GOING IF ТНЕУ ACCusE THE ROYAL NAVY ANO
BACK TO BUENOS YOU OF COMPLICITY THE ARMY. | CANT
AIRES. IN THE MURDER ОР STAY HERE WITH
THAT OFFICER YOU ANO MOLLY.
?

WHY? FOR THE SIWPLE РАСТ ТНАТ

IM A HUNCHBACK, | LOVE MOLLY,
MOLLY LOVES YOU AND
YOURE A JERK THAT 1
CANT STAND.
THAT'S WHY!
 WHERE'S
SENOR
MATTHEW?

| FEEL BETTER
NOW AND I WANTED ARES PINK
TO THANK HIM FOR HE FELT LIKE
EVERYTHING HE'S LEAVING,
DONE FOR ME! SEÑORITA,

WHAT А SHAME!
HE'S A GOOD PER-
SON. HE COULD
HAVE BEEN A
GREAT FRIEND.
JUNE 29TH. SEE YOU AGAIN,
ONE DAY..MAYBE
AT THE IMPERIAL

IM TELLING YOU THAT ALL ТН THAT WON'T LAST.

ENGLISH AND IRISH PEOPLE f THE PEOPLE HERE A
IN BUENOS AIRES HAVE КЕСЕМЕО ARE GETTING READY / Y [|
CERTIFICATES АМО BEEN GRANTED ТО RECONQUER
AN AMNESTY TOWARDS THEIR DEBTS THEIR САМО
AND PAST CONDEMNATIONS. EVEN
МУ MOTHER IS FREE NOW. WE
COULO MOVE TO AN INN АМО
LIVE DECENTLY.

2 TOM BROWNE, YOUVE АСТЕО

LIKE A REAL GENTLEMAN АМО |
ARRIVEC НЕ THANK YOU. YOU'RE FREE ТО GO BACK
WANTS TO TO YOUR OWN PEOPLE BUT THINK
TALK TO YOU. ABOUT IT. | CAN HELP YOU STAY
ONCE YOUR COMPATRIOTS ARE
DEFEATED ON THE CONDITION
THAT YOU STAY
OUT OF THIS.
 IT SEEMS
LIKE УОИМЕ

IF, BY CHANCE, YOU SEE SENOR

MATTHEW TELL HIM THAT HE HAS
FAREWELL? A HOME АМО A FAMILY HERE IF
МО. | HOPE THAT HE WANTS. MY REGAROS
WELL MEET AGAIN TO MOLLY. a
UNDER LESS
TROUBLEO
CIRCUM-
STANCES.
 YOUR SPITEFUL-
NESS IS TOTALLY

POOR THING...THE
JEWEL OF THE FAMILY.
1 WENT THROUGH ІТ ТОО
 HELLO, FIGUEROA,
WHAT'S GOING ON
IN SAN FERNANDO?
GO AHEAD, TALK,
THIS GRINGO SOL
DIER DOESNT
UNDERSTAND
ENGLISH.

MAYBE, BUT THOSE GRINGOS OVER THERE ВУ JOVE, YOU LOOK LIKE THE
IN МУ BOAT SPEAK SPANISH, AND HOW! IN GIRL WHO WAS DANCING ON
ANY CASE, EVERYTHING IS GOOD. LINIERS THE SHIP ENCOUNTER.
15 GETTING READY AT MONTEVIDEO
АМО WERE READY WITH
THE BOATS.

THE GIRLS ARE WITH

ME. IM DRUMMER
TOM BROWNE, THE
ONE THAT CAPTAIN
GILLESPIE POSTED AT
SAN PERORIEL
THE NIGHT OF
Lim, JUNE ггмо.
 <
SO, YOU МЕКЕ MADE PRISONER.
OK, EVERYTHING'S IN ORDER. AS
FOR THE GIRLS, THEY WENT IN
THE WRONG DIRECTION
WHEN THEY GOT
TO SHORE...

AS OID SAILOR MATTHEW THE FOLLOWING GIRLS: MOLLY MALONE,

FALK OR FALCON, ACCUSED ROSIE CARMODY, MOIRA OFIAICH, GWEN
OF MURDERING LIEUTENANT KINSELLA WILL BE DETAINED AND TRIED
KIRKPATRICK OF THE 715Т FOR AIDING AND ABETTING IN THE
AND OF DESERTION, CON ° AFOREMENTIONED CRIMES.
DEMNED JULY 3RD. THERE
WAS ALSO THE QUARTER
MASTER CLAGE.
CLEMENT CLAGG..WHO
DISAPPEARED ра ані
UNDER
MYSTERIOUS (CS
CIRCUM-
STANCES.
 ORUMMER BROWNE,

4 THING, том!
‚ HELP US!

THEY HAVE NOTHING

72 DO WITH THIS!!
THEY CAME OF THEIR
OWN FREE WILL!
WHERE'S ^
ADMIRAL
POPHAM?
TAKE THIS MADMAN
АМО GIVE HIM 20
LASHES:
 AH..FINALLY АМАКЕ.
YOUVE ВЕЕМ SLEEP- THOSE BASTARDS
ING SINCE FROM THE NAVY DID
YESTERDAY! A GOOD JOB On УОМ.
WHAT GOT INTO 7
SAYING THAT YOUR IRISH
FRIEND WAS WARMING
COMMODORE
POPHAWS BED?

IM
УОЏ ONLY MADE SORRY..THEY
THINGS
HUNG HER.
 ON THE SQUARE
BESIDE THE ONE
WHO WAS HUNG
AND COVERED
WITH COBBLER'S
WAX А FEW Days

WHERE
DID THIS
TAKE
PLACE?

YOU'LL
МЕЕС ІТ,
ORUMMER. THE
UNDERTAKERS
WON'T GIVE YOU
THE GIRL'S
BODY WITHOUT
IT.
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