Breakway From Grognet
Quarreling amongst themselves following their defeat, with many blaming Grognet, Davis left the expedition along with Swan, Townley, Harris, William Knight and sailed north with eight ships and 640 buccaneers.
However, raids against Leon and Realejo met with little success resulting in the departures of Swan and Townley who left for Mexico and Harris after much of his crew died from yellow fever in Honduras.
With William Knight, the buccaneers raided the coastal settlements of Peru taking £25,000 in jewels and silver from Sana in March 1686. Although later raids yielded smaller wealth, 39 African slaves were liberated from Paita and later joined the expedition. Raiding five more towns between the months of May and June, many priests and officials were killed attempting to hide the city's treasury until the defenders of Pisco agreed to pay £5,000 in ransom.
After arriving at the Juan Fernández Islands in November, he and Knight decided to divide the spoils with each crew member receiving £1,150 according to Raveneau de Lussan with Knight leaving for the Caribbean.
Davis continued with 80 men and looted £10,000 from Arica, Chile in February 1687. Learning from captives of Spanish plans to send a squadron from Peru against Captain Pierre le Picard, he arrived at Guayaquil in May and helped defeat the fleet and split £50,000 with the French buccaneer.
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