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What truce offer did Long John Silver make to Captain Smollet, and what was Smollett's responce

What Truce offer did Long John Silver Make to Captian Smillett, and what was Smollett's reponce

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Basically Silver's offer goes like this:

If they give the pirates the map and stop shooting at them, the pirates will offer them a choice.

- Captain Smollett and his friends can sail off on the Hispaniola, to be put somewhere safe ashore or the pirates will agree to divide their supplies and leave them safely on the island.

-Long John Silver also points out that this offer is open to any of the men in the fort.

Smollett refuses and makes a counter-offer:

If the pirates come one by one, unarmed, to surrender, Captain Smollett will chain them up in the ship and take them back to England for a trial. Otherwise, the pirates are screwed: they don't have the treasure map, and none of them have the skill to sail the ship without help.

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http://www.shmoop.com/treasure-island-book/chapter-20-summary.html

Basically Silver's offer goes like this:

If they give the pirates the map and stop shooting at them, the pirates will offer them a choice.

- Captain Smollett and his friends can sail off on the Hispaniola, to be put somewhere safe ashore or the pirates will agree to divide their supplies and leave them safely on the island.

-Long John Silver also points out that this offer is open to any of the men in the fort.

Smollett refuses and makes a counter-offer:

If the pirates come one by one, unarmed, to surrender, Captain Smollett will chain them up in the ship and take them back to England for a trial. Otherwise, the pirates are screwed: they don't have the treasure map, and none of them have the skill to sail the ship without help.

Source(s)

http://www.shmoop.com/treasure-island-book/chapter-20-summary.html