On October 28th, the privateers brought home a vessel they had captured off Charleston on its way to Hamburg.* It contained over nine thousand 25-pound bags of rice.* As of Montiano’s January 2nd letter, the whole town had been living off that rice.* For the most part, they were baking it into rice cakes.* At some point, Joseph Sanchez declared that he wanted to quit privateering and sell his sloop.* Does this mean the Campeche returned? Montiano arranged to buy and arm it even more with equipment from the captured vessels.* Captain Fandino said he wanted to go privateering.* Montiano had disapproved of Fandino’s disobedience during the siege, but now he was happy to empower Fandino to risk his life to fetch food and supplies for the town. Montiano gave Fandino the authority to decide how the sloop was equipped.* He also allowed him to choose eighty men to go with him.* Montiano also granted Fandino’s request for a sergeant and six enlisted soldiers.* As it turns out, Fandino made a poor soldier but a great pirate.* ...in October 1740 Spanish privateers captures a pink off Charleston bound for Hamburg. On board were 9,000 arrobas (more than 200,000 pounds) of rice. Governor. Manuel de Montiano claimed that the rice "ha[d] been the salvation of this city." The residents and troops lived on the rice (no doubt, grinding it into flour) and baked it into roscas (ring-shaped biscuits or cakes). (Parker RR)