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Long John Silver, the one-legged old sailor, was nicknamed Barbecue because he was the cook on board The Hispaniola.

The mysterious seafaring man argued with Billy, and soon both of them were fighting furiously. Wounded, the stranger was put to flight, but Billy was left stretched out on the floor, gasping for breath.

The bundle of papers contained a treasure map, showing where the pirate Captain Flint had buried all the looted treasure.

The black spot was a pirate summons; Billy had been a member of the notorious Captain Flint’s crew, and he was afraid the pirates would come and steal his sea-chest.

He told young Jim to be on the look-out for a seafaring type of man with one leg.

Jim’s mother took as many coins as would be sufficient to cover the old pirate’s rent, and not a half penny more, while Jim found an intriguing bundle of papers, wrapped in oilcloth, which he pocketed as payment for his services.

Billy was afraid that pirates from Captain Flint’s crew were coming there to steal his old sea-chest.

The pirates, along with Silver and Jim, came to the giant tree that marked the spot where Captain Flint had buried the bulk of his treasure. Then they saw a gaping hole under the tree in the ground, that had obviously been dug several months ago. The despairing pirates dug the earth at the bottom of the hole with their bare hands, but the treasure had gone. Then they turned on Long John Silver and Jim, accusing them of treachery.

Captain Smollett was unhappy because he had had no hand in choosing his crew, and was unhappier still that everyone knew that they were sailing for treasure.

John Silver offered to spare the defenders’ lives if they gave him the treasure map. Captain Smollett refused him point blank, saying the pirate’s word was not worth a rotten ship’s biscuit, and that they had no intention of giving up the treasure map anyway.