 Any friend of his is a friend of mine. We will take you where you need to go. So they take John, but they also plundered a few ships along the way, and John must have helped because they gave him his share of the booty when they dropped him off in Italy, and they gave him 500 gold coins. And you're listening to Juliana Rogers tell the story of Captain John Smith. More of the remarkable American hero's story and journey here on Our American Stories.