At two o'clock in the morning the pirates were on Jackson's island. Jackson's island was three miles from St Petersburg. It was a long, narrow island in the Mississippi River.
There were lots of trees in the middle of the island.
There were sandy beaches round the edge of the island.
Nobody lived on Jackson's island.
The pirates took their things from the boat. There was an old sail in the boat. The pirates made a tent with the old sail.