The legend.

At the beginning of the 18th century, the royal navies hunted down the filibusters without any mercy, the pirates then dispersed over all the seas of the globe.

Attracted by the precious cargoes contained in ships from the East Indies, the pirate Daniel Réca dit La Ruse, established his lair on Sainte-Marie Island, in the Flavors Island archipelago.

In a few daring takes in the Indian Ocean, La Ruse is enriched considerably with spices and fruits.

In 1724, he accepted the charter of clemency from the King of France, Louis XV, and gave up piracy. Refusing to return all of the treasures, he was arrested in 1730 on the Ile de Bourbon, which has been renamed since Reunion Island.

La Ruse was executed in Saint-Denis in 1733 for piracy.

Legend has it that with a noose around his neck, he threw a parchment at the crowd that indicated the place where his booty was buried, shouting "My treasure to whom will know how to savor it!" "

A little boy named Léopaul, from a family of privateers from Saint-Malo, to take advantage of the brawl that broke out during the hanging of La Ruse to sneak up with the precious parchment which indicates where the loot is.

This treasure is made up of wooden boxes containing gold coins, diamonds, pearls, sacred vessels, jars filled with rums and a grimoire which details with precision, the composition of recipes appreciated in the archipelago.

Since 1733, no historian has been able to retrace with precision the journey of the mysterious little Léopaul.

The spoils of La Ruse have still not been discovered, only the traces of the Flavors Island bottles have been able to see the light of day across the globe for several centuries ...