A current article that appeared in Newsday on 11/24/98 claims that the Patriots chained to the rocks to die at high tide is a myth.
That the only people who died were on ship wrecks.

Here's the link by search. You may have to re-search by 'Execution Rock' if the previous search time out.

library.newsday.com/getdoc.cgi?id=117925670x0y3653&OIDS=1Q001D000&Form=RL&bp=

Does anybody have any factual references or opinions?

[This message has been edited by rscroope (edited 11-24-98).]