RENE LAUDONNIERE a.d. 



1565. 

 comming foorth of the village a great alley about three An dle^ of ^ 

 or foure hundred paces long, which is covered on both ^^ 4- hundred 

 sides with great trees. My Lieutenant disposed his men ^^^^^ ^^^' 

 in this alley and set them in such order as they desired 

 to march : for he was well assured that if there were any 

 ambush, it would be at the comming out of the trees. 

 Therefore he caused Monsieur de Arlac mine Ensigne 

 to march somewhat before with 8 harquebusiers to 

 discover whether there were any danger : besides he 

 commanded one of my Sergeants & Corporals to march 

 on the out side of the alley with foure harquebusiers 

 while he himselfe conducted the rest of his company ^ skirmish 

 through it. Now as he suspected, so it fell out : for \^^^'^^^ ^^^ 

 Monsieur de Arlac met with two or three hundred ^^^ French, 

 Indians at the end of the alley, which saluted him with 

 an infinite number of their arrowes, & with such furie 

 that it was easie to see with what desire they sought to 

 charge us. Howbeit they were so well sustained in the 

 first assault which mine Ensigne gave them, that they 

 which fell downe dead, did somewhat abate the choler 

 of those which remained alive. This done my Lieu- 

 tenant hasted to gaine ground in such sort as I have 

 already said. After he had marched about foure 

 hundred paces, he was charged afresh with a newe A second fresh 

 troope of Savages which were in number about 700, ^^^^^^ ^ 

 which assayled him before, while the rest of the former 

 set upon him behind. This second assault was so 

 valiantly sustayned, that I may justly say that Monsieur 

 de Ottigny so well discharged his dutie, as was possible 

 for a good Captaine to doe. And so it stood them 

 upon : for he had to deale with such kind of men, as 

 knewe well how to fight and to obey their head which 

 conducted them, and which knewe so well to behave 

 themselves in this conflict, as if Ottigny had not pre- 

 vented their practise, he had beene in danger to have 

 bene defeated. Their maner in this fight was, that TheFloridians 

 when two hundred had shot, they retyred themselves ^^^^^^/M^- 

 and gave place to the rest that were behind, and all 



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