Gurgie's valiant Exploit! 

 agamii the Spaniard*, 



Chap. 11!. A M E<KI C A. io 7 



them fav'd. In this Storm the Spaniards alio iuffer'd great damage, yet made 

 an Advantage of the Frenchnens Misfortune, marching with all fpeed to Charles* 

 Fort, in which were onely two hundred weak Men, ^bald having taken the 

 primeft Soldiers along with him. In the Morning before Sun=rife the Spaniards 

 made a fierce AiTault, and in a fhort time became Maftcrs of the Place, which 

 Laudonier feeing, fled in a Boat • others leaping from the Walls into the Moat, 

 fav'd themfelves by fwimming : Whoever fell into the Victors Hands, was w ^^^ f ^5^ 

 without mercy flairi 5 nay , fuch was the Spaniards inveterate malice to the 

 French, that wanting living Bodies, they exercis'd their Cruelty upon the dead, 

 pullincr out their Eyes, and cutting off their Members, carrying them in Tri- 

 umph on the Points of their Swords. In the interim, the Storm ceafing, (!((- 

 bald approached Charles *Fort, with his fhatter'd Fleet, but was fo amaz'd when 

 he faw the Spanifi Flag let upon the Walls, and Valkmond marching towards 

 him with a Squadron of Spaniards, that although a River lay between them, 

 yet he prefently came to a Treaty, and delivered up all his Men, being above 

 four hundred, upon promife of good Quarter 5 but the Spaniards in ftead of 

 keeping their Agreement, bound them, leading them all to the Caftle, wherd, 

 both againft their Articles, and the Law of Arms, they malTacred them, and 

 burnt their Bodies; but ^jbald being quartered, they nVd his Limbs upon 

 Poles about the Walls, fending his Head to SeVd. When Charles the Ninth, 

 King of France, received notice hereof, he Was not in the leaft concern'd at the 

 Spanijl? Cruelty us'd to his Subjects, out of a particular hatred to Coligni, the 

 firft Promoter of the Voyage. But though the French Crown fo little regard- 

 ed the inhumane Ufage committed by the Spaniards in Charleston, yet Vomi- 

 nicus Gurgie fhew'd himfelf fo highly concerned thereat, that turning all his 

 Goods into Money, he levied two hundred Soldiers, and fourfcore Sea-men, 

 which he put aboard three fmall Ships, pretending that he would onely touch 

 at (Brafele ; but failing beyond Cuba, he flood directly for Florida, where aftet 

 his Landing he was kindly receiv'd by Saturiona the King, who complaining 

 much againft the Spaniards Oppretfions, fent to joyn with him his Kinfman 

 Olotocara, having the Command of a great Army. 



The Spaniardsby this time had not onely ftrengthned Charles-Fort, but alfo 

 rais'dtwc^ others on each fide of the River Mayo, in which three Holds lay 

 Garrifon'd above four hundred choice Soldiers. Thofe in the new Forts made 

 little refiftance ; but quitting the fatfie, and flying into a neighboring Wood, 

 fell into an Ambufcade of Indians, who flew thirty of them, and preferv'd 

 ninety for a Publick Execution. Thus they march'd on viftorioufly to Charles- 

 'fort, where by the way fixty Spaniards fallying out, were every one cut off, 

 which much facilitated the Frenchnens Work. The Governor Mclande^, feeing 

 a certain ruine attend him, fled into the Woods ; but met there by the Flori* 

 dans, return'd to the French, of whom he begg'd Life for himfelf, and fome of 

 his People : Yet Gurgie deaf to all increacies, would hear nothing, but pref« 

 fing on, took them all Prifoners, and as a juft Reward of their Cruelty to his 

 Countrey-men, hang d them on the next Trees: After which Execution, it 

 can fcarce be exprefs'd how kindly the Natives entertained the French, becaufe 

 they had freed the Countrey from the Spanijh Oppjeffions. Thus having ac- 

 complifli'dhisDefign, and returning home, he was nobly receiv'd at %ochel, 

 but had not the leaft Countenance for all his trouble frbm the King ; the Car- 

 dinal of Lorein telling him, That for his good Service he ought to fuffer death, becauft 



he had fitted out three Ships upon h'vs oim Account, without Author^. 



Sect. 



Is ungrat;fuUjr rewarded, 



