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A M ET^l C A 



Chap. III. 





Strange 

 tight. 



Expedition of 

 Jhuinada and 

 S>nnau». 



The Expedi- 

 tion cf Me- 

 nendez, 



Voyage of; 



Ribald and 



" Lwdonitre, 



The Enpedi- 

 tion of Domi- 

 nic us Gur- 

 gtus. 



Valiant Ex« 

 ploitof Gur- 



City Atigtt- 

 ftine. 



ConfHtution 

 of the finl 



and their Habitations drown'd : and to this Inconvenience was added another yet 

 greater . for the Goveyiors round about raii/d all the Forces they could poffibly, 

 to revenge themfelves on the Span tar Us for their great oppreiTion. But Jharado 

 beincr inlorm'd of this Defign by the Cafique Amlco, caus'd thirty of the Abet- 

 tors of the Plot to have their Hands cut off. Mot long after this the Spaniards fet 

 Sail, when a thoufand Canoos that came to Engage them lay fixteen days amongft 

 them, killing and wounding feveral of thejf eamen, and funk a Barque with forty 

 eight Men/and alio kiirdmany Horfes which were yet on the Shone ; the Prifoners 

 they took were ftrappado'd to death, and the Horfes {hot : yet fome of them got 

 lafe from fanuco to Mexico. 



Thefe above-mention'd Expeditions to Florida, notwithftanding they fell out 

 unfortunately, neverthelefsby the permiflion of fbilip the Second, King of Spain, 

 Teter Jhumada and Julius Samano, with five Dominican Monks, made another Attempt, 

 and Landed with feveral great Crofles, that thereby they might reduce the. Flori- 

 d<a>25, whofe Language they underftootii not, to their Faith: But they fearing trea* 

 chery, refifted them, and kill'd the Monks with Clubs, flay 'd them, and hung their 

 Skins in their Temples. 



Notwithftanding thefe and many worfe Accidents thathapned, yet the Spamf? 

 King ventur'd once more, and fent (Peter Me?iendc^ to. Florida ; whither he was fol- 

 lowed by three Jefuits from ^ome, viz. Teter Martinis, Joan G(oger, and FranckViUare- 

 gins : The Matter of the Ship in which they went being ignorant where he was, 

 judg'd it convenient to Land 5 whereupon nine "Netherlander s and four Spaniards, 

 amongft which was Maruniut, went afhorc on Florida, whilft a Storm arifing drove 

 the Ship to Cuba - by which means thofe that were Landed were left in a miferable 

 condition, having no Food but wild Herbs, on which they fed twelve days : fo that 

 this Expedition alio came to nothing. 



At laft the Frenih following the foot.fteps of the Spaniards, John <j\ibald and <%ene 

 Laudoniere having Sail'd feveral times to Florida, difcover'd feveral Coafts s but their 

 Men were often fet upon by the Spaniards, and cut off. 



Anno 1567. Vominicus Gurgius fet Sail thither with three Ships, which carried two 

 hundred Soldiers and eighty Sea-men j with which entring the -River Tacatucouru he 

 Landed, and found a Youth call'd Teter dn $re, who efcap'd when the Spaniards cru^ 

 elly maflacrcd the French in the Garrifon Qarolina ; after which du <Bre ranging up 

 and down, at laft ferv'd Saturiona, Governor of Florida 5 whomdeferting, and now 

 meeting with the French his Countrey.men, he brought feveral Cafiques to joyn with 

 them againft the Spaniards, whom they drove out of three Forts, which were all by 

 the Command of Gurgius difmantcled. 



Florida is call'd by the Natives, Irquafa. The Spaniards have built two Forts on 

 the fame, the one erefted on the Promontory Helena, is Confecrated to the Apoftle 

 Matthew. The City and the Fort Angujline lies near the River May. Both City and 

 Fort ftand on a Hill, which is pleafant and well let with Trees. Between the Fore- 

 land is a deep and wide Channel,which waflies the City and Fort - it is eight-fquarc, 

 at each corner there ftands a round Tower, in which the Soldiers keep Guard . the 

 Countrey is water'd by two Rivers, which gliding between the Main and the Fore* 

 land, are great Safeguards to the Fort. The City is almoft fquare, oncly againft the 

 Fort it is much cloler built than in any other place, and divided into four Streets. 

 The Church ftands without of the City, and before it the Augujtine Cloyfter. 



The Inhabitants of Florida are an Olive colour, tall, and without any defor- 

 mity ; their Skins generally painted, and their Bodies naked, onely a Deer's Skm 



about their middle, their Hair long and black, hanging down to their Hams, but 



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