purposed to goe on land where I suffered him to depart after I had giuen him a shirte and certain small trifles wherewith he departed very well content with vs. The place where we went on shore was hard by a very hie Rocke out of which there ran a litle riuer of sweet and excellent good water by which riuer we stayed certayne dayes to discouer the things which were worthy to bee seen traficked dayly with the Indians which aboue all thinges besought vs that none of our men should come neere their lodgings nor their Gardens otherwise that we should giue them great cause of ielosie and that in so doing wee should not want of their fruit which they call Ananas whereof they offered vs very liberally receiuing in recompence certaine things of small value This notwithstanding it hapned on a day that certaine of my men desirous to see some new things in these strange countries walked through the woods and following still the little riuers side they espied two Serpents of exceeding bignesse which went side by side ouerthwarte the way my soldiers went before them thinking to let them from going into the woods but the serpents nothing at all astonished with these gestures glaunced into the bushes with fearefull hissings for all which my men drewe their swordes and killed them and found them afterward nine great foote long and as bigge as a mans legge During this combate certaine others more vndiscreete went and gathered their Ananas in the Indians Gardens trampling through them without any discretion and nâ—t therewithall contented they went toward their dwellings whereat the Indians were so much offended that without regarding any thing they rushed vpon them and discharged their shot so that they hit one of my men named Martin Chaueau which remayned behinde Wee coulde not knowe whether hee were killed on the place or whether he were taken prisoner for those of his company had inough to doe to saue themselues without thinking of their companion Whereof Monsur de Ottigni my Lieuetenant being aduertised sent vnto me to know whether I thought good that he shuld lay an ambush for the Indians which had either taken or killed our man or whether hee should goe directly to their dwellinges to knowe the truth I sent vnto him after good delebration hereupon that hee should not attempt any thing and that for diuers occasions but contrariwise that he should embarke himself with all diligence and consequently all they that were on land which hee did with speede But as he sayled toward our shippes he perceiued a long the shore a great number of Indians which beganne to charge them with their Arrowes he for his part discharged store of shotte against them yet was not able to hurte them or by any meanes to surprise them for which cause he quite forsooke them came vnto our ship Where staying vntill the next day morning we sette sayle following our wonted course and keeping the same we discouered diuerse Iles conquered by the Spaniards as the Iles of S. Christopher of y e Saintes of Monserrada and la Rotonda Afterward we passed betweene Languilla aad la Negada sayling toward New Fraunce where we ariued fifteene dayes afterward to witte on a Thurseday the two and twenteth of Iune about three or foure of the clock in the morning and landed neere vnto a little Riuer which is thirtie degrees distant from the Equator and ten leagues aboue Cape François drawing toward the South and about thirtie leagues aboue the Riuer of May. After we had strooken sayle and cast Anker a thwart the Riuer I determined to goe on shore to discouer y â— same Therefore beiug accompanied with Monsur de Ottigny with Monsur de Arlac mine Ensigne a certaine number of Gentlemen and souldiers I embarked my selfe about three or foure of the clocke in the euening And being ariued at the mouth of the Riuer I caused the Chanell to be sounded which was found to be very shallow although that farther within the same y â— water was there found reasonable deepe which separateth it selfe into two great armes whereof one runneth toward the South and the other toward the North. Hauing thus searched the Riuer I went on lande to speake with the Indians which wayted for vs vpon the shore which at our comming on land came before vs crying with a loud voyce in their Indian language Antipola Bonassou which is as much to say as brother friend or some such like thing After they had made very much of vs they shewed vs their Paracoussy that is to say their king and gouernour to whom I presented certaine toyes wherewith he was wel pleased And for mine own part I praise God continually for the great loue which I haue found in these Sauages which were sory for nothing but that the night approched and made vs retire vnto our shippes For though they endeuoured by all meanes to make vs tarry with them and that they shewed by signes the desire they had to present vs with some rare things yet neuerthelesse for many iust and reasonable occasions I would not stay on shore all night but excusing my selfe for al their offers I embarked my selfe againe and returned toward my ships Howbeit before my departure I named this riuer the riuer of Dolphines because that at mine arriuall I sawe there a greate number of dolphines which were playing in the mouth thereof The next day the three and twentieth of this moneth because that toward the South I had not found any coÌ„modious place for vs to inhabite and to build a fort I gaue commaundement to weigh anker and to hoyse our sayles to sayle towarde the riuer of Maye where we arriued two dayes after and cast anker afterwarde going on land with some number of Gentlemen and Souldiers to knowe for a certaintie the singularities of this place wee espyed the Paracoussy of the countrey which came towards vs this was y â— very same y we saw in the voiage of Captaine Iohu Ribault which hauing espied vs cried very farre of Antipola Antipola and being so ioyful that he could not containe himselfe he came to meet vs accompanied then with two of his sonnes as faire mighty persons as might be found in all the world which had nothing in their mouthes but this word Amy Amy that is to say friend friend yea and knowing those which were there in the first voyage they went principally to them to vse this speech vnto them There was in their trayne a great number of men and women which still made very much of vs and by euident signes made vs to vnderstand how glad they were of our ariual This good entertainment past y e Paracoussy prayed me to go to see the piller which we had erected in the voyage of Iohn Ribault as we haue declared heretofore as a thing which they made great account of Hauing yeelded vnto him and being come to the place where it
mulberies white and redde Great store of silkewormes The riuer of May. The riuer of Seine The Riuer of Somme The Riuer of Loyre The Riuers of Cherente Garonne Gironde Belle Grande The riuer Belle a veoir The Riuer of Port Royall in 32 degrees of latitude Turkey cockes Partridges gray redde Fish in abundance The Riuer 3. leagues at the mouth A passage by a riuer into the South Sea Store of rare simples Ribault sayleth 12. leagues vp the riuer Lucerne cape Chamoyes Perles Store of perles and siluer A Pillour of free stone wherein the armes of FrauÌ„ce were grauen set vp in an Iland in the riuer of Port Royal. The Riuer of Liborne The Ile of Ceders Two Indians taken away The dolefull songs of the Indians The Indians eat not before the sun be set Laudonniers putting downe in writing the wordes and phrases of the IndiaÌ„s speech The feast of Toya Chiquola or Chiquora a king of greate stature The first proof that Chiquola should be a very faire citie Gold siluer pearles in aboundance The rich citie of king Chiquola is toward the North of â—ort royall This history is recorded in the second third chapters of the seuenth Decade of Petâ—r Martyr The second proofe The third proofe The 2. Indians escape away The benefit of planting The oration of Ioh. Ribault to his companie Aelius Pertinax descending from base pareÌ„tage became Emperor of Rome Agathocles a potters sonne became king of Sicilie Rusten Bassha of an heardmans sonne through his valure became the great Turkes sonne in lawe The â—â—â—â—diers auâ—â—â—â—re to Ribaâ—ts Orations The length bredth of the Forte taken by Laudonnier Captayne Salles A Fort builte in port Roy all by Ribault Rabaults speech to Captayne Albert. His speeche to the souldiers The foresaid Fort was called Charles Fort. Port Royal. The Riuer Base 15. legueâ— Northward of Port Royal Their ariual in Fraunce 1561. the 20. of Iuly King Audusta Note Mayon Hoya Touppa Stalame The Countrey of king Stalame 15. leagues Northward of Charles Fort. Chamoys skins The feast of Toya largely described The Indians trimming of themselues with rich fethers Iawas are their Priests Maigicians Phisitions Inuocations of the Iawas or Pristes vnto Toya Their victuals fayle them The Indians maner of liuing in the Winter time of Mast and rootes King Couexis mightie and reuowmed King Ouade King Maccou Ouades countrey in the riuer Belle. Tapistrie of feathers White couerlets edged with red fringe The liberalitie of king Ouade Ouades countrie 25. leagues Southward froÌ„ Charlesfort The fort set on fire by casualtie The fort reedified by the Sauages in the space of 12 houres Crocodiles Cypresses Their second iourney to the countrey of Ouadé Exceeding faire pearles fine Christall siluer oare The place where christal groweth in very good quantity ten dayes iourney from the riuer Belle. Note Mutinye against the captaine and the causes therof Captaine Albert slaine by his owne souldiers Nicolas Barré chosen Captaine A new BrigaÌ„tine built in Florida Rosen to bray ships Mosse to calke ships Cordage for tackle They put to the sea without sufficient victuals Their victuals vtterly consumed They drinke their vrine for want of fresh water Extreeme famine The French succoured by an English Barke It seemeth he meaneth the â— voyage intended by Stukley The ciuil wars the cause why the FrenchmeÌ„ were not supplied which were left behinde in their first voyage Laudonniers second voyage to Florida with 3. ships the 22. of April 1564. The Ile of Teneriffe or the Pike The Isle of Martinica Dominica an Iland Ananas a fruite of great excellencie His ariuall in Florida the 22 of Iune 1564. Cape François being betweene the riuer of Dolphins and the riuer of May maketh the distance thirty leagues about which is but ten leagues ouer land The great loue curtesie of the Floridians The riuer of Dolphins called Seloy by the Sauages Iune 23. Their arriuall at the riuer of May the 22 of Iune The piller set vp before by Ribault crowned with garlands of Laurell and inuironed with small paniers full of corne worshiped by the sauages Paracoussy Satourioua A Wedge of siluer Grosleâ— Monsur de Ottigni The curtesie of the Floridians to the French Sauages in Florida of 250. yeeres old Eagles in Florida Ceders Palmes bayes exceeding sweete Esquine drugge excellent against the pocket Syluer certayn dayes iournie vp within the riuer of May. Thimogoua mortal enimies to Satourioua The riuer of Seine The riuer of Some The curtesie of the Paracoussi of the riuer of Some Bullets of siluer Laudonieres consultation with his company where it might be best for them to plant Gold and siluer found at the riuer of May. Iune the 29. The vale of Laudonniere An Hermophrodite They began their planting with prayer to God In Florida they couer their house with palme leaues The forme of the Fort Caroline The West side The South side High building is not good for this countrey Nota. Caroline The first voyage twentie leagues Ten leagues farther Mayrra a king rich in gold siluer The second voyage King molloua Olata Ouae Vtina a great king Fiue or sixe pound weight of siluer Fortie kinges vassals to Vtina King Potanou An exceeding rich place Large plats of golde and filuer Some paint their faces with blacke some withâ—ed King Molona King Malica Tapistry made of small reeds They lappe mosse about their woundes and vse it insteed of napkins A ceremonie to cal to mind the death of their ancesters slaine by their enimies The returne of their ships toward France the 28. of Iuly The ceremonie which they vse before they goe to warre Satourioua followed with fiue huÌ„dred Indians Consultation before they assault their enemies How they vse their enimies which they take in warre King Omoloa The maner of triumphe Athore Excellent Pompions A wonderfull lightning the 29. of August King Sarranay King Allimacany The sauages thinke the lightning to be discharging of the Christians ordinance Laudonnlere vsed the present occasion to his profite A wonderfull heate Fiftie cart lode of fish dead in the riuer with this heat The third viage the tenth of September Mayarqua a place eightie leages vp the riuer of May. King Patanou The Indians maner of war Two hundred Indians A village enclosed with trees Vtina getteth the victorie of Potanou by the helpe of the french Siluer gold and paynted skins La Roquettes conspiracie Mounsur de Geure Gieures message to Laudoniere in the soldiers name His answere A dangerous practise against the captaine and his liuetenant Laudounieres sickenes Laudonniers Apothecarie The master of the fire workes Captaine Bourdet arriued in Florida the fourth of September The fourth voiage the seuenth of Nouember Hostaqua a village A chaine of syluer One of his Barkes stolne away by his mariners The village of Sarrauahi Another of his barkes stolne away by two carpenters One of these mariners named Francis Iean betrayed his ovvne couÌ„trie men to the
to light In the meane season I humbly commende my selfe and this my translation vnto you and your selfe and all those which vnder you haue taken this enterprise in hand to the grace good blessing of the Almightie which is able to build further and to finish the good worke which in these our dayes he hath begunne by your most Christian and charitable endeuour Your L. humble at commandement R. H. The preface THere are two thinges which according to mine opinioâ—â— haue been the principall causes in consideration whereof aswell they of auncient times as those of our age haue been enduced to trauell into farre and remote regions The first hath beene the naturall desire which we haue to serch out the commodities to liue happely plentifully and at ease be it whether one abandon his naturall cuntrie altogether to dwell in a better or bee it that men make voiages thither there to serch out and bring from thence such thinges as are there to bee found and are in greatest estimation and in most request in our cuntries The second cause hath beene the multitude of people too frutefull in generation which being no longer able to dwell in their natiue soyles haue entred vppon their neighbours limites and oftentimes passing further haue pearced euen vnto the vttermost regions After this sorte the north climate a frutefull father of so many nations hath oftentimes sent foorth this way and that way his valiant people and by this meane hath peopled infinite countries so that most of the nations of Europe drawe their original from these partes Contrariwise the more southern regions because they be too barraine by reason of their insupportable heate which raigneth in them neede not any such sending foorth of their in habitances and haue beene oftentimes constrained to receaue other people more often by force ofarmes then willingly All Africke Spaine and Italie can also testifie the same which neuer so abounded with people that they had neede to send them abroode to inhabite else where as on the contrary Scythia Norway Gotland and France haue done The posterite of which nations remaineth yet not only in Italie Spaine and Affricke but also in frutefull and faire Asia Neuerthelesse I find that the Romains proceding farther or rather adding vnto these two chiefe causes aforesayd as being most curious to plant not only their ensignes and victories but also their lawes customes and religion in those provinces which they had conquered by force ofarmes haue oftentimes by the decree of their soueraine Senate sent forth inhabitantes which they called colonies thinking by this way to make their name immotall euen to the vnfurnishing of their owne countrye of the forces which should haue perserued the same in her perfection a thing which hindred them much more then advanced them to the possession of the vniversall monarchie where vnto their intention did aspyre For it came to passe that their colonies here and there being miserably sacked by strang people did vtterly ruine and ouerthrowe their empire The brinkes of the riuer of Rine are yet red those of Danubius are noe lesse bloodie and our France be came fatte with their blood which they lost These are the effectes and rewardes of al such as being pricked forward with this Romaine and tirannicall ambition will goe aboute thus to subdue strange people effectes I say contrarie to the profitte which those shall receaue which only are affectioned to the common benefitte that is to say to the generall pollicie of all men and endeuour to vnite them one with another as well by trasicke and forraine conuersations as also by militarie vertues and force of armes whenas the sauages wil not yeeld vnto their endeuours so much tending vnto their profite For this cause princes haue sent foorth out of their dominions certaine men of good actiuitie to plante themselues in strang countries there to make their profite to bring the countrie to ciuilitie and if it might be to reduce the inhabitantes to the true knowledg of our God an end so much more commédable as it is farre from all tiranicall and cruell gouernement and so they haue alwayes thriued in their enterprises and by lyttle and little gained the hartes of them which they haue conquered or wonne vnto them by any meanes Here of we may gather that sometimes it is good yea very expedient to send foorth men to discouer the pleasure and commoditie of strang countries But so that the country out of which these companies are to passe remayne not weakned nor depriued of her forces And againe in such sorte that the companie sent forth be of so iuste and sufficient number that it may not bee defeited by strangers which euery foote endeuour nothing else but to surprise the same vpon the suddaine As within these fewe dayes past the french haue proued to my great greife being able by no meanes possible to withstand the same considering that the elementes men and al the fauours which might be hoped for of a faithful and Christian alliance fought against vs which thing I purpose to discouer in this preseÌ„t historie with so euident truth that the kings maiestie my souerainge prince shall in parte be satisfied of the diligence which I haue vsed in his seruice and myne aduersaries shall find themselues so discouered in their false reportes that they shall haue no place of refuge But before I beginne I wil brefely set downe the situation and description of the land where vnto we haue failed and where we haue inhabited from the yeare 1561 vnto sixtie fiue to the ende that those thinges may the more easily be borne a way which I meane to describe in this discourse ¶ The description of the West Indies in generall but chiefly and particularly of Florida THat part of the earth which at this day wee call the fourth part of the world or America or the West India was unknowen vnto our auncestors by reason of the great distance thereof In like manner all the Westerne Ilandes and fortunate Isles were not discouered but by those of our age Howbeit there haue beene some which haue said that they were discouered in the time of Augustus Caesar and that Virgil hath made mention thereof in the sixt booke of his Aeneidos when he saith That there is a lande beyond the starres and the course of the yeere and of the sunne where Atlas the Porter of heauen sustaineth the pole vpon his shoulders neuerthelesse it is easie to iudge that he meaneth not to speake of this land whereof no man is founde to haue written before his time neither yet aboue a thousand yeeres after Christopher Colon did first light vpon this lande in the yeere 1492. And fiue yeeres after Americus went thither by the commaundement of the king of Castile and gaue vnto it his owne name wherevpon afterward it was called America This man was very well seene in the Arte of Nauigation and in Astronomie whereby be discouered
Riuer and for this cause the Captayne sent for vs. Being come to our Shippes wee sayled three great leagues farther vp within the Riuer and there wee cast Anker A little while after Iohn Ribault accompanied with a good number of souldiers imbarked himselfe desirous to sayle further vp into the arme that runneth toward the west and to search the commodities of the place Hauing sayled twelue leagues at the least wee perceaued a troupe of Indians which as soone as euer they espied the Pinnisles were so afrayd that they fledde into the woods leauing behind them a young Lucerne which they were a turning vpon a spitte for which cause the place was called Lucerne Cape proceeding foorthon our way we found an other arme of the riuer which ranne toward the East vp which the Captain determined to sayle to leaue the great currant A little while after they began to espie diuerse other Indians both men womeÌ„ half hiddeÌ„ within y â— woods whoknowing not y â— wee were such as desired their friendship were dismayed at the first but soone after were embouldned for the Captayne caused store of marchandise to be shewed theÌ„ openly wherby they knew y â— we ment nothing but wel vnto theÌ„ then they made a signe y â— we should come on land which we would not refuse At our comming on shore diuerse of theÌ„ came to salute our Generall according to their barbarouse fashion Some of them gaue him skins of Chamoys others little baskets made of Palme leaues some presented him with perles but no great number Afterwards they went about to make an arbour to defend vs in y â— place from the parching heate of the sunne But we would not stay as then Wherefore the Captayn thanked them much for their good wil gaue presents to eche of them where with he pleased them so well before hee went thence that his suddaine departure was nothing pleasaunt vnto them For knowing him to be so liberall they would haue wished him to haue stayed a little longer seking by all meanes to giue him occasion to stay shewing him by signes that he should stay but that day onely and that they desired to aduertise a great Indian Lord which had perles in great aboundance and siluer also all which things should be giuen vnto him at y â— kings ariual saying far ther y â— in the meane while y â— this great Lord came thether they wold lead him to their houses shew him there a thousand pleasures in shooting seeing the Stag killed therfore they prayed him not to deny theÌ„ their request Notwithstanding we returned to our ships wher after we had been but one night the captayne in the morning coÌ„maunded to put into y â— Pinnisse a pillour of hard stone fashioned like a columne wherin y â— armes of the king of Fraunce were graueÌ„ to plant the same in the fayrest place that he could finde This done we imbarked our selues and sayled three leagues towards the west where we discouered a litle riuer vp which we sayled so long that in the ende we found it returned into the great currant and in his returne to make a litle Iland separated from the firme land where we went on shore and by commaundement of the Captayne because it was exceeding fayre and pleaâ—â—â—â—t there we planted the Pillour vppon a hillocke open round about to the vew and enuironed with a lake halfe a fathom deepe of very good and sweete water In which Ilande wee sawe two Stagges of exceeding bignesse in respect of those which we had seene before which wee might easily haue killed with our harguebuses if the Captayne had not forbidden vs. moued with the singular fayrenes and bignesse of them But before our departure we named the little Riuer which enuironed this Ile the Riuer of Liborne Afterward we imbarked our selues to search another Ile not farre distant from the former wherein after we had gon a land we found nothing but tall Ceders the fayrest that were seene iâ— this Countrey For this cause we called it the Ile of Ceders so we returned into our Pinnisse to goe towards our Shippes A fewe dayes afterward Iohn Ribault determined to returne once againe toward the Indians which inhabited that arme of the Riuer which runneth toward the West and to carry with him good store of souldiers For his meaning was to take two Indians of this place to bring them into Fraunce as the Queene had commaunded him With this deliberation againe we tooke our former course so farre foorth that at the last we came to the selfesame place where at the first we found the Indians from thence we tooke two Indians by the permission of the king which thinking that they were more fauoured then the rest thought themselues very happie to stay with vs. But these two Indians seeing we made no shew at all that we would goe on land but rather that we followed the middest of the courrant began to be somewhat offended and would by force haue lepte into the water for they are so good swimmers that immediately they woulde haue gotten into the forrestes Neuerthelesse being acquainted with their humour wee watched them narrowly and sought by all meanes to appease them which wee could not by any meanes doe for that time though wee offered them thinges which they much esteemed which thinges they disdayned to take and gaue backe againe whatsoeuer was giuen them thinking that such giftes should haue altogether bound them and that in restoring them they shoulde bee restored vnto their libertie In fine perceiuing that all that they did auayled them nothing they â—â—â—yed vs to giue them those thinges which they had restored which wee did incontinent then they approched one toward the other and beganne to singe agreeing so sweetly together that in hearing their songe it seemed that they lamented for the absence of their friendes They continued their songes all night without ceassing al which time we were constrained to lie at anker by reason of the tide which was against vs but wee hoysed sayle the next day very early in the morning and returned to our ships Assoone as we were come to our shippes euery one sought to gratifie these two Indians to shew theÌ„ the best countenaunce that was possible to the intent that by such curtesies they might perceiue the good desire and affectioÌ„ which we had to remain their friends in time to come Then we offered them meate to eate but they refused it and made vs vnderstande that they were accustomed to wash their face and to staye vntill the sunne were set before they did eate which is a ceremonie common to al the Indians of new Fraunce Neuerthelesse in the ende they were constrayned to forget their superstitions and to apply theÌ„selues to our nature which was somewhat strange vnto them at the first They became therefore more ioconde and euery houre made vs a thousande
calling the Forte by the name of Charles Forte and the Riuer by the name of Chenonceau The next day wee determined to depart from this place being as well contented as was possible that wee had so happily ended our businesse with good hope if occasion would permitte to discouer perfectely the Riuer of Iordan For this cause we hoysed our sayles about ten of the clocke in the morning after wee were ready to depart Captaine Ribault commaunded to shoote of our Ordinance to giue a farewell vnto our Frenchmen which fayled not to doe the like on their parte This being done wee sayled towarde the North and then wee named this Riuer Porte Royall because of the largenesse excellent fayrenesse of the same After that wee had sayled about fifteene leagues from thence wee espied a Riuer wherevppon we sent our Piunesse thether to discouer it At their returne they brought vs word that they found not past halfe a fathome water in the mouth thereof Which when wee vnderstood without dooing any thinge else wee continued our way and called it the Base or Shallowe Riuer As wee still went on sounding we founde not past fiue or sixe fathome water although wee were sixe good leagues from the Shore at length wee found not past three fathoms which gaue vs occasion greatly to muse And without making any farther way we stroke our sayles partely because wee wanted water and partly because the night approched during which time Captayne Iohn Ribault bethought with himselfe whether it were best for him to passe any farther because of the eminent daungers which euery houre wee sawe before our eyes or whether hee should content himselfe with that which hee had certaynely discouered and also left men to inhabite the Countrey Being not able for that time to resolue with himselfe he referred it ouer vntill the next day The morning being come he proposed to all the company what was best to bee done to the end that with good aduisement euery man might deliuer his opinion Some made aunsweare that according to their iudgement hee had occasion fully to content himselfe considering that hee cold doe no more laying before his eyes that he had discouered more in sixe weekes then the Spaniardes had done in two yeeres in the conquestes of their new Spaine and that he should doe the king very great seruice if he did bring him newes in so short a time of his happie discouerie Other shewed vnto him the losse spoyle of his victualles and on the other side the inconuenience that might happen by the shallow water that they found continually along the cost which things being well and at large debated we resolued to leaue the cost forsaking the North to take our way toward the Easte which is the right way and course for our Fraunce where we happily arived the twenteth day of Iuly the yeere a thousand fiue hundred sixtie and one The state and condition of those which were left behinde in Charles Forte OUr men after our departure neuer rested but night and day did fortifie themselues being in good hope that after their fort was finished they would beginne to discouer farther vp within the Riuer It happened one day as certayne of them were in cutting of rootes in the Coppises that they espyed on the sodayne an Indian that huâ—ted the Deere which finding himselfe so neere vpon them was much dismayed but our men began to draw neere vnto him and to vse him so courteously that he became assured and followed them to Charles Fort where euery man sought to do him pleasure Captayne Albert was very ioyfull of his comming which after he had giuen him a shert and some other trifles hee asked him of his dwelliug the Indian answered him that it was farther vp within the Riuer and that he was vassel of king Audusta he also shewed him with his hand the limites of his habitation After much other talke the Indian desired leaue to departe because it drewe toward night which Captayne Albert graunted him very willingly Certayne dayes after the Captayne determined to sayle toward Audusta where being ariued by reason of the honest intertaynment which he had giuen to the Indian he was so courteously receiued that the king talked with him of nothing else but of the desire which he had to become his friend giuing him besides to vnderstand that he being his friend and allie he should haue the amitie of foure other kings which in might and authoritie were able to doe much for his sake Besides all this in his necessitie they might be able to succour him with victualles One of these kings was called Mayon another Hoya the third Touppa and the fourth Stalame He tolde him moreouer that they woulde bee very glad when they shoulde vnderstand the newes of his comming and therefore he prayed him to vouchsafe to visit them The Captayne willingly consented vnto him for the desire that he had to purchase friendes in that place Therefore they departed the next day very early in the morning and first ariued at the house of king Touppa and afterward went vnto the other kings houses except the house of king Stalame He receiued of eche of them all the amiable curtesies that might be they shewed themselues to be as affectioned friendes vnto him as was possible and offered vnto him a thousand small presents After that he had remained by the space of certayne dayes with these strange kinges he determined to take his leaue and being come back to the house of Audusta he coÌ„maunded al his men to goe abord of their Pinnesse for he was minded to goe toward the countries of king Stalame which dwelt towarde the North the distance of fifteene great leagues from Charles Fort. Therefore as they sayled vp the riuer they entred into a great Courrant which they followed so far till they came at the last to the house of Stalame which brought him into his lodging where he sought to make them the best cheere he colde deuise He presented immediately vnto Captayne Albert his bow arrowes which is a signe and confirmation of aliance betweene them He presented him also with Chamoys skins The Captaine seing the best parte of the day was nowe past tooke his leaue of king Stalame to returne to Charles Fort where hee ariued the day following By this time the friendship was growne so great between our men king Audusta that in a maner all things were commen betweene him them in such sorte that this good Indian king did nothing of importance but he called our men thereunto For when the time drew neere of the celebrating their feastes of Toya which are ceremonies most strange to recite hee sent Ambassadours vnto our menne to request them on his behalfe to be there present Whereunto they agreed most willingly for the desire that they had to vnderstand what this might be They embarked themselues therefore and sayled
lake of freshwater named Sarrope about fiue leagues in bignesse abounding with many sortes of fruites specially in Dates which growe on the palme trées whereof they make a wonderfull traficke yet not so great as a kinde of roote whereof they make a kinde of meale so good to make bread of that it is vnpossible to eate better and that for fifteene leagues about all the countrie is fed therewith Which is the cause that the inhabitantes of the Isle gaine of their neighbours great wealth and profite for they will not depart with this roote without they he well payed for it besides that they are taken for the most warrelike men of all that countrie as they made good proofe when the king of Calos hauing made alliance with Oathcaqua was depriued of Oathcaquaes daughter which hee had promised to him in marriage Hee tolde mee the whole matter in this sorte As Oathcaqua well accompanied with his people carried one of his daughters excéeding beawtifull according to the coulour of the countrey vnto king Calos to giue her vnto him for his wife the inhabitantes of his Isle aduertised of the matter layde an ambush for him in a place where hee should passe and so behaued themselues that Oathcaqua was discomfited the betrothed young spouse taken and all the Damoselles that accompanied her which they carried vnto their Isle which thing in all the Indians countrey they esteeme to be the greatest victorie for afterwarde they marrie these virgins and loue them aboue all measure The Spaniarde that made this relation tolde me that after this defeite he went to dwell with Oathcaqua and had béene with him full eight yeares euen vntil the time that hee was sent vnto mee The place of Calos is situate vppon a riuer which is beyond the Cape of Florida fortie or fiftie leagues towardes the Southwest and the dwelling of Oathcaqua is on this side the Cape towarde the North in a place which we call in the Carte Caignaueral which is in eight and twentie degrées About the fiue and twenteth of Ianuarie Paracoussy Satourioüa my neighbour sent me certayne presentes by two of his subiectes to perswade me to ioyne with him and to make warre vppon Ouae Vtina which was my friende and farther besought mee to retyre certayne of my men which were with Vtina for whome if it had not béene hee had oftentimes set vppon him and defeited him he besought me herein by diuers other kinges his allies which for thrée weekes or a monethes space sent messengers vnto mee to this ende and purpose But I woulde not graunt vnto them that they should make warre vppon him yea rather contrariwise I endeuoured to make them friendes wherein they condiscended vnto mee so farre foorth that they were content to allowe of any thing that I would set downe whereupon the two Spaniardes which of long time knew well the nature of the Indians warned me that in any case I should not trust vnto them because that when they shewed good countenance and the best chéere vnto men then was the time that they woulde surprise and betraye them and that of their nature they were the greatest traitours and most deepe dissemblers of the worlde Besides I neuer trusted them but vpon good ground as one that had discouered a thousand of their craftes and subtilties aswel by experience as by reading of the histories of late yeares Our two barkes were not so soone finished but I sent Captayne Vasseur to disconer a long the coste lying towarde the Northe and commaunded him to saile vnto a riuer the king wherof was called Audusta which was lord of that place where those of the yeare 1562. inhabites I sent him twoe sutes of apparel with certaine hachats kniues and other smale trifles the better to insinuate my selfe into his friendshippe And the better to win him I sent in the barke with captaine Vasseur a soldier called Aimon which was one of them which returned home in the firste voyage hoping that king Audusta might remember him But before they were embarked I commanded them to make inquirie what was become of another called Rouffi which remained alone in those parts when Nicolas Masson and those of the firste voyage embarked themselues to returne into France They vnderstood at their arriual there that a barke passing that waye had caried awaye the same soldier And afterward I knew for a certaintie that they were Spaniardes which had carried him to Hauana The kinge Audusta sent mee backe my barke ful of mill with a certaine quantitie of beanes twoe stages some skins painted after theire maner and certaine pearles of small value because they were burnt and sent me worde that if I woulde dwel in his quarters he woulde geue me a greate countrye and that after hee had gathered his mil he would spare me as much as I would haue In the meane while there came vnto our forte a flocke of stocke voues in so greate nomber and that for the space of seuen weekes together that euery daye wee killed with hargubuse shot twoe hundred in the woods aboute our forte After that captaine Vasseur was returned I caused the two barkes to be furnished againe with soldiers and mariners and sent them to carrie a present from mee vnto the widow of king Hioacaia whose dwelling was distante from our forte about twelue leages northward Shee curteously receaued our men sent me backe my barks full of mil and acorns with certaine baskets full of the leaues of Cassine where with they make their drinke And the place where this widowe dwelleth is the most plentiful of mil that is in all the coaste and the moste pleasant It is thought that the queene is the most beautiful of al the Indians and of whome they make most accompt yea and her subiects honour her so much that almost continualy they beare her on their shoulders and wil not suffer her to go on foote With in a few daies after the return of my barks she sent to visit me by her Hiatiqui which is as much to saye as her interpreter Nowe while I thought I was furnished with victuals vntill the time that our shippes might come out of France for feare of keeping my people idle I sent my two barkes to discouer along the riuer and vp toward the head thereof which went so farre vp that they were thirtie leagues good beyonde a place named Mathiaqua and there they discouered the entrance of a lake vpō the oneside whereof no land can bee seene according to the reporte of the Indians which had oftentimes climed on the hiest trees in the country to see land and notwithstanding could not discerne any which was the cause that my men went no further but returned backe and in comminge home went to see the Ilande of Edelano situated in the midst of the riuer as faire a place as any that may be seene through the world For in the
and 42 Fier very dangerous in Florida 24. b Fight and the manner thereof among the Floridians 48 Fish parcks made of reedes in the forme of a labarinth 5 Fish in great aboundance 6. b Fish to fiftie cart loade kild in the mouth of the Ryuer of May with extreame heate 31 Florida and the description thereof 1. b the trees beasts fowle gold siluer dyes coulours and other commodities of Florida 2. b their manners wearing of their hayre exercises running for games shooting playing at bal hunting fishing forme of warre triumphs worshippe of sunne and Moone 2. b their treasons 39. their deepe dissembling 44. b their subtilties 47. their chiete feare 48. b their league with the French 61 Fort beaten downe by the Frenchmen themselues before their departure 49 Francis Iean a Traytour to his owne countrymen 33. b and 57. b. and â—8 Frenchmen mistrusted that the English would plant in Florida 50. b they hidde the siluer which they found in Florida from the English least the Queene of England shoulde bee encouraged to inhabite there after their departure â—1 G Gieure and his message to Laudonniere in the souldiers name 32. b Gold and siluer founde in the Ryuer of May. 23. b Gold in the mountaines of Apallassy and the manner howe the sauages resine it 40. b Gourgues his voiage 60. his confederacie with the sauages 61. his taking of the two small spanish forts 62. his taking of the third fort 63. b his returne to Rochell 64. his death and commendation 64. b Gouernour of Iamaica taken by the French 35. his escape 36 Groles or Cornish choughes great deuourers of the corne in Florida 22 H Halmacanir a king 60. b Harpaha a king 60. b Hauana a towne in Cuba 35. b Heede to be taken of the Floridians 47 Helicopile a king 60 b Helmacape a king 60. b Herinaphrodites common in Florida 3 their trauaile and paines in carrying of burthens ibidem their 〈◊〉 of â—â—â—ture 23. b Hiatiqui an interpretour 40 High buildings not good in Florida 24. b Houstaqua a great king 26. â—â—le â—â—â—â—ing three or foure thousand to the 〈◊〉 40 Houstaqua or Hostaqua a village â—â— b Hoya a king 12 I Iames Ribault 58. his bad dealing with Laudonniere 58. b Iawa the Priest or Magician among the Floridians 3. b. and 41. his counsaile asâ—ed before they goe to battaile ibid. his aunsweres are found true ibid. Indians two taken with consent of their king 7. b. their dolefull songs â— they eate not before the sunne lette ibidein their escape 9 Indians of Florida vse to trimme themselues with rich feathers 12. b Instruments to till the ground like broad mattocks 3. b Inuocations of the Iawas or Priestes vnto Toya 13 Iohn Hawkins the English Generalis arriuall in Florida 50. his great humanitie and liberalitie to the starued Frenchmen 51. his departure 51. b Iohn Ribaults first voyage to florida 4. b his pithy oration to his company 9. his building of a fort in port Royal. 10. b. his returne and arriuall in France 11. b. his second voyage to Florida 52. howe he was receaued by Laudonniere 53. an aduertisement vnto him to beware of the spaniardes 56. his embarkement to followe the spaniardes 56. his shipwracke and death 59 b Iracana a Riuer called by the French the Riuer of somme 49 Isle of Cedars 7. b K Kings of Florida at hatred one with another 45 The king of Edelano caused Peter Gamby to be murthered for his riches 40. b L La Chere a French souldyer eaten of his companions for hunger 16 b A Lake discouered in Florida from the one side whereof the land cannot be seen to the other 40 A Lake three leagues distant from the village of Potanou 41 Letters of Admiral Chastillon to Iohn Ribault 56 Letters of Admiral Chastillon to Laudonniere 53. b Laudonniere was in the first voyage of Ribault vnto Florida 4 b. he putteth downe in writing the words and phrases of the Floridians speach 8. Laudonnieres seconde voyage to Florida 18. his arriual there 19. conspiracie against hun in his sicknes 32. his danger of beeing empoysoned 32. b. his fifteene daies unprisonment by his owne company 34. b. his oration to his mutinous souidiers 36. his intention to remooue his seate more Northward to be neerer the rich mountains of Apalassy 40 b. hee is hardly vsed by Iohn Ribault 56. b. he had but â—5 men left in his fort when the spaniardes surprised it 57. his escape out of their hands 57. b his arriual in swansey Bay in Glamorganshiere in south Wales 59. his curteous entertainement by one M. Morgan ibidem his passing by Bristow to London 59. b. his visiting of Monsieur de Foix the French Ambassador there his passing ouer into Fraunce to the Court at Moulins ibidem Liberality and curtesie are the best means to deale with sauages 49 Lightinng exceeding straunge 30. it is thought by the sauages to bee y e discharging of the Christians ordinaunce 30. b Loue and curtesie of the Floridians 20 M Maccou a king 13. b Malica a king 27. b. and 53. b Malgualire a kind of vessel that can saile forward and backward 3â— b Mariages the slate thereof in Florida 3 Maracou a southerne king 37. b Martinica an Iland 18. b Martyres certaine dangerous flats neere the Cape of Florida 38 Mathiaca a king 37. b. a village of the same name 40 Mattes very artificial 49 Mayarqua a place fourescore leagues vp the riuer of May. 3 Mayou a king 12 Mayrta a rich king 25. b Medlers excellent good 2 Molloua a king 25. b Molona a king 26. b Moneths reckoned by Moones in Florida 51. b. and 64 Moquoso a king 26 Mosse vsed by the french to calke ships 16 Mosse vsed in sâ—eede of napkins 27. b. and in steede of apparel 61 Mulbury trees 2 Mulburies white and redde 5 Mutiny against Captaine Albert and the causes thereof 15 N Newe Conquests subiect to rebellion and mutinies 37 Newe Corne ripe by the ende of Maye in Florida 45. b Nicolas Barre chosen in Captaine Alberts roome his good gouernment 15. b O Oathcaqua a king 38. b Olata Oâ—ae Vtina a great king 25. b. forty other Kings his vassals 26 Olocotara a King 62. his valure ibidem Omittaqua a King 26 Omoloa a King 29 Onathaqua a King 37. b Onatheaqua a great King and his rich dwelling 26 Ottigni Laudonnieres Lieutenaunt 21. commendation of his valure 48 Ouade a King 13. his rich tapistry made of feathers and couerlets finely wrote with redde fringe 13. b. his great liberalitie ibidem Oile and the vse thereof in Florida 4 P Palmes 22. their leaues serue to thatch houses in Florida 24 Paracoussy signifieth a King and Gouernour 20 Partridges grey and redde 6 Passage by the Riuer of port Royall into the south sea 6. b Patica a King 36. a village also of that name 40. and 46. b Painting of faces with blacke and red 26 Pedro Melendes Captaine of the
serue their turnes for sixe monethes and that very scarcely For during the Winter they retire themselues for three or foure monethes in the yeere into the woods where they make little cottages of palme boughes for their retraite and liue there of maste of fishe which they catch of Oisters of Stagges of Turkiecockes and other beastes which they take They eate all their meate broyled on the coales and dressed in the smoake which in their language they call Boucaned They eate willingly the flesh of y â— Crocodil in deed it is faire and white and were it not that it sauoureth too much like muske we would oftentimes haue eaten thereof They haue a custome among them that when they find themselues sicke where they feele the payne whereas we cause our selues to be let blood their Phisitions sucke them vntill they make the blood follow The women are of the like disposition great and of the same colour that the men be of painted as the men be Howbeit wheÌ„ they are borne they be not so much of an oliue colour and are farre whiter For the chiefe cause that maketh them to be of this colour proceedes of annointings of oyle which they vse among them and they doe it for a certaine ceremonie which I could not learne because of the sun which shineth hotte vpon their bodies The agilitie of the women is so great that they can swinâ—ne ouer the greate riuers bearing their children vppon one of their armes They climbe vp also very nimbly vppon the highest trees in the Countrey Beholde in briefe the description of the Countrey with the nature and customes of the inhabitantes which I was verie willing to write before I entred anie further into the discourse of my historie to the end that the Readers might the better be prepared to vnderstand that which I meane hereafter to entreate of MY Lord Admiral of Chastillion a noble man more destrous of the publike than of his priuate benefite vnderstanding the pleasure of the king his prince which was to discouer new straÌ„ge countries caused vessels fitte for this purpose to bee made readie with all diligence and men to be leuied meet for such an enterprise Among whom he chose Captaine Iohn Ribault a man in truth expert in Sea causes which hauing receiued his charge set himself to Sea the yeere 1561. the eighteenth of Februarie accompanied onelie with two of the kinges shippes but so well furnished with Gentlemen of whose number I my selfe was one and with olde Souldiers that he had meanes to aâ—chieue some notable thing and worthy of eternall memorie Hauing therefore sayled two monethes neuer holding the vsuall course of the Spaniardes he arriued in Florida landing neere a Cape or Promontorie which is no high lande because the coste is all flatte but onelie rising by reason of the high woods which at his arriuall he called Cape François in honour of our Fraunce This Cape is distant from the equator about 30. degrees Coasting from this place towardes the North he discouered a very fayre and great riuer which gaue him occasion to cast anker that he might search the same the next day very early in the morning which being done by the breake of day accompanied with Captaine Fiquinuille and diuers other souldiers of his shippe he was no sooner arriued on the brinke of the shore but straight he perceiued many Indians men and women which came of purpose to that place to receiue the Frenchmen with all gentleues amity as they wel declared by the Oration which their king made and the presents of Chamoys skins wherwith he honored our captaine which the day following caused a piller of hard stone to be planted within the saide riuer and not farre from the mouth of the same vppon a little sandie knappe in which Piller the armes of Fraunce were carued and engraued This being done he imbarked himself again to the end alwaies to discouer the cost toward the North which was his chief desire After he had sayled a certain time he crossed ouer to the other side of the riuer and then in the presence of certaine Indians which of purpose did attende him hee commaunded his men to make their praiers to giue thankes to GOD for that of his grace he had conducted the French nation into these straunge places without anye perill or daunger at all The prayers being ended the Indians which were very attentiue to harken vnto them thinking in my iudgement that we worshipped the sunne because wee alwayes had our eyes lifted vp towarde heauen rose all vp and came to salute the Captaine Iohn Ribault promising to shewe him their king which rose not vp as they did but remayned still sitting vppon greene leaues of bayes and Palmetrees toward whom the Captaine went and sate downe by him and heard him make a long discourse but with no great pleasure because he coulde not vnderstand his language and much lesse his meaning The king gaue our Captain at his departure a plume or fan of Egrepthes feathers died in red and a basket made of palm boughes after the Indian fashion and wrote verye artificially with a great skinne paynted and drawne throughout with the Pictures of diuers wilde beastes so liuely drawen and portraide that nothing lacked but life The Captain to shew himself not vnthankful gaue him pretie tinne braselets a cutting hook a looking glasse certaine kniues wherevpoÌ„ the king shewed himselfe to bee very glad and fully contented Hauing spent the most part of the day with these Indians the captaine imbarked himselfe to passe ouer to the other side of the riuer whereat the king seemed to be very sorie Neuerthelesse being not able to stay vs he commaunded that with all diligence they should take fishe for vs which they did with all speede For being entred into their parkes or inclosures made of reedes and framed in the fashion of a labyrinth or maise they loaded vs with troutes greate mullets plaise turbuts and marueilous store of other sortes of fishes altogether different from ours This done wee entered into our Barkes and went towarde the other shore But before we came to the shore wee were saluted with a number of other Indians which entring into the water to their armepittes brought vs manie little baskets full of maise and goodlie Mulberies both redde and white Others offered them selues to beare vs on shore where being landed we perceiued their king sitting vpon a place dressed with boughes and vnder a litle arbour of Cedars Bay trees somwhat distant from the waters side He was accompanied with two of his sonnes which were eâ—ceeding faire and strong with a troupe of Indians who had all their bowes quiuers ful of arrowes in marueilous good order His 2. sonnes receiued our Captaine very graciously but the king their father representing I wâ—tte not what kind of grauitie did nothing but shake his head a little
asmuch to say in their language as his Magician whether it were best to goe any farther Then this Magician made certaine signes hidious and fearefull to beholde and vsed certaine wordes which being ended he sayd vnto his king that it was not best to passe any farther that Potanou accompanied with two thousand Indians at the least staied in such and such a place for him to byd him battaile and besides this that all the sayd Indians were furnished with coards to binde the prisoners which they made full accompt to take This relation caused Vtina to be vnwilling to passe any farther Whereupon my Lieuetenant being as angry as euer he might be because he had taken so great paines without doing any thing of accompt sayd vnto him that he would neuer thinke well of him nor of his people if he would not hazard himselfe and that if he would not doe it at the least that he would giue him a guide to conduct him and his small companye to the place where the enimies were encamped Hereupon Vtina was ashamed and seeing the good affection on of Mountieur de Ottigny determined to goe forward And he failed not to find his enimies in the very place which the Magician had named where the skirmish began which lasted three long houres wherein without doubt Vtina had beene defeated vnlesse our harquebusiers had not borne the burthen brunt of all the battaile and slaine a great number of the souldiers of Potanou vpon which occasion they were put to flight Wherewithall Vtina being content for the present caused his people to retire returne homewarde to the great discontentment of Mounsieur de Ottigny which desired nothing more then to pursue his victorie After he was come home to his house he sent messagers to eighteen or twenty villages of other kings his vassals and summoned them to be present at the feasts and dances which he purposed to celebrate because of his victorie In the meane while Mounsieur de Ottigny refreshed himselfe for two daies and then taking his leaue of the Paracoussi and leauing him twelue of his men to see that Potanou bethinking himselfe of his late losse should not come to burne the houses of Vtina hee set forward on his way to come vnto me vnto our fort where he vp and told me howe euery thing had passed and withall that hee had promised the twelue souldiers that hee woulde come backe againe to fetch them Then the kinges my neighbours all enemies to Vtina being aduertised of the returne of my Lieuetenaunt came to visite me with presents and to enquire how things had passed praying mee all to receiue them into my fauour and to become enimy to Vtina which notwithstanding I would not graunt them for many reasons that moued mee The Indians are wont to leaue their houses and to retire themselues into the woods the space of three moneths to witte Ianuary February March during which time by no meanes a man can see one Indian For when they goe on hunting they make little cottages in the woodes whereunto they retire themselues liuing vpon that which they take in hunting This was the cause that during this time we could get no victuals by their meanes and had it not beene that I had made good prouision thereof while my men had store vntill the ende of Aprill which was the time when at the vttermost we hoped to haue had succour out of France I should haue beene greatly amazed This hope was the cause that the souldiers tooke no great care to look well vnto their victuals although I deuided equally among theÌ„ that which I could get abroad in the countrey without reseruing vnto my selfe any more then the least souldyer of all the company The moneth of May approching and no manner of succour commen out of France we fell into extreame want of victuals constrained to eate the rootes of the earth and certaine sorrell which we found in the fieldes For although the sauages were retourned by this time vnto their villages yet they succoured vs with nothing but certaine fish without which assuredly wee had perished with famine Besides they had giuen vs before the greatest part of their maiz and of their beanes for our marchandise This famine held vs from the beginning of May vntill the middest of Iune During which time the poore souldyers and handycraftesmen become as féeble as might be and beeing not able to worke did nothing but goe one after another in centinel vnto the clift of an hill scituate very néere vnto the fort to sée if they might discouer any French shippe In fine beeing frustrated of their hope they assembled altogether and came to beséech me to take some order that they might returne into France considering that if we let passe the season to embarke our selues we were neuer like to sée our countrie where it coulde not bee chosen but that some troubles were fallen out séeing they had broken their promise made vnto vs and that no succour was come from thence Thervpon it was consulted and resolued by all the companye that the barke Breton should be trimmed vp whereof Captaine Vasseur had charge But because the shippe was not bigge inough to receaue vs all some thought good to builde the Brigantine two deckes higher which our mutinous soldyers had brought backe and that 25. men should hazard themselues to passe therein into France The rest being better aduised said that it shoulde be farre better to builde a faire shippe vpon the kéele of the galiote which I had caused to be made promising to labour couragiously there vpon Then I enquired of my shipwrights to know in what space they coulde make this shippe readie They assured the whole company that being furnished with all things necessarie they would make it ready by the eighth of August Immediately I disposed of the time to wâ—rke vppon it I gaue charge to Mounsieur de Ottigny my Lieuetenant to cause tymber necessarye for the finishing of both the vessels to bee brought and to Mounsieur de Arlac my standart bearer to goe with a barke a league of from the fort to cut downe trees fit to make planckes and to cause the sawiers which he carried with him to saw them and to my Sergeaunt of the companye to cause fiftéene or sixtéene men to labour in making coales and to Master Hance keeper of the artillery and to the gunner to gather store of rosen to braye the vessels wherein he vsed such diligence that in lesse then three wéekes he gathered two hogsheads of the same together There remained now but the principal which was to recouer victuals to sustaine vs while our worke endured which I vndertooke to do with the rest of my company and the Mariners of the shippe To this end I embarked my selfe making vp y â— thirtieth in my great barke to make a voyage of fortie or fiftie leagues hauing with vs no prouision at all
and that in case they woulde helpe me to some I woulde finde meanes to set him agayne at libertie that in the meane space I woulde retire my selfe into my Barkes for I feared least they woulde there assemble themselues together and that some mischief might thereof insue where I would stay for him two dayes to receaue his aunswere notwithstanding that my meaning was not to haue any thing without exchaunge of marchaundise Thys they promised they woulde doe And in verye deéde the verye same euening hys wyfe accompanyed withall the women of the village came vnto the Ryuers brincke and cryed vnto meé to enter into the barke to seé her husband and her sonne which I helde both prisoners I discouered the next daye fiue or sixe hundred Indyans Archers which drewe neére vnto the Ryuers side and came to meé to signyfie vnto meé howe that duryng the absence of their kyng their enemye Potanou beéyng thereof aduertised was entred into their vyllage and had set al on fire They prayed meé that I woulde succour them neuerthelesse in the meane while they had one parte of their troupe in ambush wyth intent to sette vpon meé if I had come on lande which was easie for meé to discerne For seéyng that I refused so to doe they greatly doubted that they were discouered and sought by all meanes to remooue out of my mynde that euill opinion whych I had conceaued of them They brought meé therefore fish in their little boates and of their meale of Mast they made also of their drinke which they call cassine which they sent to Vtina and meé Nowe albeit I had gotten thys poynt of them that I helde their king prysoner yet neuerthelesse I could not gette any greate quantitye of victuals for the present the reason was because they thought that after I had drawne victuals from them I woulde put their Kynge to death For they measured my will accordyng to their custome whereby they put to death all the men prysoners that they take in Warre And thus beéing out of all hope of hys libertye they assembled themselues in the great house and hauing called all the people together they proposed the election of a newe Kyng at which time the Father in lawe of Vtina set one of the Kynges young Sonnes vpon the royal throne and tooke such paynes that euerye man dyd hym homage by the Maior parte of the voyces This election had lyke to haue beéne the cause of great troubles amonge them For there was a kinsman of a Kyng neére adioyning which pretended a tytle to the Kyngdome and in deéde heé had gotten one parte of the Subiectes notwithstandyng thys enterpryse coulde not take effecte for asmuch as by a common consent of the chiefe it was consulted and concluded that the Sonne was more meéte to succeéde the Father then anye other Nowe all thys whyle I kepte Vtina with meé to whome I had giuen some of myne apparell to cloath hym as I had lykewise done vnto hys Sonne But his Subiectes which before had an opinion that I woulde haue killed hym beeing aduertysed of the good entertaynement which I vsed towardes him sent two men which walked alonge the Ryuer and came to visite hym and brought vs some victuals These two men at their comming were receaued by me with all curtesie and entertained according to the victuals which I had Whyle these thinges thus passed there arriued from all quarters many sauages of the countries adioyning which came to seé Vtina and sought by all meanes to perswade me to put him to death offering that if I would doe so they woulde take order that I shoulde want no victuals There was also a king my neighbour whose name was Saturioüa a subtile and craftie man and one that shewed by proofe that heé was greatly practised in affaires This king sent ordinarily messengers vnto mee to pray me to deliuer Vtina vnto him and to win me the more easily hee sent twise seuen or eight baskets of Maze or of mast thinking by this way to allure me and to make me come to composition with him In the ende notwithstanding when he sawe he lost his time he ceased to visite me with ambassages and victuals and in the meane whyle I was not able with the small store of victuals which I had so well to proportion out the trauaile vppon the shippes which wee built to returne into France but that in the ende wee were constrayned to endure extreame famine which continued amonge vs all the moneth of Maye for in this latter season neither Maiz nor Beanes nor Mast was to beé founde in the villages because they had employed all for to sowe their fieldes insomuch that weé were constrayned to eate rootes which the most part of our men punned in the morters which I had brought with meé to beate gunnepowder in and the grayne which came to vs from other places some tooke the wood of Esquine beate it and made meale thereof which they boyled with water and eate it others went with their harquebusies to seéke to kill some Foule Yea this miserie was so great that one was founde that gathered vp amonge the filth of my house all the Fish bones that heé coulde find which heé dryed and beate into powder to make bread thereof The effectes of this hidious famine appeared incontinently among vs for our bones eftsoones began to cleane so néere vnto the skinne that the most part of the souldyers had their skinnes pearced thorough with them in manye partes of their bodyes in such sorte that my greatest feare was least the Indyans woulde ryse vp agaynst vs considering that it would haue béene verye harde for vs to haue defended our selues in such extreame decaye of all our forces besides the scarsitye of all victuals which fayled vs all at once For the verye Ryuer had not such plenty of fish as it was wont and it séemed that the lande and water dyd fight agaynst vs. Now as we were thus vpon termes of dispayre about the ende of the moneth of Maye and the beginning of Iune I was aduertised by certayne Indyans that were my neighbours that in the high countrie vp aboue the ryuer there was newe maiz and that that countrye was most forward of all This caused me to take vpon me to goe thither with a certayne number of my men and I went vp the ryuer to a place called Enecaque where I met the sister of Vtina in a village where shee made vs verye good cheare and sent vs fish We found that which was tolde vs to bee true for the maiz was now rype but by this good lucke one shrewde turne happened vnto me For the most part of my souldyers fell sicke wyth eating more of it then their weakened stomackes coulde digest We had also béene the space of foure dayes since wee departed from our fort without eating anye thyng sauyng little pinockes and a little fish
which wee had sunke because it wanted ballast and coulde not be saued Thus I encreased the furniture of the ship wherein I was my selfe embarked and made one which had beéne Masters-mate in the foresaid small shippe Master of mine And because I lacked a Pilot I praied Iames Ribault that heé would graunt me one of the foure men that he had in his shippe which I should name vnto him to serue me for a Pilot he promised to giue me them which neuerthelesse he did not at the instant when we were readie to depart notwithstanding all the speéch I vsed to him in declaring that it was for the Kinges seruice I was constrained to leaue the ship behinde me which I had bought of the English Captaine because I wanted men to bring her away For Captain Iames Ribault had taken away her furniture I tooke away her ordinance onely which was all dismounted whereof I gaue nine pieces to Iames Ribault to carrye into France the other fiue I put into my shippe The fiue and twentieth of September wee sette sayles to returne into France and Captaine Iohn Ribault and I kept companye all that daye and the next vntill threé or foure a clocke in the after noone but because his shippe was better at bowling then ours he kept him to the wind and left vs the same day Thus we continued our voyage wherein we had maruelous flawes of winde And about the eight and twentieth of October in the morning at the breake of daye wee discried the Isle of Flores one of the Assores where immediatly vpon our approching to the lande we had a mighty gust of winde which came from the Northeast which caused vs to beare against it foure daies afterwarde the winde came South Southeast was alwaies variable In all the time of our passage wee had none other foode sauing Biscuit and water About the tenth or eleuenth of Nouember after wee had sailed a longe time and supposing wee were not farre from lande I caused my men to sound where they found threéscore fifteéne fathoms water whereat we all reioysed praised God because we had sailed so prosperously Immediately after I caused them to set sayle againe so we continued our way but for asmuch as we had borne to much toward the Northeast we entered into Saint Georges chanel a place much feared of all Sailers and where as many ships are cast away But it was a faire gift of God that we entred into it when the weather was cleare We sailed al the night supposing we had beéne shot into the narrow Sea betweene England and France by the next day to reach Diepe but wee were deceaued of our longing for about two or three of the clocke after midnight as I walked vpon the hatches I discried land rounde about me whereat we were astonied Immediatly I caused them to strike saile and sound we found we had not vnder vs past eight fathoms of water whereupon I commaunded them to staye till breake of day which being come and seéing my Mariners tolde me that they knew not this land I commanded them to approch vnto it Being neére thereunto I made them cast anker and sent the boat on shoare to vnderstand in what country we were Word was brought me that we were in Wales a prouince of England I went incontinently on land where after I had taken the ayre a sickenesse tooke mee whereof I thought I shoulde haue dyed In the meane while I caused the shippe to bee brought into the bay of a small towne called Swansey where I found Marchants of saint Malo which lent me money wherewith I made certaine apparell for my selfe and part of my company that was with me and because there were no victuals in the shippe I bought two Oxen and salted them and a tonne of Beere which I deliuered into his handes which had charge of the shippe praying him to carrie it into France which he promised me to doe for mine own part I purposed with my men to passe by land after I had taken leaue of my Mariners I departed from Swansey and came that night with my company to a place called Morgan where the Lord of the place vnderstanding what I was stayd me with him for the space of sixe or seuen daies and at my departure mooued with pittie to see me goe on foote especially being so weake as I was gaue me a little Hackenye Thus I passed on my iourney first to Bristo then to London where I went to do my duety to Monsieur de Foix which for the present was the kings Ambassadour holpe me w t money in my necessitie From thence I passed to Calis afterward to Paris where I was infourmed that y e king was gone to Moulins to sotourne there incontinently with all the hast I could possibly make I gate me thither with part of my company Thus briefly you see the discourse of all that happened in new France since the time it pleased y ◠kings Maiestie to send his subiects thither to discouer those parts The indifferent vnpassionate readers may easily weigh the truth of my doings be vpright iudges of y ◠endeuour which I there vsed For mine owne part I will not accuse nor excuse any it sufficeth me to haue folowed the truth of the history whereof many are able to beare witnes which were there present I will plainly say one thing That the long delay that Captaine Iohn Ribault vsed in his embarking the fifteen daies that he spēt in rouing along the coast of Florida before he came to our fort Caroline were the cause of the losse that we sustained For he discouered the coast the fourteénth of August spent the time in going from riuer to riuer which had beén sufficiēt for him to haue discharged his ships in for me to haue embarked my selfe to returne into France I wote well that all that hee did was vpon a good intent yet in mine opinion he should haue had more regard vnto his charge then to the deuises of his owne braine which sometimes he printed in his head so deépely that it was very hard to put them out which also turned to his vtter vndoing for hee was no sooner departed from vs but a tempest tooke him which in fine wrackt him vppon the coast where all his ships were cast away he with much adooe escaped drowning to fall into their hands which cruelly massacred him and all his company The end of the historie written by Laudonniere THE FOVRTH VOYAGE of the French men into Florida vnder the conduct of Captaine GOVRGVES in the yeare 1567. CAptaine Gourgues a Gentleman borne in the country neére vnto Bordeaux incited with a desire of reuenge to repaire the honour of his nation borrowed of his friendes and soulde part of his owne goods to set foorth furnish three ships of indifferent burthen with all things
him as farre as Blay but he was gotten already to Bordeaux to make him yeelde another account of his voyage then that where with he made many Frenchmen right glad The Catholicke king being afterwarde infourmed that Gourgues coulde not easilye be taken offered a great somme of money to him that coulde bringe him his heade praying moreouer king Charles to do iustice on him as of the authour of so bloudye an art contrarye to their alliaunce and good leage of friendshippe In so much as comming to Paris to present himselfe vnto the king to signifie vnto him the successe of his voyage and the meanes which he had to subdue this whole country vnto his obedience wherein hee offered to employe his life and all his goods he found his entertainement and aunswere so contrarye to his expectation that in fine hee was constrained to hide himselfe a long space in the Court of Roan about the yeare 1570. And without the assistaunce of President Marigny in whose house hee remained certaine daies and of the receiuer of Vacquieulx which alwaies was his faithfull friende hee had beene in great daunger Which grieued not a little Dominicke de Gourgues considering the seruices which hee had done aswell vnto him as to his predecessours kinges of Fraunce Hee was borne in Mount Marsan in Guyenne and employed for the seruice of the most Christian kinges in all the armies made since these twentye fiue or thirtie yeares at last hee had the charge and honour of a Captaine which in a place neere vnto Siene with thirty Souldyers sustained the brunt of a part of the Spanish Army by which beeing taken in the assault and hauing all his men cutte in pieces hee was put into a galcy in token of the good warre and singular fauour which the Spaniarde is wont to shewe vs. But as the galey was going toward Sicillie beeing taken by the Turkes ledde away to Rhodes and thence to Constantinople it was shortly afterwarde recouered by Romeguas commaunder ouer the army of Malta By this meane returning home he made a voyage on the coast of Affrica whence hee tooke his course to Bresil and to the south Sea At length being desirous to repaire the honour of Fraunce he sette vpon Florida with such successe as you haue heard So that being become by his continuall warlike actions both by land and Sea no lesse valiant Captaine then skilfull Mariner hee hath made himselfe feared of the Spaniard and acceptable vnto the Queéne of England for the desert of his vertues To conclude he died in the yeare 1582. to the great grief of such as knew him FINIS A Table of the principall thinges that are contained in this historie after the order of the Alphabet The letter B. alwayes signifieth the second page A Accusations against Laudonniere 55. b Aduantage wisely taken 50 Aelâ—us Pertinax desceÌ„ding from base parentage became Emperour of Rome 9. b Aequara a king â—6 Agathocles a potters sonne became king of Sicilie 10 Albert left Captain of Charles-fort Ribaults speach vnto him 10. b He is slame by his owne souldiers the causes why 15. b Alcibiades banished by backbiters 52. b An allie of fourehundred pases long 48 Allimacani a king 30. b and 53. b America vnknowne to all antiquity 1. the three generall parts thereof ibidem Americus Vespucius of whom America tooke the name ibidem Anacharaqua a king 26 Ananas a fruite of Great excellency 18. b Appalassy Mountaines rich in mynes of gold 2. b. 40. b. and 54. b Assemblies of the Floridians 3 Astina a king rebelleth against Vtina 43. b Athore the sonne of satourioua 29. b A village of that name 46 Audusta a king 11. b. his great humaitie 39. b Aygles in Florida 22 B Backbiting dangerous 52. b Bahama chanel 35. b Baracou a village in the Isle of Iamaica 35 Base a ryuer fifteen leagues Northward of port Royal. 11 Bay trees of soueraigne odour 22 Beanes very good 3. b Bristowe 59. b Bullets of siluer 23 Burâ—all of kinges with the manner and strange ceremonies thereof 3. b Buriall of Priests ibidem Burying of goodes with the dead and the cause why the Floridians doe so 63 C Cadecha a king 26 Caignaueral in 28. degrees 39 Calany a king 26. Calos a village and a king 38. his great riches ibidem the situation of that village 39 Cape Fransois 4. b Cape â—userne and why so called 7 Cape Tiburon 35 Cape saint Anthonie 60 Charles-Fort built in port Royal by Râ—bault 10. b. set on fire by casualtie 14. reedified in twelue houres 14. b. abandoned 16 Caroline the French fort built by Laudonniere in forme of a triangle in the riuer of May. 24. b. beaten down by the French 49. repaired by the French 56. b surprised and taken by the spaniardes 57. b Cassauâ— a roote whereof bread is made 35 Cassine a drinke made of leaues the excellencie thereof none may drinke of it but such as haue made proofe of their valure in warre 3. b Casti a king killed two Frenchmen 46. and 53. b Causes why the French lost Florida 49. b and 59. b Cedars 22 Ceremonies vsed by the Floridians before they goe to warre 28. b Ceremonies to call to minde the death of their auncestours slaine by their enemies 27. b Chamoys skins 7. and 12 Childy a king 26. a place 40 Chiquola or Chicora a king of great stature 8. b Chiquola a faire and rich Citie Northwarde of port Royal. 8. b Christopher Cholon or Columb 1 Complaintes of the sauages against the spamardes 60. b Consultations of the Floridians 3. 28. b Consultation of the French where it were best to plant 23 Cordage for tackle found in Florida 16 Corne ripe in three moneths 3. b Corne equally diuided according to each mans qualitie 4 Couexis a great king 13 Coya a village 40 Cristal and the place where it groweth in great quantitie 15 Crocodiles exceeding those of Nilus 14. b Curtesie of the Floridians 21 Cypresses of great heighth 14. b D Desire of reuenge rooted in the sauages 47 Diligence of the Mariners to saue the French that escaped out of the Fort. 58 Diseases the maner of curing thereof 4 Dominica an Iland and the commendation thereof 18. b Dominicke Gourgues and his commendation 64 Dressing of fish and flesh ouer the smoake called Boucaning 4 E Eclauou a king 26 Edeland a rich and goodly Iland 40. 45. b Election of a new king 44. b Emoloa a village 49. Emoloa or Homoloa a king 53. b. 55 b Enacappe a king 26. Enecaque a village 4â— b Enegaupe a village 4â— English men succour the French in extreame famine 16. b Enimies taken in warre how vsed by the Floridians 26. b. 44. b Epitaphes sette vp ouer the French and Spaniards hanged in Florida 63. b Esquine a drugge excellent against the French pockes 22. and 45 Execution of foure mutinous souldters 37 F False reports of Loudonniere 52. b Famine in great extrenutie 16.
Spaniards and brought them into Florida A savve mill necessary here The thirde sedition By Peru the French meane the coste of Carthagena and Nombre de Dios. The captaines charge at his setting forth Lanâ—oâ—niere kept 15. dayes prisoners by his ovvne soldiers Thenchant a skilfull pilot Leauguaue ouer of the Antiles December 8. Cassaua bread made of roots Baracou a village in the Isle of Iamaica The cape of Tiburon The gouernoâ— of Iamaica taken Malgualire a kinde of vessel that will saile forward backward The Cape of S. Antonie in Cuba Hauana The Chanel of Bahama King Patica The returne of part of Laudonieres seditious soldiers Laudonnieres oration to his mutinous soldiers The sentence of death Execution The continuation of the historie Nevve conquests subiect to rebellions and mutinies Laudonniere setteth things in order after his returne out of prison to the fort Reperation of the vvest side of the fort Carpenters Savviers Smithes Coleyers King Marracou King Onathaqua King Mathiaca Tvvo Spaniards brought vnto Laudonniere by the sauages Calos a place The Flattes called the Martyrs neere the Cape of Florida The King of Calos Great quantitie of gold syluer Plates of gold as broad as a savvcer One of these Spaniardes names was Martin Gomes King Oathcaqua or Houathcha Sarrope an Ilande Aboundance of Dates A roote of great price to make bread of The greatest victorie among the Floridians The situation of Calos Caiguaueral in 28. degrees The Floridians great traitors and disemblers Nicalas Masson King Audustas great humanitie Perles burned Peter Martyr vvrites cap. 1. decad 7. that the like flocks of Pigeons are in the Isles of the Lucayes The vvidovve of King Hioacaia or Hihouhacara This Quenes name vvas Nia-Cubacani The fift voiage vp the riuer of May. Mathiaqua The discouerie of a mighty lake on the one sid vvherof no land can be seene The Isle of Edelano An excellent vvorke of nature Eneguape Chilily Patica Coya The king of Hostaqua or Oustaca able to bring three or foure thousand sauages to the field The mouÌ„taine of Apalassy There is a Mine of golde or rich copper in the mountaine of Apalassi Note Peter Gamby slaine The village of Edelano Golde and syluer Vtinasendeth to I audonniere for his helpe A good note A special note Thre hundred Indians A lake three leages distant from the village of Potanou Iávva signifieth their Priest or magician Potanou accompanied vvith tvvo thousand Indians The prediction of the magician found true Vtina hath eighteene or tvventie kings to his Vassals A custome of the Indians to leaue their houses for three or foure monthes and to liue in the vvoods They looke for succour out of France by the end of April at the vttermost Extreeme famine for sixe vveekes spaceâ— Promise broken Two hogsheads of rosen The vile nature of the Indians A cruell ansvvere of the sauages Pinocke a certaine kinde of fruite as big as cheries Astina a king Vtina taken prisoner in his village by Laudoniere and 50. of his souldyers Fiue or sixe hundred Indians The deepe dissembling of the Indians The Indians kil al the men prisoners that they take in warre The election of a new king The hatred among the sauage kings of Florida Note Note Roots Esquine Nevv corne by the ende of May in Florida The village of Enecaque A little green fruite that grovveth in the ryuers as bigge as cheries The Isle of Edelano Two CarpeÌ„ters killed for gathering the Indians maiz The village Athore Nia-Cubacany a queene Patica a village Desire of reuenge rooted in the sauages A necessarie admonition The Floridians subtilties A certaine signe of vvarre An alley of three or foure hundred pases long A skirmish tvveene the Sauages the French A second fresh charge of Sauages The Floridians maner of fight The Floridians chiefe feare Tvvo slaine Tvvo tvventie vvounded Praier and thankes vnto God for their deliuerance The village Sarauhi The village Emoloa The riuer of Iaracana called by Ribault the riuer of Somme Curtesie and liberalitie the best meanes to deale vvith the sauages Most artificial mattes The beating dovvne of the houses vvithout the fort the palisade The cause vvhy the French lost Florida Eight kinges Laudonniers friendes and allies The principal scope of planters in strange countries Florida a rich countrie Aug. 3. 1565. Master Iohn Havvkins the English generall Sheepe and Poultrie carried into Florida An aduantage vvisely taken The French mistrusted that the Englishmen vvould plant in Florida Syluer found in Florida Note The great importance of this enterprise The great humanitie and bountie of Master Iohn Havvkins to the French The departure of the English Generall August 15. The Floridians measure their moneths by the reuolutions of the Moone The arriual of Captain Iohn Ribault at the fort the 28. of August 1565. Note False reportes of Laudonniere to the Admirall of France The daunger of backbiting Alcibiades banished by backebyters Laudonnieres receauing of Captayne Ribault Letters of the Lord Admiral vnto Laudonniere 1. Accusations against him 2. 3. 4. 5. 1. Laudonnieres aunswere thereunto 2. 3. 4. 5. Fiue Indian kings The montains of Apalassy wherein are mynes of perfect gold Sieroa Pira redde metell Perfect gold Good meanes to auoide the danger of fire September 4. The Spaniards vndermining and surprising of the French The riuer Seloy or the riuer of Dolphines but eight or ten leagues ouer land from the fort but it is thirtie dubling the cape by sea fol. 19. Dangerous flawes of wind on the cost of Florida in september King Emola A village and a riuer both of that name An aduertisment of my Lord Admiral to Captaine Ribault Captaine Ribaults embarkment Sept. 8. The tenth of September A mightie tempest the tenth of Sept. Laudonniere hardly vsed by Ribault Laudonniere his companie begin to fortifie themselues A muster of the men left in the fort by Ribault Fourescore fiue left in the fort with Laudonniere The Spaniards discryed the 20. of September The Spaniards enter the fort Francis Iean a traitour to his nation Don Pedro Melendes captaine of the Spaniards Laudonniers escape Iohn du Chemin a faithful seruant The diligence of the Mariners to saue them that escaped out of the fort Among those was Iaques Morgues painter yet liuing in the Blacke-Fryers in London Francis Iean cause of this enterprise The bad dealing of Iames Ribault Our returne into France the 25. of September 1565. October 28. Nouemb. 10. The chanel of Saint George Laudonnieres arriuall in Swansey Bay in Glamorgan sheer in South wales The curtesie of one Mastes Morgan Bristow London Monsieur de Foix Ambassadour for the French king in England The conclusion The causes why the French lost Florida The French fleete cast away on the coast of Florida The chanel of Bahama betweene Florida the Isles of Lucayes The French mens landing at the Riuer Tacata courou Eight sauage kings The kings seat Complaints of the sauages against the Spaniards Two chaines of siluer giuen to Gourgues Peter de Bré had liued aboue two yeares with Satourioua Three pledges deliuered to Gourgues by Satourioua The Riuer of Salinacani called Somme by the French The Riuer of Sarauahi The estate of the Spaniards in Florida The Ryuer of Saracary or Sarauahi The assault taking of the first Fort. The valure of Olotocara The assault taking of the second Fort. The sauages great swimmers The Spaniards of the second Fort all slaine Note A notable Spanish subtilty The cause why the Floridians bury their goods with them Note The slaughter of the Spaniards of the third Fort. The taking of the third Fort. The writings hanged ouer the French Spaniards slain in Florida The three Forts razed Great honour done by the Sauages to Gourgues Kniues in great estimation The third of May. The arriuall of Gourgues at Rochel the sixt of Iune Che-de Bay The birth life and death of Captaine Gourgues