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A05182 A notable historie containing foure voyages made by certayne French captaynes vnto Florida vvherein the great riches and fruitefulnes of the countrey with the maners of the people hitherto concealed are brought to light, written all, sauing the last, by Monsieur Laudonniere, who remained there himselfe as the French Kings lieuetenant a yere and a quarter: newly translated out of French into English by R.H. In the end is added a large table for the better finding out the principall matters contayned in this worke.; Histoire notable de la Floride. English. Selections Laudonnière, René Goulaine de.; Hakluyt, Richard, 1552?-1616.; Basanier, Martin. 1587 (1587) STC 15316; ESTC S109391 132,389 145

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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 Lan●o●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 gouerno● 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 moūtaine 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 space● 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 Carpēters 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
motion that it was better that one man onely should dye then that so many men should perish they agreed therefore that one should dye to sustaine the others Which thinge was executed in the person of La Chere of whom we haue spoken heretofore whose fleshe was deuided equally amongst his fellowes a thing so pitifull to recite that my pen is loth to write it After so long time and tedious trauels God of his goodnesse vsing his accustomed fauour changed their sorrow into ioy and shewed vnto them the sight of lande Whereof they were so exceeding glad y ● the pleasure caused thē to remayne a long time as men without sense whereby they let the Pinnesse flote this and that way without holding any right way or course But a smal English barke boarded y ● vessel in which there was a Frenchman which had been in the first voyage into Florida who easily knewe them and spake vnto them afterward gaue them meat and drink Incontinently they recouered their naturall courages declared vnto him at large al their nauigation The English men consulted a long while what were best to be done and in fine they resolued to put on land those that were most feeble and to carry the rest vnto the Queene of Englande which purposed at that time to sende into Florida Thus you see in briefe that which happened vnto them which Captaine Iohn Ribault had left in Florida And nowe will I goe forwarde with the discourse of mine owne voyage The ende of the first voyage of Iohn Ribault into Florida ¶ The second voyage vnto Florida made and written by Captaine Laudonniere which fortified and inhabited there two Sommers and one whole VVinter AFter our arriuall at Diepe at our comming home from our first voyage which was the twentieth of Iuly a thousand fiue hundred sixtie and one wee found the ciuill warres begun which was in parte the cause why our men were not succoured as Captaine Iohn Ribault had promised them whereof it followed that Captaine Albert was killed by his souldiers the coūtrey abādoned as heretofore we haue sufficiētly discoursed as it may more at large bee vnderstood by those men which were there in person After the peace was made in Fraunce my Lord Admiral de Chastillon shewed vnto the king that he heard no newes at all of y ● men which Captaine Iohn Ribault had left in Florida that it were pity to suffer them to perish In which respect the king was content he should cause three ships to be furnished y ● one of sixe score tuns the other of a 100. and the third of 60. to seeke them out and to succour them My Lorde Admirall therefore being well informed of the faithful seruice which I had done aswel vnto his maiesty as to his predecessors kings of Fraūce aduertised the king how able I was to do him seruice in this voyage which was the cause that he made me chief captain ouer these 3 ships charged me to depart w t diligence to perform his cōmandement which for mine own part I would not gainsay but rather thinking my self happy to haue beene chosē out amōg such an infinit number of others which in my iudgment were very wel able to haue quited thēselues in this charge I embarked my self at new hauē the 22. of April 1564. sayled so y ● we fel neere vnto the coast of England And then I turned towards the South to sayle directly to the fortunate Ilands at this present called the Canaries one of which called the Ile Sauage because as I thinke it is altogether without inhabitantes was the first that our shippes passed Sayling therefore on forwarde wee landed the next day in the Isle of Teneriffe otherwise called the Pike because that in the middest thereof there is an exceeding high moūtaine neere as high as that of Etna which riseth vp right like a pike into the top wherof no man can go vp but from the middest of May vntill the middest of August by reason of the ouer great colde which is there all the rest of the yeere which is a woonderfull strange thing considering that it is not past seuen and twentie degrees and a halfe distaunt from the Equator We sawe it all couered ouer with snowe although it were then but the fifte of May. The inhabitantes in this Isle being heretofore pursued by the Spaniardes retired themselues into this mountaine where for a space they made warre with them and woulde not submit themselues vnto their obedience neither by foule nor faire meanes they disdayned so much y ● losse of their Iland For those which went thither on the Spaniards behalfe left their carkases there so that not so much as one of them returned home to bring newes Notwithstāding in the end the inhabitants not able to liue in that place according to their nature or for want of suche thinges as were necessarie for the commoditie of their liuelihoode did all die there After I had furnished my selfe with some freshe water very good and excellent which sprang out of a rocke at the fo●t of this mountayne I continued my course towarde the West wherein the windes fauoured me so well that fifteene dayes after our shippes arriued safe and sounde at the Antilles and going on land at the Isle of Martinica one of the first of them the next day wee arriued at Dominica twelue leagues distant from the former Dominica is one of the fairest Ilandes of the West full of hilles and of very good smell Whose singularities desiring to know as we passed by seeking also to refresh our selues w t fresh water I made y ● mariners cast anker after we had sayled about half along y ● cost therof As soone as wee had cast Anker two Indians inhabitantes of that place sayled toward vs in two Canoaes full of a fruit of great excellencie which they call Ananas As they approched vnto our barke there was one of them which being in some misdoubt of vs went backe againe on land and fled his way with as much speede as he could possibly Which our men perceiued and entred with diligence into the other Canoa wherein they caught the poore Indian brought him vnto me But the poore fellow became so astonied in beholding vs that he knew not which way to behaue himselfe because that as afterward I vnderstood hee feared that he was fallen into the Spaniard hands of whom he had beene taken once before and which as he shewed vs had cut of his stones At length this poore Indian was assured of vs and discoursed vnto vs of many things wherof we receaued very smal pleasure because we vnderderstood not his mind but by his signes Thē he desired me to giue him leaue to depart promised me y ● he would bring me a thousād presents whereunto I agreed on condition that hee would haue patience vntill the next day when I