An illustrated history of the New world : containing a general history of all the various nations, states, and republics of the western continent ..and a complete history of the United States to the present time .. . nicalofficer ; who, finding it difficult to njaintain authority where ailthought themselves nearly equal, enforced :t in the most violentmanner He addressed them in opprobrious language, hanged on«>with his own hand, and threatened others with the same fate. Mu-tiny was the consequence. The commander was put to death, andNicholas Barre, being appointed in his stead, soon restor
An illustrated history of the New world : containing a general history of all the various nations, states, and republics of the western continent ..and a complete history of the United States to the present time .. . nicalofficer ; who, finding it difficult to njaintain authority where ailthought themselves nearly equal, enforced :t in the most violentmanner He addressed them in opprobrious language, hanged on«>with his own hand, and threatened others with the same fate. Mu-tiny was the consequence. The commander was put to death, andNicholas Barre, being appointed in his stead, soon restored tran-quillity. In consequence of the great civil war in France, noreinforcements reached the little colony ; and the colonists atlength constructed a brigantine to return tu their own slender stock of provisions was soon exhausted, and after beingreduced to the last extremity, they were picked up by an English ;(d. Some time elapsed before Coligni could resume his scheme ofcolonization ; but, in , he succeeded in fitting out thiee vessels,abundantly supplied, and commanded by Rene Laudonniere, an ablecompanioj- of Ribiiult. Sailing ruurid the Canaries and West Indies, 13(/ I^ SATURIOVA SHOWINQ LAUDONNIERE RIBA-ULTs MONUMENT. he reached the St. Johns river, nnd determined there to stop andsettle. He was cordially received by Saturiova, the Indian cacique,who, flattered by the deference shown him by the French, led Lau-donniere to the monument erected by Ribaull, which had been deco-rated with flowers and supplied with ample provisions for the newvisitors. A fort named La Carolina was erected, and expeditionssent up the river, where small quantities of gold and silver wereseen. Reports were likewise received of a mountainous country inthe interior where these metals abounded. These illusory prospectsdiverted the colonists from more sober pursuits ; and, in a short time,a number of the more reckless, seized with a sudden desire to growrich, forme
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