A new history of the United StatesThe greater republic, embracing the growth and achievements of our country from the earliest days of discovery and settlement to the present eventful year .. . AN INDIAN COUNCIL OF WAR. and plenty of supplier. Itwas at this iuncture, ?nheneverything promised well,that Menendez, the Spanishmiscreant, as already stated, appeared with his powerful fleet and attacked theFrench ships. Three were up the river, and the four, being no match for theSpaniards, escaped by putting to sea. Menendez landed men and supplies further 42 DISCOVERY AND EXPLORATION. south, learni
A new history of the United StatesThe greater republic, embracing the growth and achievements of our country from the earliest days of discovery and settlement to the present eventful year .. . AN INDIAN COUNCIL OF WAR. and plenty of supplier. Itwas at this iuncture, ?nheneverything promised well,that Menendez, the Spanishmiscreant, as already stated, appeared with his powerful fleet and attacked theFrench ships. Three were up the river, and the four, being no match for theSpaniards, escaped by putting to sea. Menendez landed men and supplies further 42 DISCOVERY AND EXPLORATION. south, learning wliicli Ribault prepared to attack them. Before he could do so. aviolent tempest scattered his ships. By a laborious march through swamps andthickets, amid a driving storm, Menendez descended like a cyclone upon the unpro-tected French and massacred themall,includingthewomeii and children. Anotherforce of French, under solemn promise of protection, surrendered, but they, too,were put to death. They were afterwards avenged by an expedition from France. Samuel de Champlain proved himself one of the greatest of Frenchexj^lorers. He left the banks of the St. Lawrence at the beginning o
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