. Sadlier's excelsior studies in the history of the United States, for schools. ter having endured grievous hard-ships for .several months, were massacred. One of theIndian boys, Alonzo, alone escaped. 13. Two years later, Melendez, who had just returnedfrom Europe, sailed northward to the Chesapeake, in searchof the murderers of Father Segura and his were seized and executed, all of whom, under theinstructions of the saintly Father Roger, embraced Chris-tianity and died blessing God. 14. Franciscans in Florida.—In 1573, a band ofFranciscans arrived in Florida, and in 1593, st
. Sadlier's excelsior studies in the history of the United States, for schools. ter having endured grievous hard-ships for .several months, were massacred. One of theIndian boys, Alonzo, alone escaped. 13. Two years later, Melendez, who had just returnedfrom Europe, sailed northward to the Chesapeake, in searchof the murderers of Father Segura and his were seized and executed, all of whom, under theinstructions of the saintly Father Roger, embraced Chris-tianity and died blessing God. 14. Franciscans in Florida.—In 1573, a band ofFranciscans arrived in Florida, and in 1593, still another;thus, though colonization was tardy, the missions still wenton. For some years, converts continued to be gatheredinto the fold, and Florida seemed an Eden of peace. About this time. Father Pareja, a Franciscan, drew up in the 40 EXCELSIOR HISTORY. Femassee tongue, an abridgment of the Christian doctrine, the firstever published in any Indian language. 15. In 1597, however, Father Da Corpa was slain at thefoot of the altar, by the companions of a young chieftain. DEATH OF FATHER CORPA. whom he had reproved for his vices. Nearly all the missionstations were then destroyed, and the missionaries put todeath. Father Avila was taken captive and sold in a neigh-boring village. Having been a year a prisoner, and havingundergone great hardships and cruelties, he was finallyexchanged for an Indian captive at St Augustine. Thufclosed the sixteenth century in Florida. The spot sanctified bj the death of Father Corpa, is now the ceme-tery of St. Augustine. 16. Franciscans in New Mexico. —Previous tothis (in 1581), three Franciscans who had attempted a mis-sion in New Mexico, had there met a martyrs death, MISSIONS IN NEW MEXICO. 41 In 1583, Espego {es-pdylio), a Spanish nobleman, at thehead of a band of soldiers, and accompanied by missionaries,founded the city of Santa Fe,^ the second oldest city in theUnited States. In a short time, this mission proved as-tonishingly succe
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