What to see in America . men wereassailed by savages, prob-ably on the west of the Spaniardswere slain, and theirleader was hit by an ar-row which caused hisdeath shortly afterwardin Cuba. In 1539 the conquestof the peninsula was at-tempted by Fernando deSoto, who had taken aleading part with Pizarroin conquering Peru. He reached Tampa Bay with sixhundred and twenty men in June, and made his way north,much harassed by savages, to the vicinity of Tallahassee,where he spent the winter. In the spring, the Spaniardscontinued their journey, and after many strange and tragicadventures
What to see in America . men wereassailed by savages, prob-ably on the west of the Spaniardswere slain, and theirleader was hit by an ar-row which caused hisdeath shortly afterwardin Cuba. In 1539 the conquestof the peninsula was at-tempted by Fernando deSoto, who had taken aleading part with Pizarroin conquering Peru. He reached Tampa Bay with sixhundred and twenty men in June, and made his way north,much harassed by savages, to the vicinity of Tallahassee,where he spent the winter. In the spring, the Spaniardscontinued their journey, and after many strange and tragicadventures reached the Mississippi River. As the earliest permanent settlement made by Europeansin the United States, St. Augustine will always have excep-tional interest. Capt. Jean Ribaut with a small Frenchfleet visited the coast in 1562 and named the harbor of the River of Dolphins because of the manyporpoises he saw there. Two years later another Frenchfleet came with a colony, sailed up the St. Johns a few miles,. Cathedual, St. Ai Florida 187 and on the south side constructed Fort Caroline on what isnow known as St. Johns Bluff. When the Spanish sovereignlearned of this colony, he promptly dispatched PedroMenendez in eleven vessels with 2600 men to exterminateit. Menendez entered an inlet on the coast on St. Augus-tines Day in 1565 and gave the saints name to a fortifiedsettlement he established there. Shortly afterward he ledan expedition against Fort Caroline and wiped it a French fleet, that had planned to attack theSpaniards, had been wrecked farther down the coast, butmost of those on board got to the shore in two parties, oneof about two hundred and the other three hundred and fifty,and began to make their way toward Fort Caroline. Thesmaller party arrived at INIatanzas Inlet, twenty miles southof St. Augustine, and camped, unable to cross. Menendezcame to their aid with boats, but after getting them to thenorth side of the inlet treacherously slew
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