Old St Augustine; a story of three centuries . proaching from thesouth. Athwart the bar the strange ships came to anchor;and at 3 oclock in the afternoon two boats put off, androunding the point of the island opposite the town, rowedtoward the land. In the village all was instant commo-tion. The laborers came in from the maize fields; thefishermen stranded their dug-outs; and the boys left theirgame of ball-throwing at the wicker target. Here collectedthe warriors, their ear ornaments of inflated fish bladdersshining in the sun; and there were gathered the women,clad in kirtles of woven moss,
Old St Augustine; a story of three centuries . proaching from thesouth. Athwart the bar the strange ships came to anchor;and at 3 oclock in the afternoon two boats put off, androunding the point of the island opposite the town, rowedtoward the land. In the village all was instant commo-tion. The laborers came in from the maize fields; thefishermen stranded their dug-outs; and the boys left theirgame of ball-throwing at the wicker target. Here collectedthe warriors, their ear ornaments of inflated fish bladdersshining in the sun; and there were gathered the women,clad in kirtles of woven moss, their bangles of silver andgold plates tinkling as they walked. Then, all cametrooping down to the shore to welcome the strangers—all save the chief, or Paracoussy, who must needs main-tain the dignity of his savage royalty, and so held aloof,seated in state beneath his palmetto bower. The new-comers were hailed with great joy, for theIndians recognized them as friends. Their ensigns borethe Fleur-de-Lis of France; and their leader. Rend de. The Huguenots i7i Florida. 15 Laudonniere, had been on this same coast two yearsbefore. At that time the Indians had been treated withsuch kindness that at the departure of the expeditionthey had run along the shore, with cries and lamentationsi^ewailing the loss of their new-found friends and entreat-ing them to remain. Now, overjoyed at the Frenchmensreturn, the people of Seloy received Laudonniere withthe warmest welcome and overwhelmed him with let him tell it in his own naive way, as translatedfor us in the musty old English text of Hakluyt. Iwent on land, he writes— ^aums: t!)UEi gcarcfjci tfie Htber, % tuent on lanii to epcatie\s^\X\ i\t 3rntiian0 tof)icl) tnaitcK for tts upon t^e eljort, to()tc|^,at ottr comming: on lani, came hefore us crptnji toiti) a loutJctopcc, V(i t^eir ^TnlJian lan^ttajje: Antipola Bonaffou, \sif^\T\is as mucJ) to sap, as brotl)cr, frienU, or gome gnc^ lifeetljinof. lifter tljep f)alj maBe bcrp
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