A history of the United States of America; its people and its institutions . Johns River, and then went north to aharbor which he named Port Royal. This effort colonists, weary of the wilderness, and pining for ^ It is said that Baron de Lery, a French nobleman, tried to plant acolony on Sable Island in 1518. But hunger assailed him and hiscolonists, and they were glad to escape starvation by flight. ?^ Cartier returned in 1541 as an agent of the Lord of Roberval, whomade an attempt to found a colony in Canada. This effort ended infailure in 1543. Religious wars in France hindered a
A history of the United States of America; its people and its institutions . Johns River, and then went north to aharbor which he named Port Royal. This effort colonists, weary of the wilderness, and pining for ^ It is said that Baron de Lery, a French nobleman, tried to plant acolony on Sable Island in 1518. But hunger assailed him and hiscolonists, and they were glad to escape starvation by flight. ?^ Cartier returned in 1541 as an agent of the Lord of Roberval, whomade an attempt to found a colony in Canada. This effort ended infailure in 1543. Religious wars in France hindered any further effortby the French for a half-century. THE FRENCH EXPLORERS. 47 France, built a rude vessel and sailed for home. Theywere rescued from probable death by an Enghsh ship. In 1564 a second expedition, under Laudonniere (Zo-d<5n-yair)^ landed on the St. Johns River, and built afort which they called Fort Carolina,^ Ribault afterwardbrought out reinforcements. The Spanish Massacre.—This region was claimed bySpain, and as soon as news of the French settlement. hORT San MARfo, St. A iolistink. reached that country an expedition was sent out, underPedro Menondez, a naval officer, with orders to drive theintruders off the land, Menendez landed in Florida in ^ Laudonnieres colonists suffered greatly. Food grew so scarcethat they were obliged to eat sorrel, roots, pounded fish-bones, androasted snakes. They traded their clothes with the Indians for fish,and found their sufferings treated with mockery by the savages. 48 THE ERA OF EXPLORATION. 1565, built a fort which he named St. Augustine, and thenmarched overland to the French colony, which he over-came by surprise and treachery. Obtaining possession ofthe fort, he murdered every soul in it,—men, women, andchildren. A few had escaped to the woods, and these,after strange adventures, got back to France. Ribault had meanwhile set sail with a force to attack theSpanish, but his fleet was wrecked in a tempest, and theship
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