CHAPTER II--A. D. 1565 13

Pedro Menendez gives an account to his Majesty of the Fort Matanzas

Massacre--Menendez and army escape from being made prisoners by the

French on account of a tornado--Because of the swollen river the Council

agree to make a land attack--Spaniards surprise and take Fort Matanzas

without loss of a single man--Killing over two hundred Frenchmen

and capturing Laudonnier--Find Indians enchanted with the

Lutherans--Shipwrecked Frenchmen found on coast--With hands tied behind

them are stabbed in the back by Spaniards.

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