 Ribault's beard was sent to Spain as a trophy. His head was divided into four quarters and stuck up on lances at the corners of the fort. The place of the massacre is known to this day as the "Bloody River of Matanzas." Having thus crushed the heretics...  History of the United States - Seite 24von Edward Everett Hale - 1887 - 312 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | William Cullen Bryant, Sydney Howard Gay - 1876 - 680 Seiten
...adelantado could do with them as lie chose.'' Two youths of eighteen years of age, and the fifers, trumpeters, and drummers were spared. The rest were "put to the sword, judging this," says Menendez, in his letter to the king, " to be expedient for the service of God our Lord, and of... | |
 | Francis Parkman - 1880 - 506 Seiten
...the fifer, the drummer, and the trumpeter ; and I caused Juan Ribao [Ribaut] with all the rest to be put to the sword, judging this to be expedient for the service of God our Lord, and of your Majesty. And I consider it great good fortune that he [Juan Ribao] should be dead, for the... | |
 | Benson John Lossing - 1881 - 830 Seiten
...or eight of his companions were murdered. " They were put to the sword," Meneudez wrote to his king, "judging this to be expedient for the service of God our Lord and of your majesty." Rice Introduced into Carolina. In 1695 a brigantiue from Madagascar came to anchor... | |
 | Edward Everett Hale - 1887 - 330 Seiten
...years of various adventure they removed their colony to what they knew as the River of May, which _. 2- is our St. John's River ; and here they established...known to this day as the "Bloody River of Matanzas." Having thus crushed the heretics Menendez laid out and established the town of St. Augustine. It was... | |
 | Edward Everett Hale - 1887 - 330 Seiten
...charges and Ribault was named as his successor. Ribault learned at once that the charges made agaiv»st Laudonniere were false, and offered to build another...known to this day as the " Bloody River of Matanzas." Having thus crushed the heretics Menendez laid out and established the town of St. Augustine. It was... | |
 | Henry Mann - 1896 - 352 Seiten
...hundred thousand ducats to spare their lives. Menendez wrote to King Phillip that the Huguenots ' ' were put to the sword, judging this to be expedient for the service of God our Lord, and of your majesty. ' ' Thus ended the first attempt of members of the reformed religion to settle within... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1896 - 648 Seiten
...the adelantado could do with them as he chose." Two youths of eighteen years of age, and the fifers, trumpeters, and drummers were spared. The rest were "put to the sword, judging this," says Menendez, in his letter to the king, " to be expedient for the service of God our Lord, and of... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant, Sydney Howard Gay, Noah Brooks - 1898 - 646 Seiten
...the adelantado could do with them as he chose." Two youths of eighteen years of age, and the fifers, trumpeters, and drummers were spared. The rest were "put to the sword, judging this," says Menendez, in his letter to the king, " to be expedient for the service of God our Lord, and of... | |
 | Elroy McKendree Avery, William Abbatt - 1904 - 478 Seiten
...heretical. They were received in small detachments and firmly bound. Menendez wrote to the king: "They were put to the sword, judging this to be expedient for the service of God our Lord and of your majesty." Mr. Shea says that they "were put to death in cold blood as ruthlessly as the French,... | |
 | Yates Snowden, Harry Gardner Cutler - 1920 - 666 Seiten
...the fifer, the drummer, and the trumpeter; and I caused Juan Ribao (Ribault) with all the rest to be put to the sword, judging this to be expedient for the service of God our Lord, and of your Majesty. And I consider it great good fortune that he (Juan Ribao) should be dead, for the... | |
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