CHAPTER II

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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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