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Ponce de Leon land and Florida war record
Table of Contents
- Front Matter
- Title Page
- Biographical Sketch of George M. Brown
- Index
- Fac Simile of Archbishop Corrigan's Letter
- Fac Simile of Signature of Peter Menendez
- Chronological Table
- Ch. I. Birth and early life of Ponce de Leon
- Ch. II. The conquest of Porto Rico
- Ch. III. Ponce de Leon assumes command of the island. The tests made by the Indians to find whether the Spaniards were mortals
- Ch. IV. The Indians attack the Spaniards. Death of Satomayor
- Ch. V. Ponce de Leon resigns command of Porto Rico and returns to Spain to look after his ward left him by Satomayor. He hears of the Foutain of Youth
- Ch. VI. Ponce de Leon's introduction to his ward, Dona Inez de Satomayor. He accepts guardianship
- Ch. VII. Ponce de Leon's search for the Fountain of Youth. His discovery of Florida. Landing on the 3d of April, 1512
- Ch. VIII. Ponce de Leon's expedition against the Carribees
- Ch. IX. Ponce de Leon's last voyage. Attempted settlement of Florida. His death and burial in Cuba.
- Ch. X. The second attempt to settle Florida by Panfilo Narvaez. Its failure and loss of all the party but four.
- Ch. XI. The third attempt to settle Florida by Hernando deSoto results in the loss of his life by disease, and all but three hundred of his command
- Ch. XII. Huguenot settlement under Ribault and Laudonniere
- Ch. XIII. Founding of St. Augustine by Menedez in 1565. Attack on the French settlement on the St. Johns
- Ch. XIV. Massacre of the French colonists by Menendez. Letter of Pope Pius V. Refusal of Charles IX. to take notice of the slaughter of his subjects. Petition of nine hundred widows and orphans unheeded. Menendez strengthens his position
- Ch. XV Laying out the town with its defences. Erection of a church and a hall of justice
- Ch. XVI. Expedition and retaliation of De Gourges
- Ch. XVII. Attack of Sir Francis Drake on St. Augustine, 8th May, 1586, capturing L2,000 sterling
- Ch. XVIII. Establishment of mission; massacre of the missionaries by the Indians
- Ch. XIX. Capture of Apalachian Indians; their work on the defences of St. Augustine; progress of the colony
- Ch. XX. Captain Davis's attack on the city; the commencement of the sea wall
- Ch. XXI. Governor Moore's attack on St. Augustine, 1702.
- Ch. XXII. Colonel Palmer's invasion of Florida
- Ch. XXIII. Oglethorpe's attack on St. Augustine and siege of Fort Marion
- Ch. XXIV. History of the Inquisition, ancient and modern; its effect on the settlement of Florida
- Ch. XXV. Completion of the castle
- Ch. XXVI. The history of Fort Marion
- Ch. XXVII. Siege operations
- Ch. XXVIII. The transfer of Florida to England
- Ch. XXIX. Recession of Florida to Spain
- Ch. XXX. Transfer of Florida to the United States
- Ch. XXXI. The Seminole War
- Ch. XXXII. Incidents of the Seminole War in the vicinity of St. Augustine
- Ch. XXXIII. Coacoochee's and Hadjo's escape
- Ch. XXXIV. Fort Marion occupied by Florida troops in 1861
- Ch. XXXV Confinement of Indian prisoners in Fort Marion
- Ch. XXXVI. St. Augustine hotels. Conclusion
- Ch. XXXVII. Some Explanations
- Florida's War Record
- Endpages