[metesky]

...Fort Caroline, a long-sought fort built by the French in 1564.

In 1565, Spanish soldiers under Pedro Menéndez marched into Fort Caroline and slaughtered some 143 men and women who were living there at the time.

Some fort, eh?

[SWAMPSNIPER]

http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/spanishmassacre.htm

This is another encounter South of St.Augustine.

[proudpapa]

What kindofa name is Pedro Menéndez? I bet he was here illegally.

/sarc.

[AnalogReigns]

I believe Menendez had something like 1,000 soldiers. Any wooden fort manned by 143 men, women and children would of been overwhelmed. As it is, they surrendered, and Menendez demanded these French Protestants (Huguenots) convert to Roman Catholicism...when they refused THEN he slaughtered them...

(And shortly thereafter, he captured the other half of the group of Huguenots fleeing....around 150, and slaughtered them the same way.

Menendez was the "founding father" of St. Augustine, FL....He is not talked about much though. SEE: Fort Caroline Massacre