II. Its Beginnings in the United States (1620). By John A. Doyle NEW ENGLAND BEFORE THE PILGRIM FATHERS LANDED (1614). By Captain John Smith THE FIRST VOYAGE OF THE "MAYFLOWER" (1620). By Governor William Bradford THE FIRST NEW YORK SETTLEMENTS (1623-1628). By Nicolas Jean de Wassenaer THE SWEDES AND DUTCH IN NEW JERSEY (1627). By Israel Acrelius THE BEGINNINGS OF THE MASSACHUSETTS BAY COLONY (1627-1631). By Governor Thomas Dudley HOW THE BAY COLONY DIFFERED FROM PLYMOUTH. By John G. Palfrey LORD BALTIMORE IN MARYLAND (1633). By Contemporary Writers ROGER WILLIAMS IN RHODE ISLAND (1636). By Nathaniel Morton THE FOUNDING OF CONNECTICUT (1633-1636). By Alexander Johnston WITCHCRAFT IN NEW ENGLAND (1647-1696). By John G. Palfrey THE ENGLISH CONQUEST OF NEW YORK (1664). By John H. Brodhead BACON'S REBELLION IN VIRGINIA (1676). By an Anonymous Writer KING PHILIP'S WAR (1676). By William Hubbarrd THE FOUNDING OF PENNSYLVANIA: I. Penn's Account of the Colony (1684) II. Penn's Treaty with the Indians (1683). His Own Account III. The Reality of Penn's Treaty. By George E. Ellis THE CHARTER OAK AFFAIR IN CONNECTICUT (1682). By Alexander Johnston THE COLONIZATION OF LOUISIANA (1699). By Charles E.T. Gayarre OGELETHORPE IN GEORGIA (1733). By Joel Chandler Harris THE PLANTING OF THE FIRST COLONIES 1562-1733 THE FOUNDING OF ST. AUGUSTINE AND THE MASSACRE BY MENENDEZ (1562-1565) I. THE ACCOUNT BY JOHN A. DOYLE[1] In 1562 the French Huguenot party, headed by Coligny, made another attempt[2] to secure themselves a refuge in the New World. Two ships set sail under the command of Jean Ribault, a brave and experienced seaman, destined to play a memorable and tragic part in the history of America. Ribault does not seem to have set out with any definite scheme of colonization, but rather, like Amidas and Barlow, to have contented himself with preliminary exploration. In April he landed on the coast of Florida.... After he had laid the foundations of a fort, called in honor of the king Charlefort, Ribault returned to France. He would seem to have been unfortunate in his choice alike of colonists and of a commander. The settlers lived on the charity of the Indians, sharing in their festivities, wandering from village to village and wholly doing away with any belief in their superior wisdom and power which might yet have possest their savage neighbors....