strong." They were followed by troops of the natives, "having their bowes and arrowes, in marveilous good order." [3] Laudonniere, in Hakluyt, gives the regal title among the Floridians as Paracoussi. Charlevoix writes the word Paraousti, or Paracousti; "et ausquels les Castillans donnent le titre général de Caciques." Mico, in subsequent periods, seems to have been the more popular title among the Florida Indians, signifying the same thing, or its equivalents, Chief, Prince, or Head Warrior. From this river, still pursuing a northwardly course, Ribault came to another which he explored and named the Seine, (now the St. Mary's,) because it appeared to resemble the river of that name in France.[4] We pass over the minor details in this progress--how he communed with the natives--who, everywhere seemed to have entertained our Huguenots with equal grace and gentleness, and who are described as a goodly people, of lively wit and great stature. Ribault continued to plant columns, and to take possession of the country after the usual forms, conferring names upon its several streams, which he borrowed for the purpose from similar well-known rivers in France. Thus, for a time, the St. Mary's became the Seine; the Satilla, the Somme; the Altamaha, the Loire; the Ogechee, the Garonne; and the Savannah, the Gironde. The river to which his prows were especially directed, was that to which the name of Jordan had been given by Vasquez de Ayllon, some forty years before. This is our present Combahee. In sailing north, in this search, other smaller rivers were discovered, one of which was called the Belle-a-veoir. Separated by a furious tempest from his pinnaces, which had been kept in advance for the purpose of penetrating and exploring these streams, Ribault, with his ships, was compelled to stand out to sea. When he regained the coast and his pinnaces, he was advised of a "mightie river," in which they had found safe harborage from the tempest, a river which, "in beautie and bignesse" exceeded all the former. Delighted with this discovery, our Huguenots made sail to reach this noble stream. [4] "A quatorze lienes de la Riviere de Mai, il en trouva une troisiéme qu'il nomma la Seine."--_Charlevoix's New France._ Liv. 1, p. 39.