Author: Le Moyne de Morgues, Jacques, d. 1588
Title: Narrative of Le Moyne
Imprint: Boston : J.R. Osgood and company, 1875
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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Cover preliminaries
Frontispiece
Title page
Introduction
Note
Narrative of Le Moyne Surnamed Le Morgues
Map
Descriptions of the Illustrations
Promontory of Florida, at which the French touched; named by them the French Promontory
The French sail to the river of May
Leaving the river of May, the French discover two other rivers
Six other rivers discovered by the French
The French reach Port Royal
The French commander erects a column with the arms of the King of France
French left in Fort Charles suffer from Scarcity of Provisions
Natives of Florida worship the column erected by the commander on his first voyage
French select a place for building a Fort
Picture of Fort Carolina
Ceremonies performed by Saturioua before going on an expedition against the enemy
Outina, going at the head of his army against the enemy, consult a sorcerer on the event
Outina, with the help of the French gains a victory over his enemy Potanou
Order of march observed by Outina on a military expedition
How Outinas men treated the slain of the enemy
Trophies and ceremonies after a victory
Employment of the hermaphrodites
The chief applied to by women whose husbands have died in war or by disease
Ceremonies of woman mourning for their dead husbands
Mode of treating the sick
Mode of tilling and planting
Industry of the Floridians in depositing their crops in public granary
Bringing in wild animals, fish, and other stores
Mode of drying fish, wild animals, and other provisions
Hunting deer
Killing crocodiles
Floridians crossing over to an island to take their pleasure
Preparations for a feast
Proceedings of the Floridians in deliberating on important affairs
Construction of fortified towns among the Floridians
How they set on fire an enemies town
How sentinels are punished for sleeping on their posts
How they declare war
First-born children sacrificed to the chief with solemn ceremonies
Solemnities at consecrating the skin of a stag to the sun
The youth at their exercises
The display with which a queen elect is brought to the King
Solemnities at the reception of the queen by the King
The king and queen taking a walk for their amusement
Ceremonies at the death of a chief or of priests
Mode of collecting gold in streams running from the Apalatcy Mountains
Murder of Pierre Gambre, a Frenchman
Back flys and cover

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