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1567 "Dominique de Gourges, a French gentleman of rank & fortune, having fitted out a fleet at his own expense, landed in Florida for the express purpose of taking vengeance of the Spaniards for their inhuman massacre of his countrymen in 1565 at Fort Charles. Many of the Spaniards fell into his hands, and he caused them to be suspended by the neck with this inscription, "Not as Spaniards, but Assassins." Longs Ch: 84

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