Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1906-01-05

lean Indians, 80 the ghost Of the reput-
ed monster, Hugo, was an object of
dread to the inhabitants of Tours. The
Huguenots, 1t Is thought, were so
named from this man. Another way
of accounting for the appellation is
this. There was gate Of the city Of
Tours which bore the name Hugo,
Near this gate In sequestered places, the
Protestants met in the night to wor-
ship God. BY others the word Hugue-
not Is thought to be corruption Of
the German word "Eignote," which
means confederates. 1t is highly prob
able from all the circumstances, that
the name is derived either from Hugo
or his gate.
We nay safely say that In no land
have protestants been so prosecuted as
in France The reformation commerce
ed in that ill-fated land in the city Of
Paris, with the conversion Of one Le-
fevre a professor in the university, and
a student, William Farel. From this
period to the present moment a spirit
Of persecution has been ripe In France.
At the time of reformation, and con-
sequently at the period Of the settle
ment of South Carolina under Charles
the Ninth, the French people were bru-
tally immoral. The dark deeds of Nero
and Diocletian were eclipsed by the
French prosecutors. The nine shudders
at the remembrance Of st. Barthole-
news day. BY a satanically revised
and hellishly executed plan, not less
than thirty thousand-probably one
hundred thousand citizens-nen, wo-
men and children, were brutally mur-
dered. This was on the oath Of Au-
gust, 1872. Not less barbarous were
the prosecutions which were conducted
during the reign of Louis the Four
teenth. to which we will refer in the
proper place. The prosecutions drove
some Of the best men of the nation to
seek homes In other lands. All that
could come to America. Thus, 1t may
be said that the United States became,
in time, the home of every religious
creed.
When Ribault returned to France,
having left, as mentioned before, twen-
ty-six men in charge Of the fort, he
found France distracted with civil
commotion. Coligni was not able to
assist the colony for two years. A
treaty in the meantime, was entered
into between the Huguenots, and Cath
olics, which enabled Coligni, in 1854,
to send another colony to the New
World. Rene Laudonniere was chosen
to conduct the expedition, and early in
the year he set out with three ships,
and on the 25th of June, landing was
effected on st. Johns river. The In
dians had not forgotten Ribault. They
conducted him to a pillar that Ribault
had erected to perpetuate his discovery.
The honor of being the spot on which
this pillar was erected in claimed by
several islands-Paris, Lemon and
Beaufort On the first there areysome
remains of an ancient structure, which
may be debris Of Fort Charles The
Indians showed their love and respect
for the memory Of Ribault and his
colony by crowning this pillar with
flowers and heaping up baskets Of pro-
visions at Its base. Laubonniere was
sent out principally to supply the
wants Of the colony attempted to be
planted by Ribault. Its tragical fate,
had, as yet, not reached France. From
the Indians this was learned. Laudon-
nierre, for some reason, determined to
abandon the spot selected by Ribault,
and commenced the work Of the settle
ment at point on the st. Johns river,
within the present limits Of the. state
of Florida. This, however, does not de-
tract from the interest which we
should have in this undertaking. AS
South Carolinians, our interest in the
colony Of Laudonniere Is increased,
when we remember the great likeness
existing between 1t and the colony
planted by Charles the Second, Of Eng
land, in 1870, and especially its like
ness to those who cast their lots with
the colony Of Charles, in 1885. We
should also feel an interest In this COL
ony from the fact that the early boun-
daries of South Carolina included
nearly all Of the present state Of
Florida on the south, and extended as
far north as the northern limits Of
the state of Tennessee. 1t included all
the territory between twenty-nine de-
grees and thirty-six degrees thirty min
utes, north latitude, from the Atlantic
on the east, to the Pacific on the west.
Hence, Laudonniere planted his colony
in what was once South Carolina.
Laudonniere had visited this coun-
try and seems to have given the ut
most credence to the stories told
about the Fountain Of Youth. In fact
he seems to have gone farther than to
give assent to the ridiculous absurd
ity, for he says he has seen Indians
who were more than two hundred
years old, still in the bloom and vigor
Of manhood. This strange delusion Of
the old Huguenot Is only explained by
remembering that men suffer their
hopes and fears to control their judg-
ments, and often, to get the better Of
their senses Hence wise and more
experienced men than Laudonniere
have sometimes reported that they
saw what they only wished to see, and
that they heard what they only want
ed to hear.
Among the first things done by
Laudonniere, after selecting a place
for settlement, was the erection Of a
place for fortification. A minute de-
scription Of this fort has been preserv-
ed. 1t was a triangle, one side Of
which faced the river. On the south
side was the magazine. 1t was SIM
pie in construction. being merely an
embankment Of sand held together by
sods Of grass and logs Of wood. The
side facing the river was lined with
planks and otherwise strengthened by
driving stakes in the ground. The en-
bankment was made nine feet high.
The work when completed was named
LA Caroline" in honor OF Charles the