The French, riven by internal disputes between Catholics and Protestants, were massacred by the Portuguese and their Indian allies in attacks organised from here, expelling them from the nearby Villegagnon Island (named after the French commander Nicolas Durand de Villegaignon).
法国人内部天主教徒和新教徒之间因纷争而四分五裂， 被葡萄牙人及其印第安盟友屠杀，从这里受到有组织的攻击，被驱逐到附近的Villegagnon岛（以法国指挥官尼古拉斯·杜兰德Nicolas Durand de Villegaignon命名）。