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Menendez Marquez was raided by French pirates and saved by Indians
Source: The Menendez Marquez Cattle Barony at La Chua and the Determinants of Economic Expansion in Seventeenth-Century Florida #163
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In June 1682, French buccaneers, with headquarters on Anclote Key, sent out 35 men to hunt provisions. The party raided several ranches near the Gulf, then, guided by a captive pilot, they came four leagues upriver and fourteen leagues overland to la Chua. At two in the morning they surprised the ranch houses and captured Don ThomAs, his son-in-law Juan de Hita, and four servants, including two women. The buildings were left in flames. The buccaneers demanded a ransom of 150 head of cattle and a purse of money, but before it was paid three Timucuan chiefs ambushed the French as they retreated toward the Suwannee, and Don Thomas escaped. (Bushnell MM)
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