Word: ribaute
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Dates: during 1925-1925
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...surprising that one who presumes to be so smart as you do should make such an egregious blunder as that on page 1 of your issue of Dec. 22 in reference to the massacre of the French under John Ribaut by the Spanish under Pedro Menendez on the shores of Florida in 1565. You say that Menendez lined the French up before a firing squad. He did nothing of the kind. He quietly slid a janeta beneath the fifth rib of each. Of course if you don't know history it is just as well to make a stab...
Investigation has shown Mr. Taylor to be right. Leader Menendez wrote a letter to his King, boasted that he put Ribaut and his men to death in the manner described by Mr. Taylor...
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