Lily and the Totem, or, The Hugenots in Florida, A Series of Sketches, picturesque and Historical, of the Colonies of Coligni, in North America. 1562-1570. By the author of "The Yemassee"

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EntaredaeeordlnrtoAetofCon~Jreu,lntbo)'UrlEI50,br W. GI L~IOltE SIMMS, ESQ .. In tho Clerli.'a Olllee oftba Dl1trlet Court of the United Statn!or tha Soutbarn District of New Yo>·k. C. W, BENEDI C T , Stere o typer,· liOIWllllar:alt. EPISTLE DEDICATORY. TO TilE HON. JA!!E S H . HAl!l!OND, SOUTH CAROLINA. ~h D EAR HAMMOND : I VERY w()ll know the deep interest which you tak!! in all researches which aim to develope the elll'ly history of our State and country, and sympathize with you very sincerely in that local ~ feeling which dclig!Jts to trncc, on your own grounds, and in your own neighborhood, the doubtful progresses of l~'reno!J nnd Spaniard, in their wild passion for a<lvcnture or eager appetite for gold. I have no Joubt that the clues arc in your hands which shall hereafter conduct you along a portion of tho route pursued by that famous cavalier, llcrnnndo de Soto; nn<l I am almost satisfied that the region of Silver Bluff wns that distinguished in the adventures of the Spanish Adcltmtado, by the presence of that dusky but lo\·ely princess of Cofac),iqui, who welcomed him with so much favor and whom he treated with an ingratitude as unhandsome as unknightly. But I must not dwell on a subject 10 8eduetivo; parli<'u}nrl.V,II.S f t>nt'rtain tbP hl'lpt>1 in SOm" future UNIVtJ{;)i 1 y Or U fAl-l UOHARIES