Laudonnière arrived at the mouth of the May River (today called the [[St. Johns River]]) on 22 June 1564. He sailed up the river where he eventually founded [[Fort Caroline]],Craven, Wesley Frank (1949). ''The Southern Colonies in the Seventeenth Century, 1607-1689'', p. 9. Louisiana State University Press. {{ISBN|0-8071-0011-0}}. which they named for King Charles, in what is now Jacksonville. He made contact with the [[Saturiwa]], a [[Timucua]] chiefdom who were friendly to the colonists and showed them a shrine they had built around a monument left behind by Ribault. When some of the men complained about the [[manual labour|manual labor]], Laudonnière sent them back to France.

Laudonnière arrived at the mouth of the May River (today called the [[St. Johns River]]) on 22 June 1564. He sailed up the river where he eventually founded [[Fort Caroline]],Craven, Wesley Frank (1949). ''The Southern Colonies in the Seventeenth Century, 1607-1689'', p. 9. Louisiana State University Press. {{ISBN|0-8071-0011-0}}. which they named for King Charles, in what is now Jacksonville. He made contact with the [[Saturiwa]], a [[Timucua]] chiefdom who were friendly to the colonists and showed them a shrine they had built around a monument left behind by Ribault. When some of the men complained about the [[manual labour|manual labor]], Laudonnière sent them back to France.

A small group of deserters stole a barque and sailed to [[Cuba]] to conduct raids on Spanish colonists there. One of these deserters who was captured by the Spanish, Francois Jean, later betrayed his countrymen and led Pedro Menéndez de Avilés to Fort Caroline for the first massacre of the colonists.

A small group of deserters stole a barque from the colony and sailed to [[Cuba]] to conduct raids on Spanish colonists there. One of these deserters who was captured by the Spanish, Francois Jean, later betrayed his countrymen and led Pedro Menéndez de Avilés to Fort Caroline for the first massacre of the colonists.

The colony did not flourish and had to get food from the Timucua. Unsatisfied with the amount of food the Huguenots obtained from the Timucua through barter, Laudonnière sent a group of fifty of his men to kidnap the Timucuan leader Chief Outina and his son and demanded food as ransom.

The colony did not flourish and had to get food from the Timucua. Unsatisfied with the amount of food the Huguenots obtained from the Timucua through barter, Laudonnière sent a group of fifty of his men to kidnap the Timucuan leader Chief Outina and his son and demanded food as ransom.