The Spanish Settlement at Saint Augustine

One Timucuan says: "No one can own the land. It means nothing."

Another tells you this: "It means everyone else stay away. No one is allowed to pass through. No one may fish or hunt there now, even if this has always been the land of your ancestors."

"Before the white man, the land belonged to everyone," a Timucuan tells you. "But now, if you trespass on land the white man claims to own, prepare for the cannon and the gun."

Find out about the cannon and the gun.

You have seen and heard enough. Make your report.

Return to Missions to America home page
Electronic Field Trips home page
Copyright 2000 Colonial Williamsburg Foundation