mayrra

Updated: June 29, 2025

He brought little or no gold, but reported that he had heard of a certain chief, named Mayrra, marvellously rich, who lived three days' journey up the river; and with these welcome tidings Ottigny went back to Fort Caroline. A fortnight later, an officer named Vasseur went up the river to pursue the adventure. The fever for gold had seized upon the French.

Francis Parkman - Pioneers of France in the New World