By the time Menendez arrived, Ribault had been released from the Tower and returned to France.
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Two years later, Ribault's lieutenant, Rene Laudonniere,
sailed a second band of colonists to the New World.
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Ribault's ships made their way down the coast toward St. Augustine,
not knowing that a hurricane thundered toward shore.
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Meanwhile, the storm blew Ribault's ships past the inlet that led to St. Augustine
and smashed them against the barrier islands.
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After raising a stone marker on Parris Island and claiming all the surrounding
land in the name of King Charles IX, Ribault sailed back to France for supplies.
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The problem: By the time Ribault reached home,
France was embroiled in a full-blown religious war between Protestants and Catholics and had no money to spare for his resupply mission.