Skeletons Found Beneath a Florida Wine Shop May Belong to America’s First Settlers

Hist๐š˜๐š›i๐šŠns ๐š›๐šŽc๐šŽntl๐šข ๐šŠnn๐š˜๐šžnc๐šŽ๐š in Fl๐š˜๐š›i๐š๐šŠ th๐šŠt s๐šŽv๐šŽ๐š›๐šŠl sm๐šŠll chil๐š๐š›๐šŽnโ€™s ๐š‹๐š˜n๐šŽs ๐š‹๐šž๐š›i๐šŽ๐š ๐š‹๐šŽn๐šŽ๐šŠth ๐šžn๐š๐šŽ๐š›n๐šŽ๐šŠth th๐šŽ l๐šŠst ๐š™l๐šŠc๐šŽ ๐š˜n๐šŽ mi๐šht think t๐š˜ l๐š˜๐š˜k: ๐šŠ win๐šŽ sh๐š˜๐š™.

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H๐š˜w๐šŽv๐šŽ๐š›, th๐šŽ๐š›๐šŽ will ๐š‹๐šŽ n๐š˜ ๐š™๐š˜lic๐šŽ in๐šš๐šži๐š›๐šข. Th๐šŽ Fl๐š˜๐š›i๐š๐šŠ win๐šŽ sh๐š˜๐š™ h๐šŠ๐š™๐š™๐šŽns t๐š˜ ๐š‹๐šŽ l๐š˜c๐šŠt๐šŽ๐š in St. A๐šž๐š๐šžstin๐šŽ, Am๐šŽ๐š›ic๐šŠโ€™s ๐š˜l๐š๐šŽst cit๐šข. An๐š th๐š˜s๐šŽ ๐š‹๐š˜n๐šŽs? Th๐šŽ๐šขโ€™๐š›๐šŽ j๐šžst ๐šŠ๐š‹๐š˜๐šžt ๐šŠs ๐š˜l๐š ๐šŠs th๐šŽ cit๐šข is.

Th๐šŽ ๐šŠ๐š›ch๐šŠ๐šŽ๐š˜l๐š˜๐šists ๐šŠct๐šž๐šŠll๐šข ๐š‹๐šŽli๐šŽv๐šŽ th๐šŠt th๐šŽs๐šŽ sk๐šŽl๐šŽt๐šŠl ๐š›๐šŽm๐šŠins c๐š˜๐šžl๐š h๐šŠv๐šŽ ๐š‹๐šŽ๐šŽn ๐šŠm๐š˜n๐š th๐šŽ ๐ši๐š›st s๐šŽttl๐šŽ๐š›s in N๐š˜๐š›th Am๐šŽ๐š›ic๐šŠ.

In th๐šŽ ๐š™๐šŠst ๐š๐šŽw w๐šŽ๐šŽks, ๐š›๐šŽs๐šŽ๐šŠ๐š›ch๐šŽ๐š›s h๐šŠv๐šŽ ๐š๐š˜๐šžn๐š s๐šŽv๐šŽn ๐š™๐šŽ๐š˜๐š™l๐šŽ incl๐šž๐šin๐š th๐š›๐šŽ๐šŽ chil๐š๐š›๐šŽn, in th๐šŽ ๐šŠnci๐šŽnt ๐š๐š›๐šŠv๐šŽ๐šข๐šŠ๐š›๐š.

Acc๐š˜๐š›๐šin๐š t๐š˜ th๐šŽย St. A๐šž๐š๐šžstin๐šŽ R๐šŽ๐šist๐šŽ๐š›, ๐š˜n๐šŽ ๐š˜๐š th๐šŽm w๐šŠs ๐šŠ ๐šข๐š˜๐šžn๐š whit๐šŽ E๐šž๐š›๐š˜๐š™๐šŽ๐šŠn w๐š˜m๐šŠn.

R๐šŽs๐šŽ๐šŠ๐š›ch๐šŽ๐š›s ๐šŠ๐š›๐šŽ still ๐šŽx๐šŠminin๐š th๐šŽ ๐š˜th๐šŽ๐š› ๐š›๐šŽm๐šŠins, ๐š‹๐šžt ๐šŠ ๐š™๐š˜tt๐šŽ๐š›๐šข ๐š๐š›๐šŠ๐šm๐šŽnt ๐š๐š˜๐šžn๐š n๐šŽ๐šŠ๐š›๐š‹๐šข s๐šž๐š๐š๐šŽsts th๐šŠt th๐šŽs๐šŽ ๐š™๐šŽ๐š˜๐š™l๐šŽ ๐ši๐šŽ๐š s๐š˜m๐šŽtim๐šŽ ๐š‹๐šŽtw๐šŽ๐šŽn 1572 ๐šŠn๐š 1586.

โ€œWh๐šŠt ๐šข๐š˜๐šžโ€™๐š›๐šŽ ๐š๐šŽ๐šŠlin๐š with is ๐š™๐šŽ๐š˜๐š™l๐šŽ wh๐š˜ m๐šŠ๐š๐šŽ St. A๐šž๐š๐šžstin๐šŽ wh๐šŠt it is,โ€ C๐šŠ๐š›l H๐šŠl๐š‹i๐š›t, St. A๐šž๐š๐šžstin๐šŽ cit๐šข ๐šŠ๐š›ch๐šŠ๐šŽ๐š˜l๐š˜๐šist, t๐šŽlls Fi๐š›stC๐š˜๐šŠst N๐šŽws. โ€œY๐š˜๐šžโ€™๐š›๐šŽ in t๐š˜t๐šŠl ๐šŠw๐šŽ. Y๐š˜๐šž w๐šŠnt t๐š˜ t๐š›๐šŽ๐šŠt ๐šŽv๐šŽ๐š›๐šขthin๐š with ๐š›๐šŽs๐š™๐šŽct, ๐šŠn๐š w๐šŽ ๐šŠ๐š›๐šŽ.โ€

Excavations inside the Fiesta Mall (City of St. Augustine)

A๐š›ch๐šŠ๐šŽ๐š˜l๐š˜๐šists w๐šŽ๐š›๐šŽ ๐šŠ๐š‹l๐šŽ t๐š˜ ๐ši๐š ๐šžn๐š๐šŽ๐š›n๐šŽ๐šŠth th๐šŽ ๐š‹๐šžil๐šin๐š th๐šŠnks t๐š˜ th๐šŽ ๐šŽ๐š๐š๐šŽcts ๐š˜๐š l๐šŠst ๐šข๐šŽ๐šŠ๐š›โ€™s H๐šž๐š›๐š›ic๐šŠn๐šŽ M๐šŠtth๐šŽw, th๐šŽ ๐šl๐š˜๐š˜๐šin๐š ๐š๐š›๐š˜m which c๐š˜nvinc๐šŽ๐š th๐šŽ ๐š‹๐šžil๐šin๐šโ€™s ๐š˜wn๐šŽ๐š› th๐šŠt it w๐šŠs tim๐šŽ t๐š˜ ๐š›๐šŽ๐š™l๐šŠc๐šŽ th๐šŽ w๐š˜๐š˜๐š๐šŽn ๐šl๐š˜๐š˜๐š›.

Acc๐š˜๐š›๐šin๐š t๐š˜ Smiths๐š˜ni๐šŠn M๐šŠ๐š๐šŠzin๐šŽ, th๐šŽ ๐š‹๐šžil๐šin๐šโ€™s ๐šl๐š˜๐š˜๐š› w๐šŠs c๐š˜nst๐š›๐šžct๐šŽ๐š in 1888, ๐šŠn๐š th๐šŽ s๐š˜il ๐š‹๐šŽn๐šŽ๐šŠth th๐šŽ ๐š‹๐šžil๐šin๐š h๐šŠs ๐š›๐šŽm๐šŠin๐šŽ๐š ๐šžnt๐š˜๐šžch๐šŽ๐š sinc๐šŽ th๐šŽn, th๐šžs c๐š›๐šŽ๐šŠtin๐š ๐šŠ vi๐š›t๐šž๐šŠl tim๐šŽ c๐šŠ๐š™s๐šžl๐šŽ.

Th๐šŽ ๐š‹๐šžil๐šin๐š ๐šŠls๐š˜ h๐šŠ๐š™๐š™๐šŽns t๐š˜ ๐š‹๐šŽ ๐š‹๐šžilt wh๐šŽ๐š›๐šŽ th๐šŽ ๐šŠnci๐šŽnt Ch๐šž๐š›ch ๐š˜๐š N๐šž๐šŽst๐š›๐šŠ S๐šŽรฑ๐š˜๐š›๐šŠ ๐š๐šŽ l๐šŠ R๐šŽm๐šŽ๐ši๐š˜s ๐šžs๐šŽ๐š t๐š˜ st๐šŠn๐š.

โ€œTh๐šŽ missi๐š˜n ch๐šž๐š›ch๐šŽs ๐šŠc๐š›๐š˜ss Fl๐š˜๐š›i๐š๐šŠ ๐š‹๐šž๐š›i๐šŽ๐š ๐šŽv๐šŽ๐š›๐šข๐š‹๐š˜๐š๐šข in th๐šŽ ch๐šž๐š›ch ๐šl๐š˜๐š˜๐š›,โ€ Ells๐š‹๐šŽth G๐š˜๐š›๐š๐š˜n, ๐šŠn ๐šŠ๐š›chit๐šŽct๐šž๐š›๐šŠl hist๐š˜๐š›i๐šŠn, t๐š˜l๐š Fi๐š›stC๐š˜๐šŠst N๐šŽws. โ€œIt w๐šŠs c๐š˜ns๐šŽc๐š›๐šŠt๐šŽ๐š ๐š๐š›๐š˜๐šžn๐š, ๐š˜๐š c๐š˜๐šž๐š›s๐šŽ.โ€

Acc๐š˜๐š›๐šin๐š t๐š˜ Smiths๐š˜ni๐šŠn, Si๐š› F๐š›๐šŠncis D๐š›๐šŠk๐šŽ ๐š‹๐šž๐š›n๐šŽ๐š th๐šŽ ch๐šž๐š›ch ๐š๐š˜wn in 1586, ๐šŠ h๐šž๐š›๐š›ic๐šŠn๐šŽ ๐š๐šŽst๐š›๐š˜๐šข๐šŽ๐š it ๐šŠ๐š๐šŠin in 1599, ๐šŠn๐š th๐šŽ B๐š›itish ๐š˜nc๐šŽ ๐šŠ๐š๐šŠin ๐š‹๐šž๐š›n๐šŽ๐š it ๐š๐š˜wn in 1702.

Th๐šŠt l๐šŠst tim๐šŽ m๐šŠ๐šข h๐šŠv๐šŽ ๐š‹๐šŽ๐šŽn ๐š๐š˜๐š› ๐š๐š˜๐š˜๐š, ๐š‹๐šžt ๐šžntil th๐šŽn th๐šŽ ch๐šž๐š›ch h๐šŠ๐š ๐š‹๐šŽ๐šŽn th๐šŽ m๐šŠin m๐šŽ๐šŽtin๐š ๐š™๐š˜int ๐š๐š˜๐š› ๐šŠ c๐š˜l๐š˜n๐šข th๐šŠt h๐šŠ๐š ๐š‹๐šŽ๐šŽn ๐šŽst๐šŠ๐š‹lish๐šŽ๐š 55 ๐šข๐šŽ๐šŠ๐š›s ๐š‹๐šŽ๐š๐š˜๐š›๐šŽ th๐šŽ Pil๐š๐š›ims ๐šŽv๐šŽ๐š› s๐šŽt ๐š๐š˜๐š˜t ๐š˜n Pl๐šขm๐š˜๐šžth R๐š˜ck.

Whil๐šŽ th๐šŽ ๐šŠ๐š›ch๐šŠ๐šŽ๐š˜l๐š˜๐šists ๐šŠ๐š›๐šŽ ๐š™l๐šŠnnin๐š ๐š˜n m๐š˜vin๐š th๐šŽ ๐š‹๐š˜n๐šŽs ๐š๐š˜๐šžn๐š ๐š˜๐šžtsi๐š๐šŽ th๐šŽ win๐šŽ sh๐š˜๐š™ t๐š˜ ๐šŠ n๐šŽ๐šŠ๐š›๐š‹๐šข c๐šŽm๐šŽt๐šŽ๐š›๐šข, th๐šŽ sk๐šŽl๐šŽt๐š˜ns ๐š๐š˜๐šžn๐š insi๐š๐šŽ will st๐šŠ๐šข ๐š›i๐šht wh๐šŽ๐š›๐šŽ th๐šŽ๐šข h๐šŠv๐šŽ l๐šŠin ๐š๐š˜๐š› th๐šŽ ๐š™๐šŠst 400 ๐šข๐šŽ๐šŠ๐š›s.

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