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Francisco de Chicora was the baptismal name given to a Native American kidnapped in 1521, along with 70 others, from near the mouth of the Pee Dee River by Spanish explorer Francisco Gordillo and slave trader Pedro de Quexos, based in Santo Domingo and the first Europeans to reach the area. From analysis of the account by Peter Martyr, court chronicler, the ethnographer John R. Swanton believed that Chicora was from a Catawban group. In Hispaniola, where he and the other captives were taken, Chicora learned Spanish, was baptized a Catholic, and worked for Lucas Vasquez de Ayllón, a colonial official. Most of the Catawba died within two years. Accompanying Ayllón to Spain, de Chicora met with the chronicler Peter Martyr and told him much about his people. Martyr combined this information with accounts by explorers and recorded it as the "Testimony of Francisco de Chicora," published with his seventh ''Decade'' in 1525. In 1526 Chicora accompanied Ayllón on a major expedition to North America with 600 colonists. After they struck land at the Santee River and the party went ashore, Chicora escaped and returned to his people. ==Spanish encounter with natives at the Pee Dee River== The Spanish had repeated expeditions to the Southeast, where they explored areas around the Santee River in South Carolina and Winyah Bay and other areas.〔 Lucas Vázquez de Ayllón, auditor of Santo Domingo, commissioned Francisco Gordillo to make an expedition to the continent. On the way, Gordillo encountered his cousin Pedro de Quexos in The Bahamas, who was trying to capture Arawak to sell as slaves, without success. Quexos decided to join Gordilla's expedition, and in June the two struck land at what they called the River of ''San Juan Bautista'' (St. John the Baptist), probably the Pee Dee in present-day South Carolina.〔 A crowd of curious natives gathered on the shore to watch the strangers. The natives fled when the Spanish approached in shallops, but two were caught, taken aboard a ship, given Spanish clothes, and returned ashore. The natives again swarmed the beach, seeing their comrades' return and changed appearance as a wondrous sign, since they had worn only buckskins before. The chief ordered 50 of his subjects to bring food for the Spanish. Once ashore, the Spanish were given presents and a guided tour for several days. They claimed the land for their king, and invited the natives aboard to see their ships. Gordilla had been ordered by de Ayllón to cultivate friendly relations with the people to prepare for later colonization. De Quexos, eager for slaves, persuaded him to trick the natives; the Spaniards suddenly raised anchor and set sail for Santo Domingo with 70 of the natives still aboard, including the man who would be named Francisco. When they arrived, Ayllón condemned the leaders for their treachery. He took the matter before a commission headed by Diego Columbus. The commission declared the captive natives to be free, and ordered them returned to the mainland, but such a trip never took place, as it was considered too costly.〔 As recounted by Peter Martyr the court chronicler, according to colonial reports, most of the natives died within two years; many wandered the streets of Santo Domingo as vagrants, and the few who survived became servants. He described them as white, larger than the average Spaniard, and dressed in animal skins. One who survived was baptized Francisco de Chicora; he learned Spanish and worked for Ayllón.〔 De Chicora accompanied Ayllón on a trip to Spain, where he met the court chronicler, Peter Martyr. He recounted to Peter Martyr much about the practices of his people in Chicora and about the neighboring provinces.〔 After returning to the Caribbean, in 1526 Ayllón led an expedition to North America with three ships and 600 colonists, bringing de Chicora with him. After striking land at what Ayllón named the Jordan River (now the Santee River in South Carolina), one of his ships went aground. As the party went ashore, de Chicora immediately abandoned the Spanish and fled to rejoin his own people. He disappeared from the historical record. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Francisco de Chicora」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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