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  • M423 The riuer of Dolphins called Seloy by the Sauages.

    The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation. Vol. XIII. America. Part II. Richard Hakluyt 1584

  • He then falls back to the nearest harbor to off-load supplies from his flagship, the great galleon San Pelayo, and has his men fortify the bay-side native Timucuan village of Seloy.

    Archive 2008-09-07 de Brantigny........................ 2008

  • He then falls back to the nearest harbor to off-load supplies from his flagship, the great galleon San Pelayo, and has his men fortify the bay-side native Timucuan village of Seloy.

    Founding of St Augustine Florida de Brantigny........................ 2008

  • On the twenty-eighth, when the weary Adelantado was taking his _siesta_ under the sylvan roof of Seloy, a troop of Indians came in with news that quickly roused him from his slumbers.

    The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 12, No. 73, November, 1863 Various

  • Two officers, Patiño and Vicente, had taken possession of the dwelling of Seloy, an Indian chief, a huge barn-like structure, strongly framed of entire trunks of trees, and thatched with palmetto-leaves.

    The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 12, No. 73, November, 1863 Various

  • Doubtless, it was in that great Indian lodge of Seloy, where he had made his head-quarters; and here, in this dim and smoky concave, nobles, officers, priests, gathered at his summons.

    The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 12, No. 73, November, 1863 Various

  • Finally they discovered in it the head-dress of feathers that the young Indian of Seloy had worn as a Seminole warrior, and were forced to conclude that he had drowned himself rather than to live as one of them.

    The Flamingo Feather Kirk Munroe 1890

  • After thus taking possession of the country, Menendez proclaimed that the new city, founded upon the smoking blood-stained ruins of the pleasant little Indian village of Seloy should be called "San Augustin," which name it bears to this day, and that the River of Dolphins should be thereafter known as the "San Augustin River."

    The Flamingo Feather Kirk Munroe 1890

  • As they left, Réné gave many a backward glance at the pleasant little village of Seloy, and would have loved to linger there among its simple and kindly people.

    The Flamingo Feather Kirk Munroe 1890

  • Seloy who had been captured by the Seminoles on the same day with Réné.

    The Flamingo Feather Kirk Munroe 1890

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