The Beginning of a Permanent European Presence in Northern North America The winter of 1604-1605 on Saint Croix Island was a cruel one for Pierre Dugua's French expedition. Iced in by freezing temperatures and cut off from fresh water and game, 35 of 79 men died. As spring arrived and native peop ...
Why This Matters: Stories of Opium Smuggling and Opium Wars and its Legacies https://www.nps.gov/sama/learn/news/why-this-matters-stories-of-slavery-and-its-legacies.htm