Narratives of the Career of Hernando de Soto in the Conquest of Florida: As Told by a Knight of Elvas, and in a Relation by Luys Hernandez de Biedma Factor of the ExpeditionBradford Club, 1866 - 324 strani CONTENTS.--no. 1. Papers concerning the attack on Hatfield and Deerfield, by a party of Indians from Canada, September nineteenth, 1677 [ed. by F.B. Hough] 1859.--no. 2. The Croakers, by J.R. Drake and F.G. Halleck. 1860.--no. 3. The operations of the French fleet under the Count de Grasse in 1781-2 as described in two contemporaneous journals [ed. by J.D.G. Shea] 1864.--[extra no.] Memorial of John Allan [by E.A. Duyckinck] 1864.--no. 4. Anthology of New Netherland; or, Translations from the early Dutch poets of New York; by H.C. Murphy. 1865--no. 5. Narratives of the career of Hernando de Soto in the conquest of Florida ... tr. by B. Smith. 1866.--no. 6. The northern invasion of October, 1780; a series of papers ... with an introduction and notes by F.B. Hough. 1866.--no. 7. The army correspondence of Colonel John Laurens in the years 1777-8, with a memoir by W.G. Simms. 1867. |
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Stran 146 - ... that this would greatly satisfy him, abate somewhat the pains he suffered, and moderate the anxiety of leaving them in a country, they knew not where. Baltasar de Gallegos responded in behalf of all, consoling him with remarks on the shortness of the life of this world...
Stran 52 - The difference between the houses of the masters, or principal men, and those of the common people is, besides being larger than the others, they have deep balconies on the front side, with cane seats, like benches; and about are many barbacoas, in which they bring together the tribute their people give them of maize, skins of deer, and blankets of the country.
Stran 141 - I will believe you: as to the rest, it is not my custom to visit any one, but rather all, of whom I have ever heard, have come to visit me, to serve and obey me, and pay me tribute, either voluntarily or by force: if you desire to see me, come where I am; if for peace, I will receive you with special goodwill; if for war, I will await you in my town; but neither for you, nor for any man, will I set back one foot.
Stran 270 - Faith, to whom you are to give and pay the passage, stores, and other necessary subsistence for them, according to their condition, all at your cost, receiving nothing from them during the said entire voyage ; with which matter we gravely charge you, that you do and comply...
Stran 149 - ... nothing found in the country, the payment should be made at the end of a year, those having no property to pledge to give their bond. A hog brought in the same way, trusted, two hundred cruzados. Those who had left any thing at home bought more sparingly, and took less than others. From that time forward most of the people owned and raised hogs...
Stran vi - America seventy years ago ; was printer to the government upwards of fifty years, and was a man of great sobriety and industry; a real friend to the poor and needy, and kind and affable to all. His temperance was exceedingly conspicuous ; and he was almost a stranger to sickness all his life. He had left off business several years past, and being quite worn out with old age and labor, his lamp of life went out for want of oil.
Stran 100 - ... from the other bank; and because, at the moment, no place was found where the horses might ford, they had time to make their escape. Three Indians were killed and many Christians wounded, of whom, after a few days, fifteen died on the march. Every one thought the Governor committed a great fault in not sending to examine the state of the ground on the opposite shore, and discover the crossing-place before making the attack...
Stran 54 - I shall rather receive favors, of which one is that with my person, my country, and my vassals, you will do as with your own things; and another, that you tell me who you are, whence you come, whither you go, and what it is you seek, that I may the better serve you.
Stran 141 - ... rushing by in furious torrent, and on either shore were many Indians ; nor was his power any longer so great that he might disregard advantages, relying on his strength alone. Every day the Indians of Guachoya brought fish, until they came to be in such plenty that the town was covered with them. The Governor having been told by the Cacique, that on a certain night the Chief of Quigaltam would come to give him battle, he suspected it to be a fiction of his devising to get him out of his country,...
Stran 224 - ... between red and brown, and was the most esteemed. There was likewise a kind called peel-fish, the snout a cubit in length, the upper lip being shaped like a shovel.