 Guachoyanque to his well-palisaded town on the banks of the Mississippi, at the mouth of the Red River, arriving there on Sunday, April 17, 1542. Here he fell ill of the fever; difficulties beset him on every side, and he sank under the strain. Appointing...  Narrative and Critical History of America - Stran 253uredili: - 1886Celotni ogled - O knjigi
 | Justin Winsor - 1886 - 662 strani
...abridgment of Rangel ends. The contents of (1728), iv. 21. two subsequent chapters are given, but not the 3 Oviedo, p. 577. Here, unfortunately, his text. Passing...with sand, and sunk in the Mississippi.1 AUTOGRAPH OF SQTO. Muscoco's first plan was to march westward to Mexico. But after advancing to the province of... | |
 | Maurice Thompson - 1888 - 368 strani
...wasted; his dream of empire was dispelled. " The Adelantado of Cuba and Florida," says Dr. Shea; "he who had hoped to gather the wealth of nations, left...Indian slaves, three horses and a herd of swine." But his discovery of the great river of the West and the untold difficulties through which he won its... | |
 | Elbridge Streeter Brooks - 1900 - 256 strani
...forerunner of France, buried beneath the waves of the Hidden River, where he who, as Dr. Shea says, ' had hoped to gather the wealth of nations, left as...five Indian slaves, three horses, and a herd of swine ' ; La Salle, setting up the cross of French possession where the great river meets the Gulf; Louis... | |
 | Henry Smith Williams - 1904 - 702 strani
...find a dry resting-place. Nor was the labour yet at an end; it was no easy task for men in their f ' " The adelantado of Cuba and Florida, who had hoped...gather the wealth of nations, left as his property four Indian slaves, three horses, and a herd of swine." — JQ SHKA.'] [1543-1547 in ] condition to... | |
 | Henry Smith Williams - 1907 - 712 strani
...find a dry resting-place. Nor was the labour yet at an end; it was no easy task for men in their [» " The adelantado of Cuba and Florida, who had hoped...gather the wealth of nations, left as his property four ludku slaves, three horses, and a herd of swine."— JU Su£A,'J 1543-1547 AD] condition to build... | |
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