v. AmericanR. H. Whitten Company, 1904 |
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... north , finding much of it bleak and uninviting . The caravels of Colum- bus had threaded the glowing line of tropic isles , and later ships had borne settlers to these lands of promise . But the rich southlands of the continent had ...
... north , finding much of it bleak and uninviting . The caravels of Colum- bus had threaded the glowing line of tropic isles , and later ships had borne settlers to these lands of promise . But the rich southlands of the continent had ...
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... north . It is probable enough that the Indians were ready to tell anything , false or true , that would rid them of the unwelcome Spaniards ; but it may be that among their many fables they believed that such a foun- tain existed ...
... north . It is probable enough that the Indians were ready to tell anything , false or true , that would rid them of the unwelcome Spaniards ; but it may be that among their many fables they believed that such a foun- tain existed ...
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... North of the Gulf of Mexico lay a vast , mysteri- ous region , which in time to come was to be the seat of a great and mighty nation . To the Spaniards it was a land of enchantment , the mystic realm of the unknown , perhaps rich in ...
... North of the Gulf of Mexico lay a vast , mysteri- ous region , which in time to come was to be the seat of a great and mighty nation . To the Spaniards it was a land of enchantment , the mystic realm of the unknown , perhaps rich in ...
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... north , spending the winter in a small village of the Chickasaw Indians . When spring opened the adventurers resumed their journey into the unknown . In his usual forci- ble fashion De Soto seized on Indians to carry his baggage , and ...
... north , spending the winter in a small village of the Chickasaw Indians . When spring opened the adventurers resumed their journey into the unknown . In his usual forci- ble fashion De Soto seized on Indians to carry his baggage , and ...
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... north had come the waters which now rolled onward in a mighty volume before their eyes , hastening downward to bury themselves in the still distant Gulf . A discovery such as this might have been enough to satisfy the cravings of any ...
... north had come the waters which now rolled onward in a mighty volume before their eyes , hastening downward to bury themselves in the still distant Gulf . A discovery such as this might have been enough to satisfy the cravings of any ...
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adventure American arms army attack Bacon Barataria Bay battle bayonet began boat British brought burning canoes Captain capture Carolina cavalry Chambersburg chief Colonel colony command Confederate Cornwallis crossing daring death Dunmore Eli Whitney enemy expedition famous Federal fight fire force forest Fort Fisher French Golden Horseshoe governor guns hand head heard horses hour House of Burgesses hundred Indians Jackson Jamestown Jean Lafitte journey Kaskaskia killed Lafitte land leader looked Lord Lord Dunmore Mexican miles Mississippi Morgan morning mountains Natchez night North North Carolina once Opechancanough Orleans party passed Patrick Henry patriots pirates Powhatan prisoners reached ready rear ride river road rode sailed Salle savages seemed sent settlers ships soldiers soon Soto South Spaniards Spanish story stream Streight Stuart surrender Texans thousand told took town tribes troops village Virginia waters whites Williamsburg woods wounded