The Northmen in America. The Spaniards in America. The Portuguese in America. The Dutch in America. The French in AmericaHurlbut, Kellogg & Company, 1863 |
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... America . Of the three races which have finally succeeded to the vast inher- itance of the New World , that of Portugal , possessing the empire of Brazil - an empire embracing , it is probable , an ampler amount of natural wealth , and ...
... America . Of the three races which have finally succeeded to the vast inher- itance of the New World , that of Portugal , possessing the empire of Brazil - an empire embracing , it is probable , an ampler amount of natural wealth , and ...
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... America ; Extraordinary Theory ; Columbus arrives at Hayti ; Disorders there ; the Rebellion of Roldan ; Hostilities with the Indians - their Defeat , .... CHAPTER VIII . 63 Triumph of the Rebels ; Columbus Ruined at Court ; Appointment ...
... America ; Extraordinary Theory ; Columbus arrives at Hayti ; Disorders there ; the Rebellion of Roldan ; Hostilities with the Indians - their Defeat , .... CHAPTER VIII . 63 Triumph of the Rebels ; Columbus Ruined at Court ; Appointment ...
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... 15 5,070 108,100 7,026 52 35,075 46,025 885 619 213,552 690,065 1,114 243 ..... 136,367 3,268,122 13,449 494 205,562 1,767,015 3,576 325 115,347 741,980 2,283 38 PART I. THE NORTHMEN IN AMERICA , - CHAPTER 14 CONTENTS.
... 15 5,070 108,100 7,026 52 35,075 46,025 885 619 213,552 690,065 1,114 243 ..... 136,367 3,268,122 13,449 494 205,562 1,767,015 3,576 325 115,347 741,980 2,283 38 PART I. THE NORTHMEN IN AMERICA , - CHAPTER 14 CONTENTS.
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Página 55 - their majesties commanded me by letter to submit to whatever Bobadilla should order in their name ; by their authority he has put upon me these chains, I will wear them until they shall order them to be taken off, and I will preserve them afterwards as relics and memorials of the reward of my services...
Página 23 - A deep religious sentiment mingled with his meditations, and gave them at times a tinge of superstition, but it was of a sublime and lofty kind : he looked upon himself as standing in the hand of Heaven, chosen from among men for the accomplishment of its high purpose ; he read, as he supposed, his contemplated discovery foretold in Holy Writ, and shadowed forth darkly in the mystic revelations of the prophets. The ends of the earth were to be brought together, and all nations and tongues and languages...
Página 65 - Little have I profited," he adds, in another, "by twenty years of service, with such toils and perils; since, at present, I do not own a roof in Spain. If I desire to eat or sleep, I have no resort but an inn; and, for the most times, have not wherewithal to pay my bill.
Página 214 - One might have supposed them a company of martyrs about to lay down their lives in defence of their faith, instead of a licentious band of adventurers, meditating one of the most atrocious acts of perfidy on the record of history; yet, whatever were the vices of the Castilian cavalier, hypocrisy was not among the number.
Página 388 - Hear, Yonnondio, our women had taken their clubs, our children and old men had carried their bows and arrows into the heart of your camp, if our warriors had not disarmed them, and kept them back, when your messenger, Ohguesse, came to our castles.
Página 389 - Our warriors have not beaver enough to pay for all the arms they have taken, and our old men are not afraid of the war. This belt preserves my words. We carried the English into our lakes...
Página 409 - Real misery was wholly unknown, and benevolence anticipated the demands of poverty.* Every misfortune was relieved as it were before it could be felt, without ostentation on the one hand, and without meanness on the other. It was, in short, a society of brethren ; every individual of which was equally ready to give, and to receive, what he thought the common right of mankind.
Página 388 - I thank you in their name, for bringing back into their country the calumet which your predecessor received from their hands. It was happy for you that you left under...
Página 229 - Be in no pain," said he carelessly, " about my life ; it is perfectly safe, as long as every man in Peru knows that I can in a moment cut off any head which dares to harbour a thought against it.
Página 96 - It was delivered to the warrior who had taken him in battle, and by him, after being dressed, was served up in an entertainment to his friends. This was not the coarse repast of famished cannibals, but a banquet teeming with delicious beverages and delicate viands, prepared with art, and attended by both sexes, who, as we shall see hereafter, conducted themselves with all the decorum of civilized life.