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Page 32
... strange temples and treasure- houses filled with gold . Hernando Cortes , a Spanish soldier of great courage and perseverance , set out with a small army to conquer this country . After nearly three 32 DE VACA AND CORONADO.
... strange temples and treasure- houses filled with gold . Hernando Cortes , a Spanish soldier of great courage and perseverance , set out with a small army to conquer this country . After nearly three 32 DE VACA AND CORONADO.
Page 33
... soldiers at a small village in the western part of Mexico were astonished to see four wild- looking creatures coming out of the forest and approaching their camp . These creatures had the form of men , but they appeared more savage than ...
... soldiers at a small village in the western part of Mexico were astonished to see four wild- looking creatures coming out of the forest and approaching their camp . These creatures had the form of men , but they appeared more savage than ...
Page 34
... soldiers in very good Spanish and saluted them as friends . " Ah , what happiness , " he cried , " to meet with countrymen once more ! " They The soldiers were now still more astonished . gathered around their strange visitors and ...
... soldiers in very good Spanish and saluted them as friends . " Ah , what happiness , " he cried , " to meet with countrymen once more ! " They The soldiers were now still more astonished . gathered around their strange visitors and ...
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... soldiers near the shores of the western sea . They had traveled more than four thousand miles , much of the way along the southern borders of what is now the United States . They had seen the mouth of the Mississippi where it pours its ...
... soldiers near the shores of the western sea . They had traveled more than four thousand miles , much of the way along the southern borders of what is now the United States . They had seen the mouth of the Mississippi where it pours its ...
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... on the conquest of Florida . He had nearly six hundred followers , - gentle- men dressed in doublets of silk , priests in their black robes , soldiers , mechanics , and serving men . 42 Ferdinand de Soto and the Spanish in the South.
... on the conquest of Florida . He had nearly six hundred followers , - gentle- men dressed in doublets of silk , priests in their black robes , soldiers , mechanics , and serving men . 42 Ferdinand de Soto and the Spanish in the South.
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Page 325 - ... all men are created equal; and are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights; and that among these are, life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness...
Page 328 - My paramount object is to save the Union, and not either to save or destroy slavery. If I could save the Union without freeing any slaves, I would do it — if I could save it by freeing all the slaves, I would do it — and if I could do it by freeing some and leaving others alone, I would also do that.
Page 303 - ... and the President of the United States should tell me that a great battle was to be fought for the liberty or slavery of the country, and asked...
Page 230 - Caesar had his Brutus — Charles the "First had his Cromwell — -and George the Third
Page 309 - Trusting in Almighty God, an approving conscience, and the aid of my fellow-citizens, I devote myself to the service of my native state, in whose behalf alone will I ever again draw my sword.
Page 262 - A tall, lank, uncouth-looking personage, with long locks of hair hanging over his face and a cue down his back tied in an eel-skin; his dress singular; his manners those of a rough backwoodsman.
Page 276 - I wish that in an instant I could communicate the information: but three thousand miles are not passed over in an instant, and we must wait four long weeks before we can hear from each other.