Annals of the West: Embracing a Concise Account of Principal Events which Have Occurred in the Western States and Territories, from the Discovery of the Mississippi Valley to the Year Eighteen Hundred and Forty Five |
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... told the world . † Among those to whom this report came , was Ferdinand de Soto , who had been with Pizarro in the conquest of Peru , and who longed for an opportunity to make himself as rich and noted as the other great Captains of the ...
... told the world . † Among those to whom this report came , was Ferdinand de Soto , who had been with Pizarro in the conquest of Peru , and who longed for an opportunity to make himself as rich and noted as the other great Captains of the ...
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... told of their venturous plan , begged them to desist . There were Indians , they said , on that great river , who would cut off their heads without the least cause ; warriors who would seize them ; monsters who would swallow them ...
... told of their venturous plan , begged them to desist . There were Indians , they said , on that great river , who would cut off their heads without the least cause ; warriors who would seize them ; monsters who would swallow them ...
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... told them , that this was a village of the " Illinois . " The voyagers were then conducted into the town , where all received them as friends , and treated them to a great smoking . After much complimenting and present - making , a ...
... told them , that this was a village of the " Illinois . " The voyagers were then conducted into the town , where all received them as friends , and treated them to a great smoking . After much complimenting and present - making , a ...
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... told them be secured to France . The king listened ; and soon the town of Rochelle was busy with the stir of artisans , ship - riggers , adventurers , sol- diers , sailors , and all that varied crowd which in those days looked into the ...
... told them be secured to France . The king listened ; and soon the town of Rochelle was busy with the stir of artisans , ship - riggers , adventurers , sol- diers , sailors , and all that varied crowd which in those days looked into the ...
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... told to bring their timber with them in a float . The float or raft was begun " with immense labor , " says the wearied historian , but all to no purpose , for the weather was so adverse , that it had to be all taken apart again and ...
... told to bring their timber with them in a float . The float or raft was begun " with immense labor , " says the wearied historian , but all to no purpose , for the weather was so adverse , that it had to be all taken apart again and ...
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