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A history of the United States for Catholic schools . ZUNI PUEBLOS on account of his physical infirmities. His three Franciscancompanions labored among the Indians and became the firstmartyrs to their faith in the United States. 43. Exploration of the Pacific Coast. While Coronado wasstill roaming over the desolate plains of Oklahoma and Kansas,his countryman, Hernando de Alarcon (1540-1541), exploredthe Colorado River to a great distance from the gulf; and JuanCabrillo (1542) explored the Pacific coast as far north asOregon. THE SPANISH IN AMERICA 41 44. Discovery of the Mississippi River. Fe
A history of the United States for Catholic schools . ZUNI PUEBLOS on account of his physical infirmities. His three Franciscancompanions labored among the Indians and became the firstmartyrs to their faith in the United States. 43. Exploration of the Pacific Coast. While Coronado wasstill roaming over the desolate plains of Oklahoma and Kansas,his countryman, Hernando de Alarcon (1540-1541), exploredthe Colorado River to a great distance from the gulf; and JuanCabrillo (1542) explored the Pacific coast as far north asOregon. THE SPANISH IN AMERICA 41 44. Discovery of the Mississippi River. Fernando de Soto,governor of Cuba, landed at Tampa Bay, Florida, with neailysix hundred men, equipped for the conquest of a kingdomlike that of Peru or Mexico. He found no treasures, only hard-ships and disappointments, but discovered (1541) the Mississippi River at the present site of Memphis. De Soto died in1542 and was buried in the great river he had Spaniards called the Mississippi the River of the ADO 1540-1542De Soto, 1 539-1542Alarcon, 1540-1541 ROUTES OF EARLY SPANISH EXPLORERS 45. The Reformation—Effects in America. A religiouschange had taken place in Europe since the discovery ofAmerica. Western Europe had held one faith, the RomanCatholic, and all explorations in America up to this time hadbeen made by Catholics. But in 1517 began what is calledthe Protestant Reformation, which spread over many coun-tries of Europe. Subsequent disorders, bloody persecutions,and devastating wars in all the countries infested by thenew heresies drove many to seek refuge in America. First ofthese were the Huguenots, or French heretics, who settled inCarolina and Florida. 42 A HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES 46. Oldest City in the United States Proper. Menendez(1565) founded St. Augustine, the oldest city within the pres-ent limits of the United States. He cruelly destroyed the littleFrench Huguenot settlement, called Fort Carolina, which waslocated north of St.
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