A first book in American history with European beginnings . ce to do them harm. Owing largely to this bitter feeling, De Sotos journeywas full of dangers almost from the very start. He hadhoped to find a country full of gold and had promised his soldiers great they were doomedto Indians would tellthem very little and,when forced to act asguides, would oftenlead them into someswamp and, slippingaway, leave them toget out as best theycould. Two years were spent in making this tedious march across the states of Florida, Georgia, Alabama, and Mississippi. Still no qu
A first book in American history with European beginnings . ce to do them harm. Owing largely to this bitter feeling, De Sotos journeywas full of dangers almost from the very start. He hadhoped to find a country full of gold and had promised his soldiers great they were doomedto Indians would tellthem very little and,when forced to act asguides, would oftenlead them into someswamp and, slippingaway, leave them toget out as best theycould. Two years were spent in making this tedious march across the states of Florida, Georgia, Alabama, and Mississippi. Still no quantity of gold was found, and still the brave but brutal leader would not turn back. One spring day in 1541, the Spaniards, worn out anddiscouraged, were making their way through a denseforest. Suddenly through an opening in the trees theycaught the blue gleam of a river. Hurrying to its banksDe Soto beheld the mighty Mississippi, the Father ofWaters. The object of his long search was gold; but hadDe Soto found merely what he sought, his name would not 76. The Route of De Soto. THE SPANISH CONQUESTS have had so large a place in our history. To be known asHernando de Soto, the first white man to behold the Mis-sissippi River, is a distinction not to be equaled by the find-ing of untold wealth. Not realizing what the discovery meant, De Soto wasstill bent on continuing his search for gold. Perhaps it lay
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