A popular history of the United States : from the first discovery of the western hemisphere by the Northmen, to the end of the first century of the union of the states ; preceded by a sketch of the prehistoric period and the age of the mound builders . 1 A Relation of the Invasion and Conquest of Florida by the Spaniards, under the Commandof Fernando de Soto. Written in Portuguese by a Gentleman of the Town of the Elvas. Thisis the original and the fullest and most trustworthy narrative of the expedition of De SotoThere have been several translations, the first by Hakluyt (vol. iii.), and the
A popular history of the United States : from the first discovery of the western hemisphere by the Northmen, to the end of the first century of the union of the states ; preceded by a sketch of the prehistoric period and the age of the mound builders . 1 A Relation of the Invasion and Conquest of Florida by the Spaniards, under the Commandof Fernando de Soto. Written in Portuguese by a Gentleman of the Town of the Elvas. Thisis the original and the fullest and most trustworthy narrative of the expedition of De SotoThere have been several translations, the first by Hakluyt (vol. iii.), and the last byBuckingham Smith, published by the Bradford Club. We rely mainly on the Relationbut comparing Garcilaso de Vega, Biedma, and Herrera. 158 SPANISH DISCOVERIES AND EXPLORATIONS. [Chap. VII. with, perhaps, a few women; among them were a number of priestsPreparations ^ith all the paraphernalia of their office, and mechanics withquestof^^^ th® instruments of their trades.^ The fleet consisted of nineFlorida. vessels, ships, carayels, and pinnaces ; and besides theirhuman freight they carried between two and three hundred horses,. The Muster at San Lucar. The ad-venturersland at a large herd of swine, and a number of bloodhounds, the most efficientally of the Spaniards in the conquest of the New World. The em-peror appointed De Soto governor .of Cuba, that he might easily ob-tain supplies for the new colony, and every possible facility thus begiven to the enterprise. After a years preparation inSpain and the West Indies the expedition sailed at lastTampa Bay. f^.^^^ Havaua ou the 18th of May, 1539, and on the 30ththe troops were landed at Tampa Bay. From Tampa Bay the adventurers marched into the interior, pur-suing substantially the same route as Narvaez about eleven yearsbefore. Within the first few days De Soto had the good fortune tomeet with a Spaniard who had been captured from one of the shipsof that earlier expedition by the Indians, and in his long captivityhad becom
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