A history of the United States for schools . to the east. He returned to Mexico in 1542, dis-gusted at not having found gold or wealthy kingdoms. 24. Further Attempts at Conquest and Coronado was making these long marches, anotherSpanish knight was engaged in the same kind of searchin the eastern part of the continent. Fernando pemandode Soto, governor of Cuba, started in 1539, with ^^ ^ ships, carrying 570 men and 223 horses. FromFlorida he advanced very slowly northward and west-ward, encountering desperate opposition from the CreekIndians. In thespring of 1542,the
A history of the United States for schools . to the east. He returned to Mexico in 1542, dis-gusted at not having found gold or wealthy kingdoms. 24. Further Attempts at Conquest and Coronado was making these long marches, anotherSpanish knight was engaged in the same kind of searchin the eastern part of the continent. Fernando pemandode Soto, governor of Cuba, started in 1539, with ^^ ^ ships, carrying 570 men and 223 horses. FromFlorida he advanced very slowly northward and west-ward, encountering desperate opposition from the CreekIndians. In thespring of 1542,the party crossedthe MississippiRiver, and wentup the westernbank as far per-haps as New Mad-rid. They founddreadful hard-ships, but no richtreasures. Sotodied of fever andwas buried in thegreat river ; theremnant of hismen built boatsin which they sailed down stream and out to sea, and after much suffer-ing reached the Mexican coasts. In 1546-49, the Spaniards made an attempt lo found acolony in Florida, but all the settlers were massacred by. SPANISH GATEWAY AT ST. AUGUSTINE. 46 COLONIZATION OF NORTH AMERICA. Ch. Ill the Indians. Further unsuccessful attempts were made^ , from time to time until is6s, when St. Augus- Settlement j j o of St. tine, the oldest city in the United States, was ugus ine. £Qyj^(^g^j i^y Menendez. On this occasion theSpaniards came into conflict with the French. For thefirst time we find Spaniards meeting with Europeanrivals in the New World, and we have next to see howthis came about. topics and questions. 21. The Spanish Conquest of the Half-Civilized Indians. 1. The aims and motives of the Spanish discoverers. 2. The extent and limits of their conquests. 3. The Spaniards chief interest in their American possessions. 4. How they guarded the Potosi mines, and wliat came of it. 5. How the Spanish colonies differed from the English {a) in respect to the kind of Indians dealt with, and {p) inrespect to the general mode of handling them. 22. The Spaniards
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