What to see in America . A Dhixk from the Suwannee River any other point in the United States. A Hght- house is located on it. Farther west are two groups of islands, the more remote of which is the Dry Tortugas, seventy miles from Key West. Tortugas is Spanish for turtles, and the name refers to the abundance of these creatures and the dearth of fresh water there. The next person after Ponce de Leon to undertake the exploration of Florida was Panfilo de Narvaez, who arrived with four hundred men on the southwest coast in April, 1529, commissioned by the king of Spain to conquer and govern a p
What to see in America . A Dhixk from the Suwannee River any other point in the United States. A Hght- house is located on it. Farther west are two groups of islands, the more remote of which is the Dry Tortugas, seventy miles from Key West. Tortugas is Spanish for turtles, and the name refers to the abundance of these creatures and the dearth of fresh water there. The next person after Ponce de Leon to undertake the exploration of Florida was Panfilo de Narvaez, who arrived with four hundred men on the southwest coast in April, 1529, commissioned by the king of Spain to conquer and govern a province. A part of his force sailed northward in the vessels, but he and the larger part made their way in that direction on the land, fighting Indians and nearly starv-ing. At lengththey arrived atthe Bay of Wheretheir vessels werethey did notknow, and aftercontinuing west-w^ard to Chocta-w^hatchee Baythey built boats Lake Parker, near Lakeland ID. wJllCll tney. 200 What to See in America purposed to keep along the coast to Mexico. But the boatswere wrecked, and they suffered much from the Indians,and from disease and famine. They even hved for a timeon the bodies of those who died. Only five got back tocivilization. The oldest place in the northwest section of the state isPensacola, begun by the Spaniards in 1696, destroyed bythe French in 1719, and rebuilt by the Spaniards threeyears later. Old Hickory marched on and captured theplace in 1812, because the harbor was made a rendezvousfor a British fleet, and the town a base of supplies forhostile Indians. He captured it in 1818 again for similar reasons. The harbor issaid to be the finest oneon the Gulf, and Pensa-cola has developed intoa stirring modern city. After Florida passedinto American hands Tal-lahassee was picked outfor the seat of govern-ment, because of thegeneral beauty of the sit-uation, and the noblegrowths of live oaks andmagnolias there. It oc-cupies seven hills, andis somet
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