A first book in American history with European beginnings . 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. De Soto Discovering the Mississippi River. just across this great river. At any rate he would findout. Soon all hands were busy building rafts to carry thelittle army to the other side.
A first book in American history with European beginnings . 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. De Soto Discovering the Mississippi River. just across this great river. At any rate he would findout. Soon all hands were busy building rafts to carry thelittle army to the other side. There the weary search began again. For manymonths De Soto wandered over the country on the westbank of the Mississippi. Still no gold. With the disap-pointment and the hardships he was fast wearing he caught a fever and soon died. The condition of his followers was pitiful. Betweentheir sorrow at the loss of their leader and their fear of theIndians, they did not know where to 77 A FIRST BOOK IN AMERICAN HISTORY De Soto had told the Indians that he was a Child of theSun, and that death could not touch him, so they hada wholesome fear of him. What if they should find outnow that De Soto was dead! Nothing was more likelythan that they would at once attack and kill his men. Insome way his death must be kept secret. So, prompted by fear and moving like ghosts, the menwrapped their leader i
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