. Our country's story; an elementary history of the United States . JACQUES CARTIER The Saint Lawrenceexplored De Sotosexpedition 22 OUR COUNTRYS STORY The Missis-sippi Riverdiscovered. DE SOTO REACHINC THE MISSISSIPPI(from Powells picture in the Capitol at Washington) no wonder that the Indians who had welcomed the Spaniards sowarmly became as savage as the invaders, and tortured everySpaniard that fell into their hands. De Soto had been told that if he went to the westward he wouldfind a land rich in gold, so to the west he made his way. He cameto the Mississippi River in 1541, but he found
. Our country's story; an elementary history of the United States . JACQUES CARTIER The Saint Lawrenceexplored De Sotosexpedition 22 OUR COUNTRYS STORY The Missis-sippi Riverdiscovered. DE SOTO REACHINC THE MISSISSIPPI(from Powells picture in the Capitol at Washington) no wonder that the Indians who had welcomed the Spaniards sowarmly became as savage as the invaders, and tortured everySpaniard that fell into their hands. De Soto had been told that if he went to the westward he wouldfind a land rich in gold, so to the west he made his way. He cameto the Mississippi River in 1541, but he found no gold. The In-dians had become bitter enemies, two thirds of his thousand menhad died in the wilderness, and he decided to build two boats,float down the river to the Gulf of Mexico, and then push on toCuba. Before the boats could be made, De Soto died. He wasso hated by the Indians that, for fear they should insult his grave,his followers hollowed out the trunk of an oak and buried theirdead leader at midnight in the waters of the mighty stream thathe had discovered. EARLY FOLLOWERS OF COLUMBUS 23 Nearly fifty years had passed since the first voyage of , England
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