An illustrated history of the New world : containing a general history of all the various nations, states, and republics of the western continent ..and a complete history of the United States to the present time .. . em-Darked in ten vessels for Cuba. He there spent a 3ear in prepara-tion, during which time he was joined by Vasco Porcalho, a veteranwho, like himself, had gained an immense fortune by his sword. Hewas appointed lieutenant-general. Soto reached Florida May 25, 1538, and, on the 30th, landed inthe bay of Spiritu Santo. Four individuals w^ere sent out to ascer-tain the fate of the
An illustrated history of the New world : containing a general history of all the various nations, states, and republics of the western continent ..and a complete history of the United States to the present time .. . em-Darked in ten vessels for Cuba. He there spent a 3ear in prepara-tion, during which time he was joined by Vasco Porcalho, a veteranwho, like himself, had gained an immense fortune by his sword. Hewas appointed lieutenant-general. Soto reached Florida May 25, 1538, and, on the 30th, landed inthe bay of Spiritu Santo. Four individuals w^ere sent out to ascer-tain the fate of the former expedition ; but these were seized by aneighbouring cacique and condemned to lingering death. Other dif-ficulties followed in such rapid succession, that Porcalho became dis-couraged and returned to Cuba. It was unfortunate for De Soto that an expedition had precededhim in Florida. He came with a sincere desire not to provoke theIndians by acts of cruelty ; and as he had the reputation of beingone of the most humane of all the Peruvian conquerors, there isroom to beheve that his desire would have been attended with thew;^hed-for harmony. In fact, the measures that he adopted at hud- ADVENTURES OF »3T0 APPOINTED ADSLANTADO BY THE COUNCIL OF THE INCIS-S- ing- were admirably conducive to this effect. But the natives stillremembered the perfidious cruehy of Narvaez; and they lookedupon the new-comers only as a fresh band of robbers and Florida, like Mexico, been under one great government, thisdifficulty would not have been so formidable; for then Soto couldhave beaten its army, entered the capital, and been master of thecountry. But he struggled against a multitude of fierce petty tribes,who, although offering no point at which an effective blow could bestruck, never left him master of aiore than the spot on which hisarmy stood. After the departure of Porcalho, Soto commenced his march intothe interior—a march which has no parallel in the history of
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