. Hazen's elementary history of the United States; a story and a lesson. HERNANDO DE SOTO. 53 LESSON.—In 1534, Cartier sailed up the St. La-wrence River to Mont-real. In 1539, De Soto, in search for gold, led an army from Cuba, -west-■ward across the southern part of the United Several years later (1534), Cartier, a Frenchman, discovereda beautiful river which he named the , and sailed up the stream towhere Montreal now stands. Francetlius gained her first claim to territory inAmerica. 9. HERNANDO DE SOTO. Not discouraged by the experience ofothers, Hernando de Soto, with a
. Hazen's elementary history of the United States; a story and a lesson. HERNANDO DE SOTO. 53 LESSON.—In 1534, Cartier sailed up the St. La-wrence River to Mont-real. In 1539, De Soto, in search for gold, led an army from Cuba, -west-■ward across the southern part of the United Several years later (1534), Cartier, a Frenchman, discovereda beautiful river which he named the , and sailed up the stream towhere Montreal now stands. Francetlius gained her first claim to territory inAmerica. 9. HERNANDO DE SOTO. Not discouraged by the experience ofothers, Hernando de Soto, with an aimy of Jacques hundred armor- clad warriors, sailed from Cuba in thespring of 1539, to seek for gold. They sailed up the west coast of Flor-ida and hmded at Tampa Bay. For sev-eral years they wandered here and therethrough what are now the States of Florida, Georgia, Alabama, and made slaves of the Indians, com-pelled them to carry burdens, and towork for the soldiers. The poor nativeswere cruelly beaten for slight offences,and sometimes \vere put to death with savage torture. Instead of rich mines of gold, the Spaniards found fierce,hostile Indians, who hated them for their cruelty, and con-tinually attacked them, thus marking the path of the
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