Illustrated biography; or, Memoirs of the great and the good of all nations and all times; comprising sketches of eminent statesmen, philosophers, heroes, artists, reformers, philanthropists, mechanics, navigators, authors, poets, divines, soldiers, savans, etc . a about the first of May, and leaving his family there, in a few days sailedfor Florida. He landed at Santo Espirito, May 25, and took formal possessionin the name of Charles V. De Soto immediately proceeded into the interior;but met with a fierce and harassing opposition from the savages ; notwithstand-ing which, however, he proceed
Illustrated biography; or, Memoirs of the great and the good of all nations and all times; comprising sketches of eminent statesmen, philosophers, heroes, artists, reformers, philanthropists, mechanics, navigators, authors, poets, divines, soldiers, savans, etc . a about the first of May, and leaving his family there, in a few days sailedfor Florida. He landed at Santo Espirito, May 25, and took formal possessionin the name of Charles V. De Soto immediately proceeded into the interior;but met with a fierce and harassing opposition from the savages ; notwithstand-ing which, however, he proceed on his course, and the army passed the win-ter in the province of Appalachee. In the spring of 1540, De Soto continuedhis route : and in the dominions of the cacique Tuscaloosa, which must havecomprised a great part of Alabama and Mississippi, a disastrous battle ensuedon the site as it is thought of Mobile : a battle in which forty-two Spaniardswere killed and many thousand Indians perished. After this battle the situa-tion of the Spaniards was most deplorable. The army had been much reducedby the march into the interior; most of the soldiers were severely wounded,ail were exhausted by fatigue and hunger. The village around them was re- HERNANDO DE Portrait of Hernando de Soto. HERNANDO DE SOTO. 113 dttced to ashes, and all the baggage with the supplies of food and medicine hadbeen consumed in the house. At this time, too, the spirit and ardor of De Sotowere damped by the dissatisfaction among his troops : on the 16th of Novem-ber, he therefore broke up his encampment and turned his face to the north-ward ; after a march of five days he entered the province of Chicazo where heremained through the winter. Early in 1541, the army of De Soto was attackedin the encampment, and although the Indians were driven off and defeated, vetit was with the loss of forty Spaniards with their horses. Three days afterthis battle, the army moved to a more advantageous position, about a le
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