The student's history of GeorgiaFrom the earliest discoveries and settlements to the end of the year 1883Adapted for general reading and the use of schools . otect hismen against the Indians by threatening the life of theroyal hostage in the event of a hostile demonstration. 4r. Traveling westward, he camped at the junction of theEtowah and Oostanaula Rivers, where the present city ofRome is situated. At this place he persuaded the Indiansthat he was a god, and that his followers were from on their simple faith, he took from them manypresents of pearls, precious stones, and orn
The student's history of GeorgiaFrom the earliest discoveries and settlements to the end of the year 1883Adapted for general reading and the use of schools . otect hismen against the Indians by threatening the life of theroyal hostage in the event of a hostile demonstration. 4r. Traveling westward, he camped at the junction of theEtowah and Oostanaula Rivers, where the present city ofRome is situated. At this place he persuaded the Indiansthat he was a god, and that his followers were from on their simple faith, he took from them manypresents of pearls, precious stones, and ornaments of gold. 5. Leaving Georgia, he went into Northern Alabama andTennessee, through whose wilds he pushed with great spirit, 1542.] EARL Y DISCO VERIES. until at last, in 1540, he arrived at the banks of the Missis-sippi River. Here he encamped a considerable time, sur-rounded by Indians whom he had overawed. Sicknessfinally visited the camp and brought the bold le-ader to hisdeath, May 20, 1542, three years after he had landed inFlorida. As his followers had deceived the Indians into abelief of his divinity, they concealed his sickness and March of De Soto. Carrying away his body at night, they loaded it with stonesand dropped it silently into the great river whose waters hehad been the first European to discover. The story wascirculated the next morning that De Soto had gone toheaven. Being now without a leader, the adventurous bandattempted to retrace their steps, but, quarreling among them-selves, they broke up into small parties and wandered overthe country. Only forty of all the six hundred returned toTampa. 4 STUDENTS HISTORY OF GEORGIA. [1542. 6. During the march of De Soto from the Atlantic to theMississippi, he discovered many ruins of temples and otherbuildings constructed on scientific principles, the relics of acivilization antedating both history and legend. Bold tumuli,or mounds, that were once, perhaps, the sites of temples andaltars, appeared in man
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