. Hazen's elementary history of the United States; a story and a lesson. De Soto. 54 HAZENS ELEMENTARY HISTORY. LESSON.—In spite of difiBculties, De Soto pushed w^est-ward and discovered the Mississippi River. He died near it and -was buried in itswaters. his way until lie stood on the banks of the Father of Vsix-ters, and looked on the mighty stream that sweeps throughthe heart of a great De Soto Discovering tlie About a year afterwards, witli his aimy greatly ixnUiced,and with no prospect of finding tlie Iicli treasures hesought, he gave up all hopes of success an
. Hazen's elementary history of the United States; a story and a lesson. De Soto. 54 HAZENS ELEMENTARY HISTORY. LESSON.—In spite of difiBculties, De Soto pushed w^est-ward and discovered the Mississippi River. He died near it and -was buried in itswaters. his way until lie stood on the banks of the Father of Vsix-ters, and looked on the mighty stream that sweeps throughthe heart of a great De Soto Discovering tlie About a year afterwards, witli his aimy greatly ixnUiced,and with no prospect of finding tlie Iicli treasures hesought, he gave up all hopes of success and died broken-hearted. The Indians believed him to be an innnortal child of thesun, and his companions, fearing that the savages, if they HENRY HUDSON. 55 LESSON.—In 1609, Holland sent Henry Hudson, an Englishman, toAmerica to find a passage through this continent to India. learned of bis death, would attack the Spaniards, secretlysank his body in the river. His survivino; followers built boats and rafts and floateddown the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico. When theyreached a Spanish settlement, more than four years after theyleft Cuba, only about half of their number remained alive. 10. HENRY HUDSON. The Spaniards had found gold in Mexico, but the expedi-tions which had o-one farther north had carried to the OldWorld neither gold nor precious stones,and a water route to India throughAmeric
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