. Our greater country; being a standard history of the United States from the discovery of the American continent to the present time ... THE SPANIARDS IN AMERICA. 57 any stream he had yet encountered. Amonth was passed on the banks of the riverin constructing barges large enough to holdthree horsemen each. At length they werecompleted, and the Spaniards were trans-ported in safety to the opposite shore. Thenatives received them kindly, and presentedthem with food, and regarding them as thechildren of their god, the sun, brought tothem their sick to be healed, and their blindto be restored to
. Our greater country; being a standard history of the United States from the discovery of the American continent to the present time ... THE SPANIARDS IN AMERICA. 57 any stream he had yet encountered. Amonth was passed on the banks of the riverin constructing barges large enough to holdthree horsemen each. At length they werecompleted, and the Spaniards were trans-ported in safety to the opposite shore. Thenatives received them kindly, and presentedthem with food, and regarding them as thechildren of their god, the sun, brought tothem their sick to be healed, and their blindto be restored to sight. The blunt soldier,Tuel as he had been to the savages, shrankxrom claiming the power of heaven. Prayonly to God, who is in heaven, for whatso-ever ye need, he answered. Exploring the Country. De Soto remained forty days on the west-ern bank of the Mississippi, and during thistime an exploring party was sent to examinethe country to the north. They reportedthat this region was thinly inhabited byhunters, who lived by chasing the bison,which abounded in this region. The gover-nor then turned to the west and northwest,and advanc
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