The story of our nation, from the earliest discoveries to the present time ..together with a graphic account of Porto Rico, Cuba, Hawaii and the Philippine islands .. . by Pamphilo de Narvaez, landed at Tampa, took possession in the name of Spain, and set about to conquer Florida. r| de Vaca was second in command. The natives were not very friendly, but they showed them gold, telling them that it came from a rich country far to the north. They went in search of the precious metal, but found neither gold, nor the splendid cities which they had hoped to discover. The Indians kept hara
The story of our nation, from the earliest discoveries to the present time ..together with a graphic account of Porto Rico, Cuba, Hawaii and the Philippine islands .. . by Pamphilo de Narvaez, landed at Tampa, took possession in the name of Spain, and set about to conquer Florida. r| de Vaca was second in command. The natives were not very friendly, but they showed them gold, telling them that it came from a rich country far to the north. They went in search of the precious metal, but found neither gold, nor the splendid cities which they had hoped to discover. The Indians kept harassing them and their provisions gave out. In June they reached the Apalachee, where they found only a few miserable huts instead of a great city, and no gold. Then they pushed forward to St. Marks harbor, where they expected to VOYAGES OF EARLY NAVIGATORS. 53 find their ships, but no ships were to be seen. They constructed boats,while living upon their horses and some corn which they seized from thenatives, said Katie. But tell us, Katie, how did they make boats ? They had no nails,interrupted Marion. I can answer you best by reading what Northrop says, replied. INDIAN WARRIORS. - Katie, taking the book from the table. Subsisting upon these sup-plies the Spaniards beat their spurs, stirrups, cross-bows, and otherimplements into saws, axes, and nails, and in sixteen days built fiveboats, each more than thirty feet long. Pitch for the caulking of theboats wTas made from the pine trees, and the fibre of the Palmetto servedas oakum. Ropes were made of twisted horse hair and the Palmettofibres, and the shirts of the men were pieced together for sails. Thenthey sailed for Palmas, which they did not reach. It is thought that 54 VOYAGES OF EARLY NAVIGATORS. one of the boats was wrecked on Galveston Island, where the fleet wasscattered by a violent storm. Only four reached land, and they werecaptives among the Indians for over six years, when they escaped, andpassed through the wilderne
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