 | Henry William Herbert - 1854 - 300 Seiten
...— :" The discoverer of the Mississippi slept beneath its waters. He had crossed a large part of the continent in search of gold, and found nothing so remarkable as his btfrial place. " — * * Bancroft's History.— Portuguese Relation. THE CONQUEROR. A DREAM. I saw... | |
 | Henry Howe - 1855 - 908 Seiten
...sunk beneath its turbid waters. Thus perished the gallant de Soto, who had crossed a large part of the continent in search of gold, and found nothing so remarkable as his burial-place. His dispirited followers, now reduced to near half of their original numbers, first attempted to cross... | |
 | GEORGE BANCROFT - 1855 - 502 Seiten
...154S The discoverer of the Mississippi slept beneath its waters. He had crossed a large part of the continent in search of gold, and found nothing so remarkable as his burial-place.1 No longer guided by the energy and pride of Soto, the company resolved on reaching New... | |
 | GEORGE BANCROFT - 1856 - 500 Seiten
...midnight, was silently sunk in the middle of the stream. 1542. The wanderer had crossed a large part of the continent in search of gold, and found nothing so remarkable as his burial-place. 1 No longer guided by the energy and pride of Soto, the company resolved on reaching New Spain without... | |
 | Theodore Irving - 1857 - 470 Seiten
...shore. " The discoverer of the Mississippi slept beneath its waters. He had crossed a large part of the continent in search of gold, and found nothing so remarkable as his burial place."* The Indians, soon perceiving that the governor was not with the army, nor buried, as... | |
 | Alexander Beaufort Meek - 1857 - 342 Seiten
..."the discoverer of the Mississippi slept beneath its waters. He had crossed the greater part of the continent in search of gold, and found nothing so remarkable as his burial place !" This romantic expedition furnishes, in its details, one of the most interesting chapters... | |
 | Henry Howe - 1858 - 592 Seiten
...sunk beneath its turbid waters. Thus perished the gallant De Soto, who had crossed a large part of the continent in search of gold, and found nothing so remarkable as his burial-place. His dispirited followers, now reduced to near half of their original numbers, first attempted to cross... | |
 | American cyclopaedia - 1859 - 790 Seiten
...midnight, was silently sank in the middle of tho stream. The wanderer had crossed a largo part of the continent in search of gold, and found nothing so remarkable as his burial place." His followers, reduced more than onehalf in number, venturing E., were driven backward... | |
 | George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana - 1859 - 814 Seiten
...midnight, was silently sunk in the middle of the stream. The wanderer had crossed a large part of the continent in search of gold, and found nothing so remarkable as his burial place." His followers, reduced more than onehalf in number, venturing E., were driven backward... | |
 | Willis Brewer - 1872 - 726 Seiten
...of which he was the discoverer. " The wanderer," says Bancroft, " had crossed a large part " of the continent in search of 'gold, and found nothing so " remarkable as his burial place." His successor, Moscoso, attempted to reach Mexico by laud, but returned after six month's... | |
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... ever heard on the waters of the Mississippi. To conceal his death, his body was wrapped in a mantle, and, in the stillness of midnight, was silently sunk in the middle of the stream. The discoverer of the Mississippi slept beneath its waters. He had... 
