 | 1887 - 664 Seiten
...of night in its waters. In the language of Bancroft, " The wanderer had crossed a large part of the continent in search of gold, and found nothing so remarkable as his burial place/' De Solo's surviving companions descended the river to the gulf; but this Spanish discovery... | |
 | Alexander Hamilton Stephens - 1891 - 538 Seiten
...stream. 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." 4. In the year 1670 two Catholic priests, Joliet and James Marquette, natives of France, set out from... | |
 | Ainsworth Rand Spofford, Frank Weitenkampf, John Porter Lamberton - 1894 - 458 Seiten
...stream. 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 surviving Spaniards, under the command of Moscoso, now marched at first to the west,... | |
 | 1897 - 456 Seiten
...stream. 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 resting place. His soldiers pronounced his eulogy by grieving for their loss ; the priests chanted... | |
 | 1901 - 622 Seiten
...stream. The discoverer of the Mississippi slept bcncuth its waters. He had crossed a large part of the continent in search of gold, and found nothing so remarkable as his burial-place. MATTEO BANDELLO. BANDELLO, MATTEO, an Italian novelist and dramatist ; born ac Castelnuovo, Piedmont,... | |
 | Henry Smith Williams - 1904 - 702 Seiten
...AD) 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... | |
 | Frederick Albion Ober - 1906 - 330 Seiten
...the remains of the cavalier who, in the language of the Inca Garcilaso, "had crossed a portion of the continent in search of gold, and found nothing so remarkable as his burial-place." They were, doubtless, aware of what had occurred, and the cacique of Guachoya asked for De Soto, saying:... | |
 | Edwin Anderson Alderman, Joel Chandler Harris, Charles W. Kent - 1909 - 504 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... | |
 | Charles Edward Knowles - 1912 - 248 Seiten
...Thus 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." And when the cacique of the neighboring province came to Muscoso and said: "What has... | |
 | Edwin Wiley, Irving Everett Rines, Albert Bushnell Hart - 1916 - 568 Seiten
...stream. 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 remains of this vaunted expedition, numbering not more than half of those who had... | |
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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... 
