Ferdinand De Soto, The Discoverer of the Mississippi American Pioneers and Patriots
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Ferdinand de Soto,
THE
DISCOVERER OF THE MISSISSIPPI
BY
BY
JOHN S. C. ABBOTT.
NEW YORK: DODD & MEAD, No. 762 BROADWAY. 1873.
AMERICAN PIONEERS AND PATRIOTS.
FERDINAND DE SOTO.
THE
DISCOVERER OF THE MISSISSIPPI.
ILLUSTRATED.
NEW YORK: DODD & MEAD, No. 762 BROADWAY. 1873.
PREFACE.
CONTENTS.
CHAPTER I.
Childhood and Youth.
CHAPTER II.
The Spanish Colony.
CHAPTER III.
Life at Darien.
CHAPTER IV.
Demoniac Reign.
CHAPTER V.
The Invasion of Peru.
CHAPTER VI.
The Atrocities of Pizarro.
CHAPTER VII.
The Execution of the Inca, and Embarrassments of De Soto.
CHAPTER VIII.
De Soto Returns to Spain.
CHAPTER IX.
The Landing in Florida.
CHAPTER X.
The March to Ochile.
CHAPTER XI.
The Conspiracy and its Consequences.
CHAPTER XII.
Winter Quarters.
CHAPTER XIII.
Lost in the Wilderness.
CHAPTER XIV.
The Indian Princess.
CHAPTER XV.
The Dreadful Battle of Mobila.
CHAPTER XVI.
Days of Darkness.
CHAPTER XVII.
The Discovery of the Mississippi.
CHAPTER XVIII.
Vagrant Wanderings.
CHAPTER XIX.
Death of De Soto.
THE END.
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