Ferdinand De Soto, The Discoverer of the Mississippi
by John S. C. Abbott
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About this eBook
- Author
- Abbott, John S. C. (John Stevens Cabot), 1805-1877
- Title
- Ferdinand De Soto, The Discoverer of the Mississippi American Pioneers and Patriots
- Credits
- Produced by D Alexander and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- E011: History: America: America
- Subject
- Florida -- History -- To 1565
- Category
- Text
- eBook-No.
- 29172
- Project Gutenberg
- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/29172
- Release Date
- June 20, 2009
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.Ferdinand de Soto, — THE — DISCOVERER OF THE MISSISSIPPI — BY
- 2.JOHN S. C. ABBOTT. — NEW YORK: DODD & MEAD, No. 762 BROADWAY. 1873. — AMERICAN PIONEERS AND PATRIOTS.
- 3.FERDINAND DE SOTO. — THE — DISCOVERER OF THE MISSISSIPPI. — By JOHN S. C. ABBOTT. — ILLUSTRATED. — NEW YORK: DODD & MEAD, No. 762 BROADWAY. 1873.
- 4.PREFACE.
- 5.CONTENTS.
- 6.CHAPTER I. — Childhood and Youth.
- 7.CHAPTER II. — The Spanish Colony.
- 8.CHAPTER III. — Life at Darien.
- 9.CHAPTER IV. — Demoniac Reign.
- 10.CHAPTER V. — The Invasion of Peru.
- 11.CHAPTER VI. — The Atrocities of Pizarro.
- 12.CHAPTER VII. — The Execution of the Inca, and Embarrassments of De Soto.
- 13.CHAPTER VIII. — De Soto Returns to Spain.
- 14.CHAPTER IX. — The Landing in Florida.
- 15.CHAPTER X. — The March to Ochile.
- 16.CHAPTER XI. — The Conspiracy and its Consequences.
- 17.CHAPTER XII. — Winter Quarters.
- 18.CHAPTER XIII. — Lost in the Wilderness.
- 19.CHAPTER XIV. — The Indian Princess.
- 20.CHAPTER XV. — The Dreadful Battle of Mobila.
- 21.CHAPTER XVI. — Days of Darkness.
- 22.CHAPTER XVII. — The Discovery of the Mississippi.
- 23.CHAPTER XVIII. — Vagrant Wanderings.
- 24.CHAPTER XIX. — Death of De Soto. — THE END.
- 25.Dodd & Mead , — 762 Broadway, N. Y. — Footnotes: — Transcriber's Notes:
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