The Spanish Pioneers

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Author

Lummis, Charles Fletcher, 1859-1928

Credits

Produced by Adrian Mastronardi, Josephine Paolucci and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net. (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.)

Language

English

LoC Class

E011: History: America: America

Subject

New Mexico -- History -- To 1848

Category

Text

eBook-No.

33095

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/33095

Release Date

July 6, 2010

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.THE SPANISH PIONEERS — THE
2. 2.CHARLES F. LUMMIS — AUTHOR OF "A NEW MEXICO DAVID," "STRANGE CORNERS OF OUR COUNTRY," ETC. — Illustrated — SIXTH EDITION — In pronouncing the Spanish names give—
3. 3.PREFACE.
4. 4.CONTENTS.
5. 5.THE BROAD STORY. — HOW AMERICA WAS FOUND AND TAMED.
6. 6.THE SPANISH PIONEERS.
7. 7.I. — THE PIONEER NATION.
8. 8.II. — A MUDDLED GEOGRAPHY. — FOOTNOTES:
9. 9.III. — COLUMBUS, THE FINDER. — FOOTNOTES:
10. 10.IV. — MAKING GEOGRAPHY.
11. 11.V. — THE CHAPTER OF CONQUEST. — FOOTNOTES:
12. 12.VI. — A GIRDLE ROUND THE WORLD.
13. 13.VII. — SPAIN IN THE UNITED STATES.
14. 14.VIII. — TWO CONTINENTS MASTERED. — FOOTNOTES:
15. 15.II. — SPECIMEN PIONEERS.
16. 16.I. — THE FIRST AMERICAN TRAVELLER. — FOOTNOTES:
17. 17.II. — THE GREATEST AMERICAN TRAVELLER.
18. 18.III. — THE WAR OF THE ROCK. — FOOTNOTES:
19. 19.IV. — THE STORMING OF THE SKY-CITY. — FOOTNOTES:
20. 20.V. — THE SOLDIER POET. — FOOTNOTES:
21. 21.VI. — THE PIONEER MISSIONARIES.
22. 22.VII. — THE CHURCH-BUILDERS IN NEW MEXICO. — FOOTNOTES:
23. 23.VIII. — ALVARADO'S LEAP.
24. 24.IX. — THE AMERICAN GOLDEN FLEECE. — FOOTNOTES:
25. 25.THE GREATEST CONQUEST. — PIZARRO AND PERU.
26. 26.I. — THE SWINEHERD OF TRUXILLO. — FOOTNOTES:
27. 27.II. — THE MAN WHO WOULD NOT GIVE UP.
28. 28.III. — GAINING GROUND. — FOOTNOTES:
29. 29.IV. — PERU AS IT WAS. — FOOTNOTES:
30. 30.V. — THE CONQUEST OF PERU. — FOOTNOTES:
31. 31.VI. — THE GOLDEN RANSOM.
32. 32.VII. — ATAHUALPA'S TREACHERY AND DEATH.
33. 33.VIII. — FOUNDING A NATION.—THE SIEGE OF CUZCO.
34. 34.IX. — THE WORK OF TRAITORS. — THE END.

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