The History of the United States of America, Volume 1Harper, 1849 - United States |
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... presently followed 1508- by others at Porto Rico , Jamaica , and Cuba . The un- happy natives of those islands - a timid and unwarlike race - reduced to slavery and apportioned among the prin cipal adventurers , were compelled to hunt ...
... presently followed 1508- by others at Porto Rico , Jamaica , and Cuba . The un- happy natives of those islands - a timid and unwarlike race - reduced to slavery and apportioned among the prin cipal adventurers , were compelled to hunt ...
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... presently returned to Florida with the design of planting a colony , or , more properly , of conquering a prov- ince . But hardly had the crews of his two ships landed , when the natives attacked them with poisoned arrows , killed the ...
... presently returned to Florida with the design of planting a colony , or , more properly , of conquering a prov- ince . But hardly had the crews of his two ships landed , when the natives attacked them with poisoned arrows , killed the ...
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... presently of ne- groes , whom experience proved to be much more capable of enduring the hardships of that condition . The exploration of Florida hitherto had been limited to the coast ; Pamphilo de Narvaez was first to pene- trate ...
... presently of ne- groes , whom experience proved to be much more capable of enduring the hardships of that condition . The exploration of Florida hitherto had been limited to the coast ; Pamphilo de Narvaez was first to pene- trate ...
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... presently entered an inlet and haven , which he called St. Augustine , in commemoration of having first seen the land two days before , on the anni- versary of that saint . Still keeping north in search of the French settlement , he ...
... presently entered an inlet and haven , which he called St. Augustine , in commemoration of having first seen the land two days before , on the anni- versary of that saint . Still keeping north in search of the French settlement , he ...
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... presently lured into the hands of the Spaniards , and put to death in a second massacre . Ribault was among the number ; Laudonière and his few companions succeeded in escaping to France . The French court , itself Catholic , and lately ...
... presently lured into the hands of the Spaniards , and put to death in a second massacre . Ribault was among the number ; Laudonière and his few companions succeeded in escaping to France . The French court , itself Catholic , and lately ...
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