| Ezekiel Sanford - 1819 - 546 páginas
...they travelled without molestation. From Qjiizquiz, they went to a river, which was so broad, that, ' if a man stood still on the other side, it could not be discerned, whether he were a man or no.' The channel was very deep; the current strong; the water muddy, and filled with floating trees. The Mississippi... | |
| Ezekiel Sanford - 1819 - 590 páginas
...they travelled without molestation. From Quizquiz, they went to a river, which was so broad, that, ' if a man stood still on the other side, it could not be discerned, whether he were a man or no/ The channel was very deep; the current strong; the water muddy, and filled with floating trees. The Mississippi... | |
| Benjamin Moore Norman - 1845 - 258 páginas
...when those bold adventurers first beheld it. The .historian describes it as " a river so broad, that if a man stood still on the other side, it could not be discerned whether he was a man or no. The channel was very deep, the current strong, the water muddy and filled with floating... | |
| 1850 - 322 páginas
...Governor was : and within two hours after sun rising, all the people were over. The river was almost half a league broad. If a man stood still on the other side, it could not be discerned whether he was a man or no. The river was of great depth, and of a strong current : the water was always muddy... | |
| Hakluyt Society - 1851 - 288 páginas
...people were over. The river was almost halfe a league broad. here almost r *• " broad 'eague ^ a rnan stood still on the other side, it could not be discerned...great depth, and of a strong current; the water was alwaies muddie : there came downe the river continually many trees and timber, which the force of the... | |
| John Gilmary Shea - 1853 - 366 páginas
...characteristic description of the most detailed narrative. "The river," says the unknown Portuguese, "was almost half a league broad ; if a man stood still on the other side, it could not be discerned whether he was a man or no. The * Historical Coll. of Louisiana, vol. ii., p. 101. river was of great depth, and... | |
| JOHN GILMARY SHEA - 1853 - 360 páginas
...narrative. "The river," says the unknown Portuguese, "was almost half a league broad ; if a man-stood still on the other side, it could not be discerned whether he was a man or no. The * Historical Coll. of Louisiana, vol. ii., p. 101. river was of great depth, and... | |
| Maximilian Schele de Vere - 1872 - 260 páginas
...claim to its discovery. " The river," says the Gentleman from Elvas, " was almost half a league wide ; if a man stood still on the other side, it could not be discerned whether he was a man or no. The river was of great depth and of a strong current; the water was always muddy ;... | |
| Abby Sage Richardson - 1875 - 624 páginas
...are the words in which one of De Soto's men tells how it looked that day : — " The river was almost half a league broad. If a man stood still on the other side, it could not be discerned if he were a man or no. The water was of great depth and of a strong current, always muddy, and there... | |
| Thomas Wentworth Higginson - 1877 - 446 páginas
...governor was ; and, within two hours after sunrising, all the people were over.1 The river was almost half a league broad. If a man stood still on the other...river was of great depth, and of a strong current. The river was always muddy. There came down the river continually many trees and timber, which the force... | |
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