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... soon went to pieces , and Valdivia and his crew , consisting of twenty men , escaped with difficulty in the boat without having time to secure a supply either of water or provisions . Having no sails and their oars being scarcely fit ...
... soon went to pieces , and Valdivia and his crew , consisting of twenty men , escaped with difficulty in the boat without having time to secure a supply either of water or provisions . Having no sails and their oars being scarcely fit ...
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... soon began to recover flesh and vigor . In a little while , however , their enjoyment of this good cheer met with a check , for the un- fortunate Valdivia and four of his companions were singled out by the cacique on account of their ...
... soon began to recover flesh and vigor . In a little while , however , their enjoyment of this good cheer met with a check , for the un- fortunate Valdivia and four of his companions were singled out by the cacique on account of their ...
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... soon after their capture and was succeeded by another called Taxmar . He was a chief of some talent and sagacity , but he continued the same rigorous treatment of the captives . By degrees they sank beneath the hardships of their lot ...
... soon after their capture and was succeeded by another called Taxmar . He was a chief of some talent and sagacity , but he continued the same rigorous treatment of the captives . By degrees they sank beneath the hardships of their lot ...
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... soon accommodated himself to his new situation , followed the cacique to the wars , rose by his hardihood and prowess to be a dis- tinguished warrior , and succeeded in gaining the heart and hand of an Indian princess . The other ...
... soon accommodated himself to his new situation , followed the cacique to the wars , rose by his hardihood and prowess to be a dis- tinguished warrior , and succeeded in gaining the heart and hand of an Indian princess . The other ...
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... soon made himself expert at his new weapons , signalized himself repeatedly in battle , and , from his supe- rior knowledge of the arts of war , rendered Taxmar such essential service as to excite the jealousy of some of the neighboring ...
... soon made himself expert at his new weapons , signalized himself repeatedly in battle , and , from his supe- rior knowledge of the arts of war , rendered Taxmar such essential service as to excite the jealousy of some of the neighboring ...
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Página 73 - ... same marvellous and inestimable qualities. Juan Ponce de Leon listened to these tales with fond credulity. He was advancing in life, and the ordinary term of existence seemed insufficient for his mighty plans. Could he but plunge into this marvellous fountain or gifted river, and come out with his battered, war-worn body restored to the strength and freshness and suppleness of youth, and his head still retaining the wisdom and knowledge of age, what enterprises might he not accomplish in the...
Página 74 - ... men young again. And here I must make protestation to your holiness not to think this to be said lightly or rashly, for they have so spread this rumor for a truth throughout all the court, that not only all the...
Página 352 - IN the name of the Most Holy Trinity, who inspired me with the idea, and afterwards made it perfectly clear to me, that I could navigate and go to the Indies from Spain, by traversing the ocean westwardly...