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Missouri as It Is in 1867; An Illustrated Historical Gazetteer of Missouri, Embracing the Geography, History, Resources and Prospects the New Constitution, the Emancipation Ordinance, and Important Facts Concerning Free Missouri. an Original Articl

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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: OUTLINE HISTORY. The man who Ib Ignorant of the transactions of former times, Is condemned to a perpetual itata of childhood.?Cicero. The valley of the Mississippi was first discovered by Hernando De Soro, appointed by the Emperor Charles V. of Spain, as Governor of the Island of Cuba, and President of Florida. He explored the Lower Mississippi, as far north as the month of the Arkansas, in 1539, and passed up White River, crossed the Ozark ridge, and spent the winter of 1541-42 on the plains (or prairies) beyond?probably in the western part of this State. (See Vernon County.) He named the country Florida. After describing the Ozark hills in Missouri, Schooleraft says: Through these Alpine ranges De Soto roved with his chivalrous and untiring army, making an outward and inward expedition into regions which must have presented untoward hardships and discouragements to the march of troops. To add to these natural obstacles, he found himself opposed by fierce savage tribes, who rushed upon him from every glen and defile, and met him in the open grounds with the most savage energy. His own health finally sunk under these fatigues; and it is certain that, after his death, his successor in the command, Moscoso, once more marched entirely through the southern Ozarks, and reached the Buffalo plains beyond them. Such energy and feats of daring had never before been displayed in North America; and the wonder is at its highest, after beholding the wild and rongh mountains, cliffs, glens, and torrents, over which the actual marches must have laid. Some of the names of the Indian tribes encountered by him furnish conclusive evidence that the principal tribes of the country, although they have changed their particular locations since the year 1542, still occupy the region. Thus, t...


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  • ISBN-13: 9780217786041
  • Publisher: Rarebooksclub.com
  • Publisher Imprint: Rarebooksclub.com
  • Height: 246 mm
  • No of Pages: 180
  • Spine Width: 10 mm
  • Width: 189 mm
  • ISBN-10: 0217786049
  • Publisher Date: 10 May 2012
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Weight: 331 gr


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