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Willis Fletcher Johnson. "My country, 'tis of thee!"
"My country, 'tis of thee!"
Table of Contents
CHAPTER I. THE AGE OF DISCOVERY
CHAPTER II “GOOD OLD COLONY TIMES.”
CHAPTER III. THE STORY OF THE NATION
CHAPTER IV. WORLD’S FAIRS
CHAPTER V. THE COLUMBIAN EXHIBITION
CHAPTER VI. SOCIETY’S FOUNDATION-STONE
CHAPTER VII. THE DEMON OF DIVORCE
CHAPTER VIII. THE FARMER’S TROUBLES
CHAPTER IX. THE RUM POWER
CHAPTER X. NATIONAL DEFENCE
CHAPTER XI. LABOR
CHAPTER XII. SELF-HELP FOR LABOR
CHAPTER XIII. IMMIGRATION
CHAPTER XIV. ANNEXATION
CHAPTER XV. THE INDIAN
CHAPTER XVI. THE PRESS
CHAPTER XVII. THE SCHOOL-ROOM
CHAPTER XVIII. RAILROADS
CHAPTER XIX. BANKS AND BANKING
CHAPTER XX. OUR CITIES
THE DARKER SIDE
CHAPTER XXI. RELIGION
CHAPTER XXII. WOMAN AND HER WORK
CHAPTER XXIII. OUR LITERATURE
CHAPTER XXIV. AMERICAN HUMOR
CHAPTER XXV. THE HIGHER EDUCATION
CHAPTER XXVI. OUR GREAT CONCERN
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Willis Fletcher Johnson
Published by Good Press, 2021
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In 1528 Pamphilo de Narvaez made an effort to take possession of Florida in the name of Charles V of Germany. He met with such hostility from the natives, however, that after months of wandering he reached the Gulf with a mere handful of men out of the six hundred with whom he had landed. Building five miserable boats, these crazy adventurers attempted to follow the line of the coast to the Mexican settlements. Four boats were lost in a storm; the survivors landed and sought to cross the continent to the Spanish colonies at Sonora. It seems incredible, but in this enterprise four of the men actually succeeded. Among them was Cabeca de Vaca, treasurer of the expedition. Their appearance in Europe nine years after their departure caused the greatest sensation, and the excitement created by their narrative was intense. The passion for adventure became stronger than ever among the Spaniards, and when the already celebrated Hernando de Soto, who had been with Pizarro in Peru, asked for and was granted permission to take possession of Florida in the name of Ferdinand of Spain, he had a multitude of volunteers to his standard.
De Soto was first appointed governor of Cuba that he might turn to account the resources of that wealthy island. His fleet of nine vessels and force of six hundred men, sailed from Havana on the 18th of May, 1539, and ten days later anchored in Tampa Bay. The first remarkable adventure that befel them was an encounter with one of the companions of Cabeca de Vaca, who had been held all this time captive among the Indians. He had acquired a thorough knowledge of their language, and his services as mediator and interpretor soon became invaluable.
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