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Narratives of the Career of Hernando De Soto In / Braííforti €íuí) írcrics. NUMBER FIVE. **'»»»*pè Víè*»*' L|£p_>.T..;..Tr,Q ^£ 3 OTO. X Ali RATI YES OF THE CAREER OF HEIIXAXDO l)i: SOTO CONQUEST OF FLO EI I) A AS TOLU BY A KNIGHT ciK ELVAS AMJ IS A KKLAlHiN ItV ILiUjs iíicrnaníif^ íic Bífírma FACTOU liK THK EXIMOUITION TliAXSLATKD HV BUCKINÍTlIA^r S.MrJMI NEW VoliK M liCCC I.XVl ^'" '1 ,S 7 ^5-7 Copy Í SUBSCRIBERS COPY. Ao. S^ Kntered according to Act of Congress, in the year ISfítí. By John B. Moreau, FUR THE BRADFOKD CLUB, In tlie C'leik's Office of the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New \orli. 1 P "^ly 6- SEVENTY-FIVE COl'IES FEINTED. TO JUUN EAUL 'WILLIAMS, A MK\IENT(.I UK A FRIEND SHIP WlllOlI, liEííClN IN YOUTH. HAS STRENGTHENED WITH ADVANilXa YEARS. — THE "BRADFOKD CLUB. Under this desiirnation, a few gentleinon, intevesteil in tlie study print of Amerioiin Ilistm-y ami Literature, proixise occasionally to limited editions of siu-h niannseriiits and scarce paniplilets as may will be deemed of value towanls illnstratin;? these snlijects. They or corre- seek to obtain for thi-< purpose uiipnblisljed jouiMuds spondence containing matter worthy of record, aud u hiidi may not properly be included in the Historical Collections or Documentary Histories of the several States. Such unpretendini; contemporary of action chronicles often throw precious light upon the motives and the imperfectly narrated events of liyuone days; ijerhai)S briefly touelied uiiiu) in ilry otiicial doc\nnents. The dull nniy also issue fac-similes of curious manus<-ripts, or documents worthy of notice, which, like the printed issues, will bear its imiirint. '•These are tlie Register.s. the chronicles of tlie age History They were written in, aud s]ieak the truth of Better than a hundred of your ]irinted Communications." Shake i-h/ MurmncnH Anl/'jin'r;/. Wii.i.iAM BiiAOFonn—the first Xew Y(jrk Printer— whose mime established the Club has aibj].ted. came to this country in KÍ82. ami — viii THE BRADFORD rLFB. his Press in the neighborhood of Philadelphia. In 1(593 he removed to this City—was appointed Royal Printer—and set np his Press "at the Sign of the Bible."' For upwards of thirty years he was the only Printer in the Province, and in 1725 published our first Newspaper The New York- Gazette. He conducted tliis paper until 17-13, when he retired from business. He died in May, 1752, and was described, iu an obituary notice of the day, as "a man of great sobriety and industry, a real friend to the poor and needy, and kind and affable to all." He was buried in Trinity Chnrch Yard, by the side of the wife of his youth ; and the loving affection of relatives and friends reared a simple and unostentatious Monument to his meraorv. iíItlHB íeíé liesllieBodgofMi- WiLLIAmBRÃÍ Prinleriwho debcrted this Life May23I ii IJSZ . aseclQíTeas^ : He was Irpm Leic-tet-lhirenaOId England m \ooo. "Oini-ccime overto America itil6S'2-. berore theCitij'ofilkiladelliliitt ^Nas laidoul;He \NasPriittein(M|iis6o-vernmentfop upwards ol'^olEars: aw^in^£|uiLe worn out Tírith Old age ftnSb|OUt:He left this mortal State in ^Byjl Holies of a tleesed Immoftcilil^^^r (eader, reflect how ÍWijoritkquittliisSti^e ^ull find bul; Few attain to sufeh-an Age LiPes full oFPain:Lo:heresaPlace òf-Best. are liitesaj Prepare to m.eeEi)our GOD . ihen ijou lies lhe Bod^ ofElizabeth^lfeto Here also | thesQidWilliamBiadford: who depat-led |]j l^hisLifeJunoSJ/jj: ag-edÓR uears. LIFE OF SO'l^O I1p;una.\D(i iiic .Sdtci, wIkisc iiaiiR' is iM)iis|]ieiiiiii> uiiioiii; tliu i'.irl\ viiter|ii'i-ies of ilisfove'i'v ;uiil (•i)iii]iK'st in luith Aiiicricaii ((Hitiiii-nts, was bom at Xerez, in the Province of Estreuiailiira. He was of ^ood oriiiiii ; liis blood wliat is called noble in S])ain, and so derived from the fnnr iinarterinics of ancestry. In liis early yontli, jirobably in .Sevilla, at tlie time the sjilendid arinament was prepared at the royal cost that conveyed I'edrarias to (.'astilla del Oro.-Soto Joiiieil the (iovernor, as one, jierliaps, of the tifteeii liniiihvd men whom lie <_^()ndncted. In the year 1014 he arrived at Xonibre de l>ios. a little while after lialboa, looking from Panamá, made diseo\ery of tlie Houth Scii, which Mftfiallanes afterwards called Pacitico. Soto, niuler Francisco Hernandez de ('órdova. was one of the first settlers of what was afterwards known as Leon in Xicura^ua. (iil from tei'ritory He was early sent to drive (Gonzalez Davila that ; Init he being still yonnii, and with little military experience, l)a\ihi, under pretext of treatini;-, rose niion him at dayliiilit. Althou^li liis men wade brave resistance, they were overcome by a mnch feebler force, losina; a large amount of gold with their arms. The danger of kee]iing so many prisoners in<luceil tlie victor to set them at lib- *irty at the end of three days, restoring tlieir property, having hrst made sure of their peaceful return to Le(ni. Snbsei|Uently, Francisco Hernandez, liiuling a large nnmljcr i<\' men unemployed about him, and :m ;ibundance of every material for liis design, strove to bi-ilig ahmit .-i ivvoh. iiileiidiiig afteruaril to ask ot" the Kim: the l;í)\ rj'umelll of lilt' roljtjlr\ For ll;l\illg X LIFE (W SOTO. ojiposod the measure, with ii dozen others, Soto wns seized and sent to the tort at (írjinadn. Witii nine men, tlje Captivin Conipanoii went to liis rehet; and, having; liberated liim, took tlie fiehl, armed .-Liid on liorseback, where he awaited Hernandez, who, althougli he liad sixty men, wonl<l not veritnre a eontlict, knowing that his per- son wonhl be soiiglit ont over every oilier. Not long afterwards. Pedrarias captnred Iiis aml)itions lieutenant and beheaded him. Towards the year 1Õ-24, Hernando de .'^oto, Francisco Companon, and Heriian Ponye de Leon resided in the same town, associates in all that they possessed. Tliey were wealthy, and in the res|)e<^- tability of tlieir standing were e(pial, as also in their rank in life. Having good apportionments of Indians, they employed them profit- ably as herdsmen, and in gathering gold. Of C'ompafmn we hear little. He died early; and in the will of Soto, made many years afterward, a nuniber of masses are ordc-red to be said tor the re]iose of the sonl of that Captain. Such are some of the bi-ief and scattered notices fonrid in the old hooks respecting the early days of the fnfnre A<lelantado of Florida. The incidents are blended with the snbjugation and settlement of Central America, as the histoiw of bis later years is inseparably connected with that of tlie coni|nest of Pern. While Pi-drárias governed C'astilla del Cm, he transferred the capital of the Province across the Isthnuis, from Darien to Panamá, on the ocean which, in the year 1513, his predecessor had beheld. From this point, in the conrse of yeai'S, small expe<litions were fitted ont by the colonists, to go southward by sea for traffic, and on dis- coveries. Andagoya was anotlier explorer; and, in ]5'24-, Pizarro followed the coast, in siglit of tlie .\ndes, to the ninth degree of latitude south of the equator. The result of these enterprises was the evidence of the existence of the jirecious metals in large aniomit among the natives, and of emeralds, with the knowledge of an ex- tensive, populous, and opident Indian eni]iirc. Pizarro, sup]died with means by tlie friends who bad liefore assisted him, taking w itb liim the pm'tion of gold that belonged i>f right to tlie ci-own, w itb specimens of the cotton an<l fabrics of the rrgion which be hail visited, as also of the jewels, plumes, and pL-ople of Tumbcz, went to Spain to ask for the government ot LIFE OF SOTO. XI tliat country. AVliile absent, in tlie year 15-2!l, liis friends, fearing that the enterprise inig'ht be taken in liaixl by Pedrarias, applied to three of the richest citizens of Leon to take part in it with Pizarro and tliey received the and his companions, Lnque and Almagro ; word of Ilernan Ponce tliat either he, Soto, or Conipauon wonhl come to Panamá for that purpose, and there await tlie arrival of their leader. Pizarro returned, bringing with him four brothers, born, like himself, out of wedlock, and one, Hernando, legitimate. Luque and Almagro, who had found the means and given him their assistance (the former as the agent of a silent partner), were not pleased with the addition to their numbers of this kindred of the newAdelantado, although for Lucpie. who was of the Church, a bishopric had been provided. Almagro remained inactive until Pizarro promised to assist him to a government as extensive as tlie one conceded, when tlie territory should be won, and that the treasure, slaves, and effects of every nature, acquired by him, should be shared amiuig the three; and that nothing should be asked of the King in behalf of the brothers until the fulfilment of these stii>ulations. At this junc- ture. Ponce arrived with two cargoes of slaves. The vessels were added to the common stock on condition of paying their charter, the bestowal on Ponce of one of the largest apportionments of Indians that should be made, and appointing Soto to be captain of troops, and governor of the principal place the invaders might occupy.
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