TAILIEUCHUNG - Historical Tales, Vol. 2 (of 15)

A golden Easter day was that of the far-away year 1513, when a small fleet of Spanish ships, sailing westward from the green Bahamas, first came in sight of a flower-lined shore, rising above the blue Atlantic waves, and seeming to smile a welcome as the mariners gazed with eyes of joy and hope on the inviting arcades of its verdant forest depths. Never had the eyes of white men beheld this land of beauty before. English ships had sailed along the coast to the north, finding much of it bleak and uninviting. The caravels of Columbus had threaded the glowing line of tropic isles,. | Tales Vol. 2 of 15 by Charles Morris 1 Tales Vol. 2 of 15 by Charles Morris Project Gutenberg s Historical Tales Vol. 2 of 15 by Charles Morris This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at Title Historical Tales Vol. 2 of 15 The Romance of Reality Author Charles Morris Release Date April 19 2008 EBook 25103 Language English Character set encoding ISO-8859-1 START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK HISTORICAL TALES VOL. 2 OF 15 Produced by David Kline Greg Bergquist and The Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http Illustration BATTLE OF ANTIETAM. Édition d Élite Historical Tales The Romance of Reality Tales Vol. 2 of 15 by Charles Morris 2 By CHARLES MORRIS Author of Half-Hours with the Best American Authors Tales from the Dramatists etc. IN FIFTEEN VOLUMES Volume II American 2 J. B. LIPPINCOTT COMPANY PHILADELPHIA AND LONDON Copyright 1904 by J. B. LIPPINCOTT COMPANY. Copyright 1908 by J. B. LIPPINCOTT COMPANY. CONTENTS. PAGE PONCE DE LEON AND THE FOUNTAIN OF YOUTH 7 DE SOTO AND THE FATHER OF WATERS 13 THE LOST COLONY OF ROANOKE 23 THE THRILLING ADVENTURE OF CAPTAIN JOHN SMITH 29 THE INDIAN MASSACRE IN VIRGINIA 40 THE GREAT REBELLION IN THE OLD DOMINION 49 CHEVALIER LA SALLE THE EXPLORER OF THE MISSISSIPPI 62 THE FRENCH OF LOUISIANA AND THE NATCHEZ INDIANS 76 THE KNIGHTS OF THE GOLDEN HORSESHOE 88 HOW OGLETHORPE SAVED GEORGIA FROM SPAIN 95 A BOY S WORKING HOLIDAY IN THE WILDWOOD 104 PATRICK HENRY THE HERALD OF THE REVOLUTION 113 GOVERNOR TRYON AND THE CAROLINA REGULATORS 124 LORD DUNMORE AND THE GUNPOWDER 135 THE FATAL EXPEDITION OF COLONEL ROGERS 145 HOW COLONEL CLARK WON THE NORTHWEST 153 KING S MOUNTAIN AND THE PATRIOTS OF TENNESSEE 166 Tales Vol. 2 of 15 by Charles Morris 3 GENERAL GREENE S FAMOUS RETREAT 171 ELI WHITNEY THE INVENTOR OF THE .

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