Author: Addison Erwin SheldonPublisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9780656629510
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 148
Book Description
Excerpt from Nebraska History and Record of Pioneer Days, Vol. 6: January-March, 1923 The st01y of a Spanish expedition and its defeat is not new. Accounts hitherto published lacked definite information. They seemed, in some respects. Like the wonderful legend of Penalosa, 01 the wild tales of Baron la Houtan. 01 Mathieu Sagean, all of them locating in the Nebraska legion gleat na tions of semi-civilized Indians with high walled cities, great wealth of gold and silver, fleets, armies and other products of the imagination. These, early accounts of the Spanish Cara van were interpreted generally as embellishments of Spanish raids on the Osage country southeast of Kansas City.' About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.