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The Daily Dispatch: November 19, 1863., [Electronic resource], An ancient iron Clad. (search)
tions preserved are the helmet, the vizor and gorget, and coverings for the arms. We understand that the rest of the armor was found, but has been inadvertently lost or destroyed. This armor is of the most solid and substantial character, that for the head alone weighing fifteen or twenty pounds, and being impenetrable to musket or rifle balls. It is probable that the armor belonged to one of the expeditions of Pamphillo de Narvaez, which was lost in the country, or to one of the army of De Soto, and is about three hundred and fifty years old — perhaps much older. There is a romantic interest attached to these relies of the early conquerors of the New World. These iron trappings probably encased the form of one who sought gold and glory, and found a grave in the vast wilderness of America or perhaps some old knight who invested the remainder of a sad and unhappy life in the search for the "Fountain of Youth," but whom death surprised cry his limbs had been bathed in its rejuvenat