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Richard Hakluyt, The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques, and Discoveries of the English Nation | 6 | 6 | Browse | Search |
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing) | 5 | 5 | Browse | Search |
George Bancroft, History of the Colonization of the United States, Vol. 1, 17th edition. | 2 | 2 | Browse | Search |
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 30. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones) | 1 | 1 | Browse | Search |
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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Apalache, Apalacha, Apalachi, or Appalachee, (search)
Apalache, Apalacha, Apalachi, or Appalachee,
Various forms of the name of a tribe of North American Indians who dwelt in the vicinity of St. Mark's River, Florida, with branches extending northward to the Appalachian range.
They were known, historically, as far back as 1526.
The settlements of the tribe were mentioned in a petition to King Charles II., of Spain, in 1688, and it is believed that the tribe became broken up and scattered about 1702, the members becoming absorbed in other tribes.
Arizona,
A Territory in the extreme southwestern portion of the republic, lying on the border of Mexico.
The region was early known to Spanish explorers.
As early as 1526.
Don Jose Vasconcellos, a follower of Cortez, crossed the centre of this Territory towards the Great Cañon, and the region was afterwards visited by other Spanish explorers.
They then, as we do now, found on the river-banks ruins of cities which seemed to have existed for centuries.
These, with regular fortifications, reservoirs, and canals, show that the country was once inhabited by an enterprising and cultivated people.
There are found walls of solid masonry, usually two stories in height.
It is estimated that fully 100,000 people must have inhabited the valley of the Gila alone.
Arizona was settled by Spanish missionaries from Mexico as early as 1687.
These missions were principally seated on the Lower Colorado and Gila rivers.
The Territory formed a part of Mexico until its purchase by the United
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Columbus , Diego 1472 -1526 (search)
Columbus, Diego 1472-1526
Navigator; son of Christopher; born in Lisbon about 1472.
He accompanied his father to Spain, and was instructed, in his youth, at the Monastery of Santa Maria de Rabida, near Palos.
under the care of Father Marchena, the prior of the establishment.
He was afterwards nurtured in the bosom of the Spanish Court as an attendant upon Prince Juan, and developed, in young manhood, much of the indomitable spirit of his father.
After the death of the latter he made unavailing efforts to procure from King Ferdinand the offices and rights secured to his father and his descendants by solemn contract.
At the end of two years he sued the King before the Council of the Indies and obtained a decree in his favor and a confirmation of his title to the viceroyalty of the West Indies.
In 1509 he sailed for Santo Domingo with his young wife, and superseded Nicholas Ovando as governor, who had been wrongfully put in that office by the King.
The same year he planted a
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), United States of America . (search)