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George Bancroft, History of the Colonization of the United States, Vol. 1, 17th edition., Chapter 2: (search)
neither the fondness of the Spanish monarch Chap. II.} 1525. for extending his domains, nor the desire of the nobility for new governments, nor the passion of adventurers to go in search of wealth, would suffer the abandonment of Florida; and in 1526, Pamphilo de 1526. Narvaez, a man of no great virtue or reputation, obtained from Charles V. the contract to explore and reduce all the territory from the Atlantic to the River of Palms. This is he who had been sent by the jealous Governor of Cu1526. Narvaez, a man of no great virtue or reputation, obtained from Charles V. the contract to explore and reduce all the territory from the Atlantic to the River of Palms. This is he who had been sent by the jealous Governor of Cuba to take Cortes prisoner, and had himself been easily defeated, losing an eye, and deserted by his own troops. Esteem it great good fortune, that you have taken me captive, said he to the man whom he had declared an outlaw; and Cortes replied, It is the least of the things I have done in Mexico. Narvaez, who was both rich and covetous, haz- B Diaz C. VI. arded all his treasure on the conquest of his province; and sons of Spanish nobles and men of good condition flocked to his standard. I