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George Bancroft, History of the Colonization of the United States, Vol. 1, 17th edition., Colonial History (search)
t the approach of spring, a cross was solemnly erected upon land, and on it a shield was suspended, which bore the arms of France, and an inscription, declaring Francis to be the rightful king of these new-found regions. Having thus claimed pos- 1536 July 6. session of the territory, the Breton mariner once more regained St. Malo. The description which Cartier gave of the country 1536 to 1540 bordering on the St. Lawrence, furnished arguments Charlevoix, N. F. i. 20. against attempting 1536 to 1540 bordering on the St. Lawrence, furnished arguments Charlevoix, N. F. i. 20. against attempting a colony. The intense severity of the climate terrified even the inhabitants of the north Chap. I.} 1540. of France; and no mines of silver and gold, no veins abounding in diamonds and precious stones, had been promised by the faithful narrative of the voyage. Three or four years, therefore, elapsed, before plans of colonization were renewed. Yet imagination did not fail to anticipate the establishment of a state upon the fertile banks of a river, which surpassed all the streams of Europe i
George Bancroft, History of the Colonization of the United States, Vol. 1, 17th edition., Chapter 2: (search)
his course far inland, partly because the nations away from the sea were more numerous and more mild; partly that if he should again come among Christians, he might describe the land and its inhabitants. Continuing his pilgrimage through 1535 to 1536. more than twenty months, sheltered from cold, first by deer skins, then by buffalo robes, he and his companions passed through Texas as far north as the Canadian River, then along Indian paths, crossed the watershed to the valley of the Del Norteer, want of water on the plains, cold and weariness, perils from beasts and perils from red men, the voyagers went from town to town in New Mexico, westward and still to the west, till in May, 1536, they drew near the Pacific Ocean at Chap. II.} 1536. the village of San Miguel in Sonora. From that place they were escorted by Spanish soldiers to Compostella; and all the way to the city of Mexico, they were entertained as public guests. In 1530 an Indian slave had told wonders of the seven c
George Bancroft, History of the Colonization of the United States, Vol. 1, 17th edition., Chapter 3: (search)
to fear English rivalry in the New World. He was vigorous in his attempts to Chap. III.} suppress piracy; and the navigation of his subjects flourished under his protection. The banner of St. George was often displayed in the harbors of Northern Africa and in the Levant; and now that commerce, emancipated from the limits of the inner seas, went boldly forth upon the oceans, the position of England gave her a pledge of superiority. An account exists of an expedition to the northwest in 1536, conducted by Hore, of London, and assisted by the good countenance of Henry VIII. But the two ships, the Trinity and the Minion, were worn out by a troublesome voyage of more than two months, before they reached a harbor in Newfoundland. There the disheartened adventurers wasted away, from famine and misery. In the extremity of their distress, a French ship arrived, well furnished with vittails: of this they obtained possession by a stroke of policie, and set sail for England. The French