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Indian princess presenting a necklace of pearls to de Soto / J.W. Orr, N.Y.

Indian princess presenting a necklace of pearls to de Soto / J.W. Orr,...

Princess Xualla presenting a necklace of pearls to Hernando de Soto, at Cofachiqui (South Carolina) Illus. in: The Life, travels and adventures of Ferdinand de Soto, Discoverer of the Mississippi / Lambert A. W... More

De Soto crossing the Sewassee fork / J.W. Orr, N.Y.

De Soto crossing the Sewassee fork / J.W. Orr, N.Y.

De Soto on horse falling from bridge, possibly in South Carolina. Illus. in: The Life, travels and adventures of Ferdinand de Soto, Discoverer of the Mississippi / Lambert A. Wilmer. Philadelphia : J.T. Lloyd, ... More

De Soto preparing to cross Long Swamp / J.W. Orr, N.Y.

De Soto preparing to cross Long Swamp / J.W. Orr, N.Y.

Illus. in: The Life, travels and adventures of Ferdinand de Soto, Discoverer of the Mississippi / Lambert A. Wilmer. Philadelphia : J.T. Lloyd, 1858, p. 354. Reference copy in LOT 4409-D.

Indians set fire to their village at the approach of de Soto / J.W. Orr, N.Y.

Indians set fire to their village at the approach of de Soto / J.W. Or...

Indians burning their village in Arkansas, at the approach of de Soto. Illus. in: The Life, travels and adventures of Ferdinand de Soto, Discoverer of the Mississippi / Lambert A. Wilmer. Philadelphia : J.T. Ll... More

De Soto's party descending the Mississippi after his death / J.W. Orr, N.Y.

De Soto's party descending the Mississippi after his death / J.W. Orr,...

Indians in canoes shooting arrows at Spaniards. Illus. in: The Life, travels and adventures of Ferdinand de Soto, Discoverer of the Mississippi / Lambert A. Wilmer. Philadelphia : J.T. Lloyd, 1858, p. 499. Refe... More

Crossing on an Indian bridge / J.W. Orr, N.Y.

Crossing on an Indian bridge / J.W. Orr, N.Y.

Hernando de Soto and his soldiers crossing a river on an Indian bridge. Illus. in: The Life, travels and adventures of Ferdinand de Soto, Discoverer of the Mississippi / Lambert A. Wilmer, Philadelphia : J.T. L... More

Burning a Peruvian to make him tell where the gold is / J.W. Orr.

Burning a Peruvian to make him tell where the gold is / J.W. Orr.

Spanish soldiers, under command of Francisco Pizarro, burning a Peruvian. Illus. in: The Life, travels and adventures of Ferdinand de Soto, Discoverer of the Mississippi / Lambert A. Wilmer. Philadelphia : J.T.... More

[The Charleston convention] - A black and white drawing of a building

[The Charleston convention] - A black and white drawing of a building

Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, v. 9, no. 228 (1860 April 14), p. 303 (title page).

Bloodhounds tearing an Indian to pieces / J.W. Orr.

Bloodhounds tearing an Indian to pieces / J.W. Orr.

Spanish soldiers, under command of Don Pedro De Avila, using bloodhounds to kill an Indian. Illus. in: The Life, travels and adventures of Ferdinand de Soto, Discoverer of the Mississippi / Lambert A. Wilmer. P... More

Spaniards robbing an Indian temple / J.W. Orr, N.Y.

Spaniards robbing an Indian temple / J.W. Orr, N.Y.

Spaniards robbing Indians at temple in Cofachiqui (South Carolina) Illus. in: The Life, travels and adventures of Ferdinand de Soto, Discoverer of the Mississippi / Lambert A. Wilmer. Philadelphia : J.T. Lloyd,... More

De Soto crossing the Tombigbee River / J.W. Orr, N.Y.

De Soto crossing the Tombigbee River / J.W. Orr, N.Y.

De Soto and men crossing the Tombigbee River on rafts, probably in Marengo County, Alabama. Illus. in: The Life, travels and adventures of Ferdinand de Soto, Discoverer of the Mississippi / Lambert A. Wilmer. P... More

Indians approaching under the water-lilies / J.W. Orr, N.Y.

Indians approaching under the water-lilies / J.W. Orr, N.Y.

Indians approaching a camp of Spaniards by concealing themselves under water lilies; the Spaniards are preparing to fire upon the Indians. Illus. in: The Life, travels and adventures of Ferdinand de Soto, Disco... More

Juan Ortiz watching the dead bodies / J.W. Orr, N.Y.

Juan Ortiz watching the dead bodies / J.W. Orr, N.Y.

Juan Ortiz keeping guard over Indian bodies on scaffolds. A bear is in the cemetery. Illus. in: The Life, travels and adventures of Ferdinand de Soto, Discoverer of the Mississippi / Lambert A. Wilmer. Philadel... More

Remains of the party of Narvaez / J.W. Orr, N.Y.

Remains of the party of Narvaez / J.W. Orr, N.Y.

Wolf(?) eating bones. Illus. in: The Life, travels and adventures of Ferdinand de Soto, Discoverer of the Mississippi / Lambert A. Wilmer. Philadelphia : J.T. Lloyd, 1858, p. 307. Reference copy in LOT 4409-D.

Indians drowning the Spaniards J.W. Orr, N.Y

Indians drowning the Spaniards J.W. Orr, N.Y

The tribe of Quiqualtangui, probably in Louisiana, drowning the Spaniards. Illus. in: The Life, travels and adventures of Ferdinand de Soto, Discoverer of the Mississippi / Lambert A. Wilmer. Philadelphia : J.T... More

De Soto sets sail from Spain to conquer Florida / J.W. Orr, N.Y.

De Soto sets sail from Spain to conquer Florida / J.W. Orr, N.Y.

Illus. in: The Life, travels and adventures of Ferdinand de Soto, Discoverer of the Mississippi / Lambert A. Wilmer. Philadelphia : J.T. Lloyd, 1858, p. 287. Reference copy in LOT 4409-D.