Ferdinand De Soto, The Discoverer of the Mississippi American Pioneers and Patriots

CHAPTER XI.

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_The Conspiracy and its Consequences._

The Three Brother Chieftains.--Reply of Vitachuco to his Brothers.--Feigned Friendship for the Spaniards.--The Conspiracy.--Its Consummation and Results.--Clemency of De Soto.--The Second Conspiracy.--Slaughter of the Indians.--March of the Spaniards for Osachile.--Battle in the Morass. 180