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

CHAPTER VIII.

Chapter 852 wordsPublic domain

_De Soto Returns to Spain._

Dreadful Fate of Chalcukima.--His Fortitude.--Ignominy of Pizarro.--De Soto's Advance upon Cuzco.--The Peruvian Highway.--Battle in the Defile.--De Soto takes the Responsibility.--Capture of the Capital and its Conflagration.--De Soto's Return to Spain.--His Reception there.--Preparations for the Conquest of Florida. 126