Spanish Explorers in the Southern United States, 1528-1543. / The Narrative of Alvar Nunez Cabeca de Vaca. The Narrative of the Expedition of Hernando De Soto by the Gentleman of Elvas

by active 16th century Alvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca; active 16th century Pedro de Castañeda de Nájera; Knight of Elvas

[37] Buckingham Smith says: "This is the dwarf fan-palm, not the cabbage-palm, to which we often inadvertently apply the diminutive termination ito, mispelled etto." Smith lived in Florida for many years.

[38] Evidently the Withlacoochee, which enters the Gulf at latitude 29°.

[39] The Spaniards were still among the Timucuan tribes.

[40] May 18, 1528.

[41] Castillo.

[42] Two leagues, according to Oviedo, op. cit., 585.

[43] The Withlacoochee.

[44] Forty men according to Oviedo, 585.

[45] When Hernando de Soto passed through this country eleven years later he also was met by Indians playing flutes.

[46] The Suwannee.