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

[57] July 19-20, 1528.

[58] Alonzo Enrriquez.

[59] "Eight or nine days." Oviedo, 587.

[60] St. Marks River, which flows into St. Marks Bay, at the head of which Aute was situated.

[61] August 1, 1528.

[62] August 3, 1528.

[63] About six hundred and forty bushels.

[64] Tampa Bay.

[65] In reality they could not have travelled much more than as many miles in a straight line from Tampa Bay.

[66] Consult Garcilasso de la Vega, La Florida, 78, 1723, for the finding of the relics of Narvaez by De Soto's expedition in 1539, and see the De Soto narration of the Gentleman of Elvas, later in the present volume.