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The nobles and gentry were swordsmen , crusaders , and spoilers of the
Egyptians - made such by centuries of war with the Moors — and they held all
labor and trade in scorn . Each year , more of the gold which annually poured into
the ...
The nobles and gentry were swordsmen , crusaders , and spoilers of the
Egyptians - made such by centuries of war with the Moors — and they held all
labor and trade in scorn . Each year , more of the gold which annually poured into
the ...
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His fingers were so worn from this labor that " did a straw but touch them they
would bleed ” ; and the sharp spikes of broken cane tore his naked flesh . For
nearly six years Vaca lived a slave among these Indians . He had long intended
to ...
His fingers were so worn from this labor that " did a straw but touch them they
would bleed ” ; and the sharp spikes of broken cane tore his naked flesh . For
nearly six years Vaca lived a slave among these Indians . He had long intended
to ...
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But the Spaniards , accustomed in America to living off the supplies and labor of
submissive natives , were not allured by the prospect of taming tall Creek
warriors , or of tilling the soil and hunting game to maintain themselves in the
wilderness ...
But the Spaniards , accustomed in America to living off the supplies and labor of
submissive natives , were not allured by the prospect of taming tall Creek
warriors , or of tilling the soil and hunting game to maintain themselves in the
wilderness ...
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... without setbacks . Disease and the adventurer's dislike of manual labor — the
same enemies that so FLORIDA 151.
... without setbacks . Disease and the adventurer's dislike of manual labor — the
same enemies that so FLORIDA 151.
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dislike of manual labor — the same enemies that so nearly wrecked the English
settlement at Jamestown several decades later - played their part in hampering
the growth of the Florida settlements . When the colonies might perhaps have ...
dislike of manual labor — the same enemies that so nearly wrecked the English
settlement at Jamestown several decades later - played their part in hampering
the growth of the Florida settlements . When the colonies might perhaps have ...
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