| | | Hakluyt’s Voyages, vol. iii, p. 21. | | | | [28] When examining the inclosures near Newark, I had with me | | the plan of the survey of Mr. Atwater, published in 1820 in the | | 1st Volume of the Archæologia Americana. The plan pp. 66 is, in | | its proportions, a reduction that I made of the survey of Mr. | | Whittlesea, but the inclosures are drawn according to the plan of | | Mr. Atwater. | | | | The survey of Mr. Whittlesea is given at pp. 67 “Ancient Monuments | | of the Mississippi Valley.” Some of the smaller earthworks and | | parallels no longer exist, having been probably removed by the | | plough. | | | | With respect to the subject of Archæology in North America, I have | | to thank Dr. Baird, the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, | | for having placed in my hands the valuable and impartial work | | written by Mr. Haven. | | | | [29] See the Journal of Mr. Thaddeus Harris, pp. 54, published in | | Boston in 1805. | | | | [30] Florida was discovered in 1512 by Ponce de Leon, the aged | | governor of Porto Rico, who was then seeking for the Fountain of | | Youth, which, according to the statements of the historian of the | | voyage, was believed to have the power to rejuvenate old men, and | | restore to them the vigour of early manhood. | | | | An expedition undertaken a few years later, in 1528, by Pamphilo | | de Narvaez had a disastrous termination. Many Spaniards were left | | behind, the majority of whom were probably tortured and killed. | | Others, in accordance with Indian customs, may have been chosen by | | squaws to be their husbands, and would have consequently taken | | part in the conduct of tribal affairs. | | | | It is not unlikely that some of these Spanish adventurers, would | | have taken advantage of any opportunity that may have occurred, to | | proceed into the interior of the new continent. Due consideration | | should also be given to the fact that the French may have assisted | | the Indians in the construction of their forts on the plains, at |