Confederate Military History, Vol. 7 of 12

Download or read book Confederate Military History, Vol. 7 of 12 written by Clement Anselm Evans and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-10-19 with total page 772 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Confederate Military History, Vol. 7 of 12: A Library of Confederate States History Written by Distinguished Men of the South The Spaniards soon found that they were in the midst of an armed force of Indians fully ten times their num ber. A dispute between a native and a Spanish oficer was the beginning of a most terrible battle; De Soto succeeded in getting outside of the gates, and deployed his soldiers so as to meet the swarm of Indians that were sweeping down upon them, a large body of which were directing their attack upon the horses of the Spaniards. The Indians used missiles of all kinds. Bows and arrows were used with great skill, while in hand-to-hand conflict the savages fought with wooden cleavers and enormous clubs. After three hours of battle, the Spanish were reinforced by the arrival of their rear guard under Mus coso. Encouraged by this addition of fresh troops, the heavily-armored Spaniards, with their superior weapons. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.