was prepared for all the inhabitants of the lands
lying "between the River of Palms and Cape
Florida and he summons them to Salvation
in no uncertain words., "I, Pamphilo de Nar-
vaez," he begins declare to you how God
created the world" -and he goes on to say,
that, although they will not be compelled to
accept Christianity, yet when they shall have
been informed of the truth they shall be made
Christians. f you refuse," he says, frankly,
"with God's assistance, I will march against
you, arms in hand. I will make war upon you
by every possible means. I will obtain pos-
session of your wives and children; I will re:
duce you to slavery." He further adds, that
all these threatened miseries will not be caused
"by His Majesty, nor myself, nor the gentlemen
who accompany me, but by yourselves only! "
 There is yet another story to be told, of that
sailor who climbed a tree in Panama, and saw
both oceans, and prayed that he might sail a
ship in the Pacific. He came here to the old
town, the Sergeant declares, and left death and
despair behind him, in place of the spoil he


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