PREFACE TO THE SIXTH EDITION
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
Literature to 1700
Introduction
Timeline
STORIES OF THE BEGINNING OF THE WORLD
The Iroquois Creation Story
Pima Stories of the Beginning of the World
The Story of the Creation
The Story of the Flood
CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS (1451-1506)
From Letter to Luis de Santangel Regarding the First Voyage
From Letter to Ferdinand and Isabella Regarding the Fourth Voyage
BARTOLOMt DE LAS CASAS (1474-1566)
The Very Brief Relation of the Devastation of the Indies
From Hispaniola
From The Coast of Pearls, Paria, and the Island of Trinidad
BERNAL DIAZ DEL CASTILLO (1492-1584)
The True History of the Conquest of New Spain
[Gifts Presented to Cort6s]
[The Approach to Tenochtitlan]
[Cortes in Difficulties]
[The Destruction of Tenochtitlan]
ALVAR NUNEZ CABEZA DE VACA (c. 1490-1558)
The Relation of fidvar Nfifiez Cabeza de Vaca
[Dedication]
[The Malhado Way of Life]
[Our Life among the Avavares and Arbadaos]
[Pushing On]
[Customs of That Region]
[The Long Swing-Around]
[The Town of Hearts]
[The Buckle and the Horseshoe Nail]
[The First Confrontation]
[The Falling-Out with Our Countrymen]
GARCILASO DE LA VEGA ( 1539-1616)
The Florida of the Inca
Book II, Part I
Chapter II. Concerning the Tortures That a Cacique Inflicted upon a Spaniard, His Slave
Chapter III. The Hard Life of the Captive Christian Continues,and How He Fled from His Master
Chapter IV. Of the Magnanimity. of the Curaca or Cacique Mucoo, to Whom the Captive Commended Himself
Chapter V. The Governor Sends for Juan Ortiz THOMAS HARRIOT (1560-1621)
A Brief and True Report of the New Found Land of Virginia
From Of the Nature and Manners of the People
SAMUEL DE CHAMPLAIN (c. 1570-1635)
The Voyages of Sieur de Champlain
From Chapter VIII. Continuation of the Exploration of the Coast of the Almouchiquois
From Chapter XIII. The Sieur de Poutrincourt Sets Out from Port Royal to Make Discoveries
Chapter XIV. Continuation of the Above-Mentioned Discoveries
The Voyages and Discoveries he Voyage of 1618
[Account of ltienne Brul6]
JOHN SMITH (1580-1631)
The General History of Virginia, New England, and the Summer Isles
The Third Book. From Chapter 2. What Happened till the First Supply
The Fourth Book. [Smith''s Farewell to Virginia]
From A Description of New England
From New England''s Trials
NATIVE AMERICAN TRICKSTER TALES
WINNEBAGO
Felix White Sr.s Introduction to Wakjankaga (transcribed and translated by Kathleen Danker and Felix White)
From The Winnebago Trickster Cycle (edited by Paul Radin) SIOUX
Ikto Conquers lya, the Eater (transcribed and edited by Ella C.Deloria)
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American Literature 1700-1820
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHIES
PERMISSIONS ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
INDEX