Under him, the earth teemed with fruits and flowers, without the pains of culture. An ear of Indian corn was as much as a single man could carry. The cotton, as it grew, took, of its own accord, the rich dyes of human art. The air was filled with intoxicating... Columbian Historical Novels - Page 131by John Roy Musick - 1895Full view - About this book
| Thomas Philip Terry - 1927 - 1066 pages
...halcyon days he spent with his people represented to them the golden ago of Andhuac. At his command the earth teemed with fruits and flowers, without the pains of culture. An ear of Indian corn was as much as a man could carry. The cotton, as it grew, took, of its own accord, the... | |
| Jack Rodney Harlan - 1998 - 292 pages
...instructed the natives in the use of metals, in agriculture and in the arts of government. Under him, the earth teemed with fruits and flowers without the pains of culture. An ear of Indian corn was as much as a single man could carry. Cotton, as it grew, took on of its own accord,... | |
| William Hickling Prescott - 2004 - 904 pages
...benefactors of their species, doubtless, who have been deif1ed by the gratitude of posterity. Under him, the earth teemed with fruits and flowers, without the pains of culture. An ear of Indian corn was as much as a single man could carry. The cotton, as it grew, took, of its own accord,... | |
| William Prescott - 2005 - 761 pages
...benefactors of their species, doubtless, who have been deified by the gratitude of posterity. Under him, the earth teemed with fruits and flowers, without the pains of culture. An ear of Indian corn was as much as a single man could carry. The cotton, as it grew, took, of its own accord,... | |
| William Hickling Prescott - 1904 - 458 pages
...benefactors of their species, doubtless, who have been deified by the gratitude of posterity. Under him, the earth teemed with fruits and flowers, without the pains of culture. An ear of Indian corn was as much as a single man could carry. The cotton, as it grew, took, of its own accord,... | |
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