BARTOLOME DE LAS CASAS (1474-1566) 66
From an account, much abbreviated, of the destruction of the Indies 68
ALVAR NUNEZ CABEZA DE VACA (C. 1490-1558) 71
The relation of Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca 73
[Dedication] 73
[The Malhado Way of Life] 74
[Our life among the Avavares and Arbadaos] 75
[Pushing on] 76
[Customs of That region] 77
[The first Confrontation] 78
[The falling-out with our countrymen] 78
FIRST ENCOUNTERS: EARLY EUROPEAN ACCOUNTS OF NATIVE AMERICA 80
HERNAN CORTES: From Second letter to the spanish crown 82
THOMAS HARRIOT: From A brief and true report of the new found land of virginia 87
SAMUEL DE CHAMPLAIN: From teh voyages of the sieur de champlain
ROBERT JUET: From the hird Voyage of Master Henry Hudson 98
JOHN HECKEWELDER: From history, Manners, and customs of the Indian Nations 103
WILLIAM BRADFORD AND EDWARD WINSLOW:
From Mourt's Relation 106
JOHN SMITH (1580-1631) 110
The general History of Virginia, New England, and the Summer Isles 113
The third book. From Chapter 2. What happened till the first supply 113
The fourth book. [Smith's Farewell to Virginia] 122
From A Description of New England 122
From New England's Trials 126
WILLIAM BRADFORD (1590-1657) 129
Of Plymouth Plantation 132
Book I 132
From Chapter I. [The English Reformation] 132
Chapter IV. Showing the Reasons and causes of their removal 134
From Chapter VII. Of their departure from Leyden 137