De Soto And His Men in the Land of Florida
De Soto And His Men in the Land of Florida
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Then, Casquin, pray to the Sun and Moon to help you." Before Casquin could answer, the Adelantado, who had asked the inter- pretation of what Capaha was saying, interposed, and charged upon the two chiefs the necessity of peace, and enforced at least the semblance of it upon them both, until the hour came for dinner.
When the Adelantado took his place at the head of the board, Casquin took bis seat at his right hand — the seat that he had occupied since he had been with the army. Capaha remaine...d standing ; and looking Casquin full in the face said : Digitized by Google 2i 8 Hernando de Soto " You know very well that place is mine, Casquin ; and for many reasons, the principal of which is that my blood is more illustrious, my chieftainship more ancient, and my territory larger than yours, and for any one of these three reasons you should not take it, because, in virtue of every one of them, it belongs to me/' The Adelantado, seeing that something new was happening, asked the interpreters again what Capaha was saying ; and being told, he spoke to him : " Even if all you have said be true, it is only just that the years of Casquin should be respected, and that you, who are a youth, should honour age by yielding him the superior place; it is the natural obligation of the young to revere the old, and by doing so they honour themselves." " Sir," Capaha replied, " if I had Casquin in my house as guest, either with white hairs or without, I should give him the first place at my meals, and would do him all the honour, besides, that I could ; but as we are eating with strangers, it does not seem just to yield my place, for it has come to me from my forefathers, and if I should do so, my people and my warriors would hold it ill of me.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
Then, Casquin, pray to the Sun and Moon to help you." Before Casquin could answer, the Adelantado, who had asked the inter- pretation of what Capaha was saying, interposed, and charged upon the two chiefs the necessity of peace, and enforced at least the semblance of it upon them both, until the hour came for dinner.
When the Adelantado took his place at the head of the board, Casquin took bis seat at his right hand — the seat that he had occupied since he had been with the army. Capaha remaine...d standing ; and looking Casquin full in the face said : Digitized by Google 2i 8 Hernando de Soto " You know very well that place is mine, Casquin ; and for many reasons, the principal of which is that my blood is more illustrious, my chieftainship more ancient, and my territory larger than yours, and for any one of these three reasons you should not take it, because, in virtue of every one of them, it belongs to me/' The Adelantado, seeing that something new was happening, asked the interpreters again what Capaha was saying ; and being told, he spoke to him : " Even if all you have said be true, it is only just that the years of Casquin should be respected, and that you, who are a youth, should honour age by yielding him the superior place; it is the natural obligation of the young to revere the old, and by doing so they honour themselves." " Sir," Capaha replied, " if I had Casquin in my house as guest, either with white hairs or without, I should give him the first place at my meals, and would do him all the honour, besides, that I could ; but as we are eating with strangers, it does not seem just to yield my place, for it has come to me from my forefathers, and if I should do so, my people and my warriors would hold it ill of me.
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