Collinsville High School - Kahokian Yearbook (Collinsville, IL)

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. .- QF . .,. .. L--L a y i -k vs- 4 easx W ...ari . .c wa For many months Miguel traveled a land called Florida and explored with Ponce de Leon and his men. The Frenchmen were highly unsuccessful in their attempts to locate the Fountain of Youth. But, Miguel, being the wisest of all, did find it. Although, to this day it is still not known how or where he found it, its magic power proved itself. For to this day he still . . . Well, back to that part of the story later. After Miguel's youth returned to him, he began to travel this great .w,D I, land of which Florida was a part. He came upon many greedy men who m ia, ,N were exploring this America for their homeland. Miguel disagreed very. much with this idea. Why, America should be allowed to remain free fromy ,. any foreign power. It should be allowed to grow as it pleased. One explorer - . whose ideas were much the same as Miguel's was a man named DeSoto. v His expedition was intending to travel up a large river known as the Father egg ,.,q... - ii1' l 'i ' A W of Waters but which the Indians called Mississippi, 044 Many weeks of exhausting travel were made bearable to Miguel by the most beautiful scenery that he had ever laid his eyes on. Large, green ,.' f Fifffl trees waved their branches over the water's ed e and extended back for It . miles from the shore. g 1 .:' f ','i if - T ' One day as Miguel was gazing dreamily at the wonderous sights be-' . , Q 1 fore him, the boat on which he was riding ran aground and threw him far i Q Q A upon the banks of the great river. Unconscious for many hours, Miguel Q awoke with a start! The expedition was gone! Well . . . nothing to do but g look around and make the best of what he had. And he did. 6 Further exploration revealed a band of Indians who had a particular Z fondness for great mounds of dirt in which they buried their dead. These Q were scattered for miles around the entire area. Well, thought Miguel, this Q is where I'll build my home and settle down. And he did. Qi 5 lil l Z ..-...,..........,l y . ... f 4, Z 9 f r ld .F 9?