 | Federal Writers' Project. South Dakota - South Dakota - 1938 - 441 pages
...1743. 'On March 30 of that year they climbed a "gumbo" hill above the present site of Fort Pierre, and took possession of the country in the name of the King of France ; and in proof of this, they buried an inscribed lead plate and raised a cairn of stones over... | |
 | Almanacs, American - 1942 - 1022 pages
...first voyage ol exploration (Oct. 28, 1492), He landed at what Is now known as the Bay of Nuevitas and took possession of the country In the name of the King oí Spain. It was called successively Juana, Santiago and Ave María, finally regaining its Indian... | |
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Nuevitas and took possession of the country In the name of the King of Spain. 
