Excerpt from The Federal Government: Its Officers and Their Duties The success of Columbus, in his bold career in navigation and discovery, under the patronage of Ferdinand and Isabella of Spain, elevated him to the highest position among the crowned heads of Europe, and excited their ambition and hopes. All rulers eagerly sought to share in the new world which the genius of the great navigator had given to mankind. Spain took the lead, but Portugal and England ea gerly pressed on. Each sovereign claimed the owner ship of all lands discovered by his subjects. England sent out her explorers, who saw a portion of our At lantic coast. She soon assumed to own and control from Maine to Florida, and north, including Canada and the Lakes, and indefinitely west. Although inha bited by numerous Indian tribes, she soon ignored the rights, of these real native Americans. Their claim to the soil was not admitted beyond the privilege of hunting and fishing, and raising corn, beans, and pumpkins in the vicinity of their lodges. The adju. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.