Historic Sketches of Walla Walla Whitman Columbia and Garfield Counties Washington Territory and Umatilla County Oregon (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from Historic Sketches of Walla Walla Whitman Columbia and Garfield Counties Washington Territory and Umatilla County Oregon<br><br>Vasco Nunez de Balboa the first white man to step upon the plain of Pacific Coast history is introduced to the reader without prelude or essay upon the causes that led to his doing it. He was from the humble walks of life heartless fanatical vain cruel and ambitious. He was a Spaniard by birth and a ghoul by nature who to escape his creditors in Hispaniola crept into the hold of a vessel bound for the Caribbean Sea. The commander Enciso threatened to have him thrown overboard when found but unfortunately for humanity''s sake failed to do it.<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>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.