Aldrich, Thomas Bailey, 1836-1907 · Boston, CT : Hall and Locke · leaf 384
-rate and sober-minded chroni-cler of the events of his owntimes. He relates that inthe year 1536 the settlers atBuenos Ayres, having exhausted their pro-visions, and being compelled by hostile In-dians to keep within their palisades, werereduced to the verge of starvation. The Governor,Mendoza,… … 352 The Animal Story Book in power. The people were finally reduced to a rationof six ounces of flour per day for each person; butas the flour was putrid and only made them ill, theywere forced to live on any small animals they couldcapture, including snakes, frogs, and toads. Some hor-rible…
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