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First Contact: The Soto Expedition, Part 5: Arrogant and Proud Barbarians
In his account of the Soto expedition, “The Inca” [see Part 1] gives what I believe to be the most accurate and eloquent account of the...
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First Contact: The Soto Expedition, Part 4: Panfilo de Narvaez
Inspired by the stories of Cabeza de Vaca, who had survived in North America after becoming a castaway and just returned to Spain, in...
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First Contact: The Soto Expedition, Part 3: Ponce de Leon
Hernando de Soto was not the first to make contact with Native Americans in Florida. As “The Inca” [Part 1] tells in his chronicles of...
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First Contact: The Soto Expedition, Part 2: Like Deer
In 1537, after amassing a sizable fortune as a conquistador, slave trader, and business man in South America, Hernando de Soto quickly...
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First Contact: The Soto Expedition, Part 1: Hernando de Soto
This is part of a series of articles by Courtney Miller on the subject of “First Contact”–the initial contact of the Native Americans...