First American: New Discoveries
It seems that every year discoveries push back the date for the first Americans. The January edition of the National Geographic magazine...
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...
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...
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...
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...