THE NATIVE VILLAGE THAT HID HERNANDO DE SOTO’S FIRST CAMP IN AMERICA
Some centers were enormous.
Others were smaller.
Some political systems were stable for generations.
Others changed rapidly.
The important point is that Native people had been building organized communities in the Southeast for centuries before Spanish soldiers appeared.
When de Soto saw a mound or a large town, he was not looking at a random collection of houses.
He was entering a political landscape.
THE IMPORTANCE OF CHICKASAWHATCHEE CREEK
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