THE NATIVE VILLAGE THAT HID HERNANDO DE SOTO’S FIRST CAMP IN AMERICA
Weapon pieces.
And finally, a sword pommel.
A researcher finds it.
The old story becomes physical again.
That is the real discovery.
NOT THE END, BUT A BEGINNING
The identification of de Soto’s first proven encampment outside Florida should not be treated as the final answer to the history of 1540.
It is a beginning.