THE NATIVE VILLAGE THAT HID HERNANDO DE SOTO’S FIRST CAMP IN AMERICA
It happened inside someone’s home.
That is a more intimate form of historical evidence than a route drawn on a map.
THE EMOTIONAL SIDE OF FIRST CONTACT
Archaeology cannot measure fear.
It cannot identify surprise in a person’s expression.
It cannot tell us what someone whispered to a family member when the Spanish appeared.
But history can still recognize the human probability.
A foreign army entering a community would have produced anxiety.
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