THE NATIVE VILLAGE THAT HID HERNANDO DE SOTO’S FIRST CAMP IN AMERICA
They rarely preserve the voices of children.
Yet children lived at Capachequi.
They were present when the Spanish arrived.
They would have seen the horses.
They would have seen unfamiliar weapons.
They may have experienced separation from family members.
They may have remembered the event for the rest of their lives.
Archaeology cannot identify their individual memories.