THE NATIVE VILLAGE THAT HID HERNANDO DE SOTO’S FIRST CAMP IN AMERICA
They can say a site matches the written description.
They can distinguish established facts from interpretation.
This is not weaker storytelling.
It is stronger.
Readers can understand what is known and what remains uncertain.
The mystery remains interesting without exaggeration.
THE DISCOVERY IN ONE SENTENCE
If the entire story had to be reduced to one sentence, it would be this: