THE NATIVE VILLAGE THAT HID HERNANDO DE SOTO’S FIRST CAMP IN AMERICA
It was the foundation of movement.
Without it, horses weakened, soldiers became sick, and the army could not continue.
A Native community that controlled food therefore possessed a kind of power even when facing heavily armed outsiders.
THE SWORD AS A SYMBOL OF TWO WORLDS
The sword pommel is interesting not only because it identifies Spanish presence.
It symbolizes the technological difference between the two societies at the moment of contact.
The Native people of the Southeast had sophisticated technologies of their own.
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