THE NATIVE VILLAGE THAT HID HERNANDO DE SOTO’S FIRST CAMP IN AMERICA
What can be said with confidence is that Capachequi was part of the complex Indigenous world of the Southeast.
Its people farmed.
They built houses.
They maintained political relationships.
They used regional trade networks.
They interacted with neighboring communities.
And they had their own understanding of the land.
When de Soto arrived, they were not meeting “America” for the first time.
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