THE NATIVE VILLAGE THAT HID HERNANDO DE SOTO’S FIRST CAMP IN AMERICA
They might know that the strangers carried metal weapons.
They might know that they had horses.
They might know that some communities had suffered violence.
This meant that Native leaders were making decisions with incomplete but growing information.
Every encounter could influence the next.
DE SOTO’S HORSES
The horses were among the most transformative objects carried by the expedition.
To the Spanish, horses were military technology.
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