De Soto ends up in Apalache, the same tribal village at the Narvaez expedition did a dozen years ago. Instead of going west over water, De Soto goes north over land and continues into the Piedmont Plateau in Georgia. For the first time, the natives in these regions are exposed to Europeans and we get a glimpse of what may be a differentiating factor in the difference in energy between the Narvaez and de Soto expeditions.
Image of Hernando de Soto courtesy of: John Sartain
Read Expedition by an unnamed Portuguese man attending the expedition: https://www.americanjourneys.org/pdf/AJ-021.pdf
Read Relation of the Conquest of Florida Presented to the King of Spain in 1544: https://www.americanjourneys.org/pdf/AJ-022.pdf
Read A Narrative of the Expedition by De Soto’s personal secretary: https://www.americanjourneys.org/pdf/AJ-023.pdf
Read A Letter Written by De Soto to the Justice and Board of Magistrates in Santiago, Cuba: https://www.americanjourneys.org/pdf/AJ-024.pdf
