After his death on May 21, his comrades buried his body in the great river. His successor, Luis de Moscoso, led the remnants of the expedition which was eventually decimated by half on rafts down the Mississippi, finally reaching Mexico in But if you see something that doesn't look right, click here to contact us!
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After twice being turned back by ice, Hudson embarked on a third voyage—this time on behalf of the Dutch East India Company—in De Soto died of fever on May 21, , in Ferriday, Louisiana. In his will, de Soto named Luis de Moscoso Alvarado the new leader of the expedition. De Soto was born c. He was raised at the family manor. De Soto's family hoped he would become a lawyer, but he told his father he would rather explore the West Indies.
An excellent horseman, de Soto was appointed captain of a cavalry exploration troop. Setting out from Panama to Nicaragua and later Honduras, de Soto quickly proved his worth as an explorer and trader, reaping large profits through his bold and commanding exchanges with the natives. De Soto played a fundamental role in organizing the conquest of Peru and engaged in a successful battle to capture Cuzco. In de Soto returned to Spain a wealthy man. His share of the Incan Empire's fortune amounted to no less than 18, ounces of gold.
Despite having a new wife and home in Spain, de Soto grew restless when he heard stories about Cabeza de Vaca's exploration of Florida and the other Gulf Coast states. Enticed by the riches and fertile land de Vaca had allegedly encountered there, de Soto sold all his belongings and used the money to prepare for an expedition to North America.
Marching up the west coast of Florida, he spent the winter near the Hernando de Soto. Courtesy of the Library of Congress. In de Soto resumed the march through Georgia. At the Savannah River he met an Indian woman who offered him a long string of pearls and told him more could be found in nearby burial grounds.
After collecting pounds of pearls, the party continued northward into present-day South and North Carolina, across the Smoky Mountains into Tennessee, and southward into Georgia and Alabama. Their fiercest battle with Indians, which resulted in the loss of many men as well as the pearls, occurred in southeastern Alabama. De Soto and his followers, anxious to find riches, set out once again to the north-west into northern Mississippi.
After crossing the Mississippi he explored Arkansas, and established his winter quarters near the present site of Fort Smith. Having made up his mind to return to the sea, he reached the mouth of the Arkansas River, where he died of fever on May 21, De Soto's men wrapped his body in cloaks packed with sand and cast it into the river. The survivors of the expedition, under Luis de Moscoso, floated down the Mississippi and coasted along the Gulf shore until they reached Tampico, Mexico, in September Clayton, Lawrence A.
Moore, eds. The De Soto Chronicles. Tuscaloosa: University of Alabama Press, Duncan, David Ewing. New York: Crown Publishers, Whitman, Sylvia.
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