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World War II. World War I. Vietnam War. Sign Up. Westward Expansion. Cold War. At some point, the expedition crossed the Arkansas River and undoubtedly made contact with some Caddoan peoples. Archaeologists have not identified the exact location of these people, but they were clearly not Caddo. The fights with the Tula convinced Hernando de Soto to turn around and travel to the east. When the winter ended, it made its way back to the Mississippi River.
They first tried to travel overland, but the lack of food and water in the desert of Texas convinced them to return to Guachoya, where they spent months constructing barges and rafts, which they used to sail down the Mississippi River under attack from hostile natives the entire way , then along the Gulf Coast to Mexico.
Unfortunately, the lack of archaeological evidence from the western and southern part of the state means that scholars are unsure of the route in these areas. For additional information: Childs, H. Terry, and Charles H. Clayton, Lawrence A. Moore, eds. Tuscaloosa: University of Alabama Press, Galloway, Patricia Kay. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, Hudson, Charles. Athens: University of Georgia Press, Sloan, David.
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DeSoto encountered the Chickasaw, Chakchiuma, and Alabama in the northern part of east-central Mississippi and later the Tunica, Quapaw, or an unidentified group such as Taposa or Ibitoupa at Quizquiz in northwest Mississippi.
Desoto had demanded the Chickasaw provide burden bearers and women to help the Spaniards with the next part of their journey. They reached Mississippi in July and explored as far south as the mouth of the Arkansas River near present-day Rosedale before turning back. He established the site for Fort Prudhomme—not a real fort—at a location he encountered Chickasaw hunters on the third or fourth Chickasaw Bluffs at or north of Memphis.
He established and claimed Louisiane , or the entire Mississippi Valley and lands drained by its tributaries, for New France. La Salle intended to colonize Louisiane at the Mississippi River mouth. However, he overshot far to the west, and the colonists landed in present day Texas.
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