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  2. Coosa chiefdom - Wikipedia

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    These type variations could indicate that the chiefdom underwent three archaeological phases and changes in culture, each with distinct pottery and artifact styles. Only one other village had a mound; the others associated with the chiefdom had only residential dwellings. Hernando de Soto and his expedition entered the Coosa chiefdom in 1540 ...

  3. Chiaha - Wikipedia

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    Chiaha was at the northern extreme of the paramount Coosa chiefdom's sphere of influence in the 16th century when the Spanish expeditions of Hernando de Soto and Juan Pardo passed through the area. The Chiaha chiefdom included parts of modern Jefferson and Sevier counties, and may have extended westward into Knox , Blount and Monroe counties.

  4. The Lady of Cofitachequi - Wikipedia

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    The Spaniards were also provided with canoes and rafts so that they could transport themselves via water. As an act of peaceful relationships, the Lady gave De Soto her pearl necklace while he gave her a gold ring with a ruby stone. De Soto promised that the king of Spain would recognize the Lady's courteous treatment. [4]

  5. Coushatta - Wikipedia

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    Download as PDF; Printable version; ... (including the 1539-1543 Hernando de Soto ... Colita's village was founded before the European-American settlement of ...

  6. List of sites and peoples visited by the Hernando de Soto ...

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    A proposed route for the de Soto Expedition, based on Charles M. Hudson map of 1997. [1] This is a list of sites and peoples visited by the Hernando de Soto Expedition in the years 1539–1543. In May 1539, de Soto left Havana, Cuba, with nine ships, over 620 men and 220 surviving horses and landed at Charlotte Harbor, Florida. This began his ...

  7. Casqui - Wikipedia

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    Casqui was a Native American polity visited in 1541 by the Hernando de Soto expedition. This group inhabited fortified villages in eastern Arkansas . The tribe takes its name from the chieftain Casqui, who ruled the tribe from its primary village, thought to be located in present day Cross County, Arkansas near the town of Parkin .

  8. Hernando de Soto - Wikipedia

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    Hernando de Soto was born around the late 1490s or early 1500s in Extremadura, Spain, to parents who were both hidalgos, nobility of modest means.The region was poor and many people struggled to survive; young people looked for ways to seek their fortune elsewhere.

  9. Cofitachequi - Wikipedia

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    A map showing the Cofitachequi kingdom/paramountcy and its political structure in detail in the year 1538. Cofitachequi (pronounced Coffee—Ta—Check—We) [1] was a paramount chiefdom founded about AD 1300 and encountered by the Hernando de Soto expedition in South Carolina in April 1540.