Knights of Spain, Warriors of the Sun by Charles Hudson -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Cover Title Page Copyright Page Dedication Contents List of Illustrations Foreword to Twentieth Anniversary Edition Preface Acknowledgments Chapter 1. Separate Worlds: Spain and the American Southeast in the Sixteenth Century

“Spaniards” “Indians” Early Spanish Exploration of North America

Chapter 2. Hernando de Soto: The Man Who Would Be Marqués of La Florida

Organization of the Expedition Departure from San Lúcar Cuba Final Preparations

Chapter 3. La Florida

Base Camp Horses, Dogs, Pigs Juan Ortiz Northward from Tampa Bay

Chapter 4. Apalachee

Departure from Tampa Bay The Swamp of Ocale De Soto Leads a Contingent Northward The Battle at Napituca Anhayca, Principal Town of Apalachee

Chapter 5. Winter, 1539-1540

The Bay of the Horses Marcos and Perico The Return to Tampa Bay Apalachee Resistance The Chief of Apalachee Maldonado Reconnoiters the Gulf Coast

Chapter 6. Cofitachequi

Capachequi Toa Ichisi Ocute The Wilderness of Ocute Cofitachequi

Chapter 7. Coosa

Joara The Cherokee-Speaking Peoples Chiaha Coosa

Chapter 8. Tascaluza

South from Coosa Atahachi Mabila Attack Counterattack After the Battle

Chapter 9. Chicaza Chapter 10. Winter, 1540-1541 Chapter 11. Quizquiz, Casqui, Pacaha

Quizquiz The Mississippi River Casqui Pacaha North from Pacaha

Chapter 12. Utiangue

Quiguate Coligua Cayas Tula Utiangue

Chapter 13. Winter, 1541-1542 331 Chapter 14. Guachoya

Anilco Guachoya Quigualtam The Massacre at Anilco The Death of De Soto

Chapter 15. The River of Daycao

Chaguate Naguatex Aays Guasco The River of Daycao Return to the Mississippi River Aminoya

Chapter 16. Winter, 1542-1543 Chapter 17. Flight down the Mississippi River

The Canoes of Quigualtam The Mouth of the Mississippi River

Chapter 18. To Mexico

The Gulf Coast Ptinuco Mexico City

Chapter 19. After the Expedition

The Survivors Isabel de Bobadilla vs. Hernan Ponce de Leon The Decline of the Southeastern Chiefdoms The Lost World of the Southeastern Chiefdoms

Afterword

The Documentary Sources History of Research on the De Soto Route The U.S. De Soto Expedition Commission Combining Archaeological and Historical Evidence A More Accurate De Soto Route Commissions and Controversies

Notes Index