Hernando+de+Soto-NW

Dear King and Queen of Spain, I will leave going to Nicaragua soon here in 1524. I have now been living here in Nicaragua now for a while prospering some slave trade. I will now set off for Peru now in what I think is 1531. My men and I have killed the Inca ruler and conquered the Inca empire. I will now come back and I hoping to arrive in 1536. Thank you so much for letting me leave again to take Florida away for Spain. Can you your majesties belive that the Cubans thought I was a Sun God so they let me be governor 1537. I have now arrived at what I think is the West coast of Florida on May 30, 1539. I have 10 boat5s full of 600 soldiers, priests, and explorers. We have spent what I think has been four years now of searching for gold and silve, exploring the area, and brutally conttacting native sosieties, including the Cherokees, Seminoles, Creeks, Appalatians, and the Choctaws. Dear King and Queen, our Henando de Soto has died of an illness and fever. We have found many thing but we are surrounded by land and we don't know our way arround so we might not return to Spain. He was a brave and only lived about 42 years.

Hernando de Soto, and Captain of a Ship.

By: Nick Weaver

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