It boggles my mind that they were supposed to be Christians and planted crosses everywhere they went, but murdered and tortured as they followed their path through North America.
Conquistador
Hernando Desoto was granted the rights to conquer Florida and was named governor of Cuba in 1537.
De Soto arrived here on the west coast of Florida on May 30, 1539 with 10 ships carrying over 600 soldiers, priests, and explorers.
They spent four years searching for gold and silver, exploring the area, and brutally mistreating native societies, including the Cherokees, Seminoles, Creeks, Appalachians, and Choctaws.
excerpt from Enchanted Learning.
There are acres of beautiful wet lands and trails through the mangroves and along the Manatee river that leads into Tampa Bay, also called Spirit Bay because Desoto named it Espiritu Santo (Holy Spirit).
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The broom made from palm fronds is really neat. It is a good example of making do with what you have.
I remember studying about the early explorers in school but the atrocities they committed were passed over. It wasn't until later that I read the accounts of their brutality. Christians? Yeah, right!
Great post.
But it was a shamefull time for man kind and christians.
Sad history. there is a DeSoto National Forest less than an hour's drive north of the coast in our state.
An interesting historical sight. It still boggles my mind how Christians or any religious people can fight and cause human suffering.
such sad truths of history. we human beings are self-serving beings who can be incredibly cruel - even in the name of religion.
These are nice photos. The huts are really neat and so is the broom. No, nothing good to say about him.
You've gotten some beautiful pictures of this place associated with a tragic part of our history.
I remember learning about DeSoto in school but did not ever realize how bad his deeds were. Sandy, your post is very interesting. Thank you.
Sad history ... but great pictures. Loving that parrot in the header!
Girl, thanks so much for the interestin' history lesson framed by your most beautiful pictures!!! Too bad history is filled with wicked men and their wicked deeds.
God bless ya and have an extraordinary day sweetie! :o)
Extremely interesting - gosh I remember studying history but there is so much you have to study fast - and as a kid - who likes all that - now I love it.
I didn't know all your history there.
Sandie
Some of the history is NOT good at all....but it is interesting to learn. Thanks for sharing!
Looks like you've been having a lot of fun again. Thanks for sharing. This is beautiful. I don't know what has happened on blogger, but my blog has disappeared for now. I'm working on trying to get it back and hopefully that will happen soon and I can start posting my images from my trip to New England. Meanwhile I'll just enjoy my blogger friends' posts.
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Passei para uma visitinha.
Li o que você escreveu sobre a brutalidade do conquistador... no Brasil também foi a mesma coisa... os índios simplesmente foram exterminados pelas armas, pela gripe e pelo sarampo dos conquistadores... é realmente triste quando pensamos que eram seres humanos como nós.
Boa semana!
Beijos.
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How interesting. There are certainly some parts of history that are hard to 'digest' though...
Very interesting history and photos! Beautiful and colorful header photo, too.
So we see behind the fence now! I do wonder how any Christians think they can murder??
I love love your header, Sandra, Wow!
Shame is a big part of our American history ):
Great post! I pass Desoto signs all around my house so I guess he was rampaging thorugh here too : )
Wow - such great and interesting stuff!
Quite interesting and looks like a very cool place but how sad that someone could be so cruel
Doesn't it make you wonder how the history we are making today will be viewed in other hundred years?
So much of history I'm not acquainted with.
I got my eye on your blog. I love that header.
I am always amazed at how cruel people could be. And people that used to go see people hung--I often wonder what they were thinking.
a history lesson and great photos...I would like one of those huts in my back yard...
History went through a period of "bleakness", but that's the way it was.
I once as a child went to a missionary's house in Borneo, they had ceiling to floor drapes, and I was shocked.
I think you're right Sandra; the spanish explorers were a motley bunch where ever they went. Thanks for sharing these wonderful photos!
incredible cruelty!
thanks for sharing this history lesson and the wonderful photo!
btw, i love your header.
Those sure are some very interesting looking huts! Too bad that man was a murderer like that. I've never heard of him.
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