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| Hubby Bob, waiting for me outside the hut, if not for that there would be MANY MORE photos |
The Native Americans in this part of Florida in the 1500's were Tocobaga and Uzita tribes. Both tribes were peaceful, loving and lived off the land.
These are the replicas of their thatched huts.
Building their home from palms and trees, fishing and hunting for food.
The mural below shows Hernando and the hundreds of men that came on 7 ships, from Cuba. He was the governor of Cuba, when Spain ruled it, and left there to come and start his trip to the Mississippi River. Like many of the explorers from the past he pillaged, raped, destroyed and made slaves of around 1000 native Americans, to feed and care for his soldiers.
All of Florida, has monuments and parks and entire Historical Societys names for this horror of a man.
They nearly wiped out the tribes, but a few did remain until 1700.
In our city of Bradenton, there are dozens of places with the Name Desoto on them, Bridges, Malls, Stores, Parks and even Assisted Living Community, such as DeSoto Palms Asst Living community.
The snip below is to show what happens on the screen when I type DeSoto.
If you like history and care to know details I am including links.
For details on this park, slide show, pod talk and photos of the special events that show us how they lived are here at DeSoto Natl Memorial
Trail of Florida Indian Heritage is a list of places to visit in our state.
If you want to see just how crazy about this murderous man the city is, you will find photo and stories of all the things people do to celebrate and party at Hernando Historical Society of Manatee County. It is not just our county, but you would find these in every county in the state.
As for me, I just love the trails, the trees, the water views the gorgeous scenery and the peace and quite away from the madding crowds. to be continued
21 comments:
How awful, he was a horrible person!!!
LOVE your cool new header!!!
Wow, what a horrible person he was. I like those huts. I can't imagine living in one though
Hari Om
As a history nerd, you know I greatly enjoyed this post and am now off to follow links. I hear and feel your passion of distaste for DeSoto. The horror lies in the fact that such men still move about the earth...YAM xx
Hello,
Great post on the park and the history.
It is sad that this horrible man has all these monuments.
I like the quote on your header, very nice!
Take care, have a great day!
Such a neat area. Like I said, I wish we had visited it now.
I love history and study it a lot. Abraham Lincoln was a monster too but there are monuments, he's on our money, he's treated like he's a god, etc. But he was a tyrant and a nutjob. He jailed those who disagreed with him. He deliberately baited the South into starting the Civil War over State's Rights (slavery was going away on it's own). There's evil everywhere in every generation and every culture, even the Indians but the victors get to write the history. That's the only version we ever hear until digging deeper.
Good post. I enjoyed it.
Blessings. xx
Yep, that man was an evil dude for sure. That hut is really cool though and I'd like to visit there and see the native heritage part.
Sandra, there is nothing better than walking outdoors and enjoying time away from the maddening crowds as you so rightly said. It is indeed unfortunate that someone who led a despicable life can be immortalized. What were they thinking or perhaps just NOT thinking at all.
I love trails meandering thru glorious trees and sun beams
Hugs Cecilia
Seems odd indeed that so many places should still be named after that man. But I suppose similar examples could be found all over the world, and we've just got so used to some famous names in history that we don't stop to really think about what kind of characters they actually were. Thanks for sharing, I for one certainly can't claim to know much about the history of any individual states in the US.
Can't image living in a hut like that.
Celebrating the wrong people is nothing new, I guess. Thank you for these great posts of Florida history.
What a wretched man! No doubt there were countless others whose legacies have been airbrushed.
Now I'm wondering if the State takes measures to cover that 'hut' when hurricanes threaten.
Love your new header; that quote reminds me of Nightbird.
Each generation has it's evil. Its just applied differently as technology gets refined. It is history, be it bad or good and I do hope it doesn't get wiped out of the history books. One just can't whitewash Life as it was and is..
Sue
Past history repeats itself unfortunately. I like your Header and lovely quote.
All the best.
It does sound peaceful. Thank you for sharing more photos and more history.
Very sad DeSoto had to be that way. I guess - unfortunately - that is how history goes. It is certainly not right at all.
I did find it interesting and those huts were amazing.
I love the peacefulness of the place. It's too bad the history is so grim. 🙁
Do any of the original culture of indigenous people remain in the local population today?
I don't have time to follow the links...but I find it amazing how cruel men can be.
Sadly De Soto is not alone in his heinous deeds and to be immortalized for them is even sadder. This place is gorgeous, and you took great photos. Thanks for the history lesson. We should never forget our history. I shall be checking out the links you've provided so many thanks for them. Love the new header with its uplifting words.
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