Inca's Original DeSoto Writings


Garcilaso de la Vega, the "Inca," wrote the History of the Conquest of Florida based on interviews with DeSoto Expedition survivors. This translation was made by Charmion Shelby in 1935 and Published in the DeSoto Chronicles.        (Trails to this Point)


BY STATE: Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Tennessee, Alabama, Kentucky, Indiana, Illinois, Arkansas, Louisiana, Texas, Etc
GLOSSARY   TABLE of INDIAN PLACE NAMES used by the various DESOTO CHRONICLERS    1 LEAGUE = 2.6 STATUATE MILES


Florida of the Inca

Garcilaso de la Vega, el Inca 1539-1616

HISTORY OF THE ADELANTADO HERNANDO DE SOTO, GOVERNOR
AND CAPTAIN GENERAL OF THE KINGDOM OF LA FLORIDA, AND
OF OTHER HEROIC GENTLEMEN, SPANIARDS AND INDIANS;
WRITTEN BY THE INCA GARCILASSO DE LA VEGA,
CAPTAIN OF HIS MAJESTY, A NATIVE OF
THE GREAT CITY OF EL CUZCO,
CAPITAL OF THE KINGDOMS
AND PROVINCES OF
EL PERU


DESOTO LEAVES VINCINNES, INDIANA, FOR ILLINOIS

INCA SKIPS DESOTO IN MISSOURI - CONTINUES INTO ARKANSAS

INCA JUMPS FROM HERE INTO NAGUATEX (TEXAS);
THAT PART OF HIS NARRITIVE HAS BEEN MOVED ACCORDINGLY


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