Hernando De Soto Journal Entry

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Journal entry #1 We start out on our expedition and it's very tiresome. We have some supplies but we are going to steal most of it. The purpose of this expedition is to find lots of riches. Journal entry #2 Our fearless leader Hernando De Soto is not so fearless he misses his wife Inés de Bobadilla so much. He writes to her every day and he just found out she is expecting with her first child. He tricks the natives that he is a god so they will not kill him. Then when they trusted him he stole all of their supplies. Journal entry #3 One of the native cities we went to was Ja’co and it so so huge they did not speak spanish so it was hard to communicate with them.

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