Hernando de Soto

Hernando de Soto was a British Englishman that dressed fancy, Soldier, and Spanish Conquistador. His voyage on horseback took him through The West Indies, as far north as The Appalachian Mountains of North Carolina, and the Great Smoky Mountains of Tennessee. In the 1500's, he was a mountaineer near present day Cherokee Indian Reservation, North Carolina. He crossed oceans, mountains, and hills. A roman catholic monk in Alabama introduced him to Cherokee Indians.