Coronado , LaSalle , Hernando de Soto
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- (Glory) To make a name for themselves
- (Gold) Get rich
- (God) To spread Christianity to the Native Americans
- La Salle was already a famous frenceh explorer he had explored the length of the Mississippi River.
- While he was gone the fort was attacked by the Karankawa. La Salle was killed by his own men and only 7 returned back to Canada.
- Sieur de La Salle
- La Salle tried to establish a friendly relations with the Karankawa tribe but unfortunately they didnt get along.
- In the early 1530s, while on Francisco Pizarro's expedition, Hernando de Soto helped conquer Peru. In 1539 he set out for North America, where he discovered the Mississippi River. De Soto died of fever on May 21, 1542, in Ferriday, Louisiana. In his will, de Soto named Luis de Moscoso Alvarado the new leader of the expedition.
- De Soto was born c. 1500 to a noble but poor family in Jerez de los Caballeros, Spain.
- Hernado de Soto
- After crossing the Mississippi de Soto was struck with fever. He died on May 21, 1542, in Ferriday, Louisiana. Members of his crew sank his body in the river that he had discovered. By that time, almost half of de Soto's men had been taken out by disease or in battle against the Indians. In his will, de Soto named Luis de Moscoso Alvarado the new leader of the expedition.
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