The Juan Pardo Expeditions: Exploration Of The Carolinas And Tennessee, 1566-1568

by Hudson, Charles M.; Moore, David G. (AFT); Beck, Robin A., Jr. (AFT); Rodning, Christopher B. (AFT); Hoffman, Paul E.

• ISBN13: 9780817351908
• ISBN10: 0817351906
• Edition: Revised
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-07-24
• Publisher: Univ of Alabama Pr

Summary

An early Spanish explorer's account of American Indians. This volume mines the Pardo documents to reveal a wealth of information pertaining to Pardo's routes, his encounters and interactions with native peoples, the social, hierarchical, and political structures of the Indians, and clues to the ethnic identities of Indians known previously only through archaeology. The new afterword reveals recent archaeological evidence of Pardo's Fort San Juan--the earliest site of sustained interaction between Europeans and Indians--demonstrating the accuracy of Hudson's route reconstructions. Charles Hudsonis Franklin Professor of Anthropology and History Emeritus at the University of Georgia and author ofKnights of Spain, Warriors of the Sun: Hernando de Soto and the South's Ancient Chiefdoms.Paul E. Hoffmanis Paul W. and Nancy W. Murrill Professor of History at Louisiana State University and author ofFlorida's Frontiers.David G. Mooreteaches archaeology at Warren Wilson College in Asheville, North Carolina, and is the author ofCatawbaValleyMississippian: Ceramics, Chronology, and Catawba Indians.Robin A. Beck Jr.is currently Visiting Scholar at the Center for Archaeological Investigations, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale.Christopher B. Rodningis currently Visiting Assistant Professor at the University of Oklahoma and the coeditor ofArchaeological Studies of Gender in the Southeastern United States.

Author Biography

Charles Hudson is Franklin Professor of Anthropology and History Emeritus at the University of Georgia and author of Knights of Spain, Warriors of the Sun: Hernando de Soto and the South's Ancient Chiefdoms.

Table of Contents

Illustrations	vii
Preface to 2005 Edition	ix
Preface to First Edition	xi
Part I The Juan Pardo Expeditions
1 Early Spanish Exploration	3	(20)
2 Juan Pardo's,Two Expeditions	23	(28)
Pardo's First Expedition: December 1, 1566 to March 7, 1567
Moyano's Foray: April 1567
Pardo's Second Expedition: September 1, 1567 to March 2, 1568
3 The Indians	51	(74)
The Mississippian Transformation
Social Structure of Chiefdoms in the Carolinas and Tennessee
Polities, Cultures, Languages
Cofitachequi
Joara
Guatari
The Cherokees
Coosa
Economic Patterns
4 The Foundations of Greater Florida	125	(44)
Outfitting the Second Expedition
The Road to Zacatecas
Dugout Canoes
Pacifying the Indians
The Houses the Indians Built
The Forts the Spaniards Built
The Missionaries
Prospecting for Precious Metals and Gems
5 The Failure of Greater Florida	169	(36)
Misconceptions about the Land and the Indians
The Failure of the Forts
The Shrinking of Florida
The Decline and Coalescence of the Indians
Los Diamantes and La Gran Copala
Part II The Pardo Documents
The "Long" Bandera Relation: AGI, Santo Domingo 224	205	(92)
The "Short" Bandera Relation: AGI, Patronato 19, R. 20	297	(8)
The Pardo Relation: AGI, Patronato 19, R. 22 (document 1)	305	(12)
The Martinez Relation: AGI, Patronato 19, R. 22 (document 2)	317	(6)
Three New Documents from the Pardo Expeditions: AGI, Contratación 2929 No. 2, R. 7	323	(20)
Part III Afterword
Pardo, Joara, and Fort San Juan Revisited	343	(8)
David G. Moore, Robin A. Beck Jr., and Christopher B. Rodning
Index	351	(12)
Errata	363	(2)
About the Authors	365