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Illustrations Reconstruction of the Gypsy Joint Site 15 Distribution of Middle Mississippi Valley Group of Aboriginal Pottery 46 Main Features of a River-Valley Floodplain 66 Seasonal Utilization of Wild and Domesticated Food Sources by Mississippian Groups 73 Distribution of a Mississippian Population within a River-Valley Floodplain 76 Reconstruction of the Powers Fort Site 78 Hernando de Soto Claiming the Mississippi 8I Official Route of the De Soto Expedition Commission, Superimposed on Amalgamated Field of Alternate Hypotheses 98 Some Probable Hernando de Soto Artifacts 104 Distribution of Clarksdale Bells 106 Zimmerman's Island, 1925 II2 Zimmerman's Island, Enlargement I I 3 ILLUSTRATIONS Chief Coosa Welcomes the Hernando de Soto Expedition 119 Hernando de Soto's Expedition: Chiaha to Mabila 125 The Hernando de Soto Expedition Encounters Chief Tascaluza 135 Bernardo de Galvez 141 Preparations for the Mobile Campaign, August 17, 1779January II, 1780 169 Expedition Sails from New Orleans to Mobile, January 12February 9, 1780 171 Expedition Puts In at Mobile Pass, February 9-17, 1780 173 Reinforcements from Havana and Move to First Spanish Encampment, February 18-25, 1780 175 Preliminary Negotiations with British and Move to Second Spanish Encampment, February 26-MaIch 5, 1780 177 Reinforcements from Pensacola and Construction of Spanish Battery, MaIch 5-11, 1780 179 BombaIdment and SUIrender of Fort ChaIlotte and Arrival and DepartUIe of Spanish Fleet, March 12-May 20, 1780 181 viii ...

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