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Gallery: DeSoto Camp Reenactment

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Hernando DeSoto holds a pennant on the shore next to a Spanish missionary during a 2002 reenactment at the DeSoto National Memorial.

Reenactors as conquistadors on the shore.

Detail of a conquistador on the shore.

Conquistadors gathered outside of a thatched hut.

Conquistadors gathered outside of a thatched hut.

Conquistadors gathered outside of a thatched hut.

Conquistador loading a musket by pouring powder charge down the barrel of the gun.

Conquistador pulling back the hammer of a musket.

Conquistador.

Conquistador displaying a musket.

Conquistador displaying a musket.

Conquistador displaying a fuse used to fire a musket.

Conquistador displaying a musket.

Detail of a conquistador's ammunition belt.

Conquistador displaying a musket.

Conquistador displaying a musket.

Detail of utensils.

Conquistadors firing muskets.

Reenactor as Hernando DeSoto displaying a pennant.

Conquistadors.

Hernando DeSoto displaying a pennant.

Reenactor as a Spanish missionary.

Reenactor as a Spanish missionary.

Detail of a conquistador's chain mail.

Reenactor as Juan Ortiz, a Spaniard who had lived among the Indians for 12 years and served as an interpreter.

 

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