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| Narrator: 
        "Small expeditions had been attempted by Ponce de Leon and Panfilo 
        de Narvaez, but both met with failure. Now, Hernando DeSoto would lead 
        an expedition of almost 700 men, 2 women, 240 horses, a pack of war dogs, 
        hundreds of pigs, and tons of supplies deep."  | 
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