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Ortiz talks to Native Americans

Ortiz talks to Native Americans

Actor: "Juan Ortiz learned from one of the captives that a rich land called Cofitachequi lay to the northeast. Gold, that is what drives this army onward. Yet it is always just beyond our reach."
Photo credit: Still frame from "Hernando DeSoto in America." Original video provided courtesy of the DeSoto National Memorial.

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