Deadwood Lighter, an enslaved Cherokee who serves as an interpreter for conquistador Don Hernando De Soto, risks his life to return to his people and warn them that De Soto is marching toward Cherokee lands on a quest for gold.
Describes the explorations, conquests, accomplishments, and failures of sixteenth-century Spanish explorers ?lvar N??ez Cabeza de Vaca, Francisco V?squez de Coronado, Juan Ponce de Le?n, and Hernando de Soto in North America.
Introduces the life of explorer Christopher Columbus, the first man known to cross the Atlantic Ocean, and discusses what he found when he reached the islands now known as the West Indies.
