How have the methods used by early historians changed from modern historians

Early historians didn't have the technology modern historians had. So, they had less resources than more modern historians.

The native americans, spanish, french and americans all name places in our state. the word “arkansas” came from the quapaw indians, by way of early french explorers. at the time of the early french exploration, a tribe of indians, the quapaws, lived west of the mississippi and north of the arkansas river.