What was one difference between the American Indians and the Spanish explorers?
De Soto and his army wanted one thing as they moved
across the state: to find gold. When de Soto arrived in
Georgia, the native tribes saw white men and horses for
the first time. De Soto had only a small number of men to
face thousands of American Indians, but his weapons
were better. His army had guns and crossbows, and his
soldiers rode horses. The Spanish also wore plated armor,
which arrows could not pierce.
O The Spanish explorers were less inclined to do
battle than the American Indians were.
There were fewer explorers than American Indians
but the Spanish had powerful weapons.
O There were many more Spanish explorers than
there were American Indians.
The American Indians had much better weapons
than the small number of explorers did