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This valley, long known by the Indians as "Tah-ne-go," "The place of the hot
waters,"
and according to tradition recorded by the different tribes as neutral
ground, was first visited by white men on September 16, 1541, when Hernando De
Soto and his men camped in this vicinity and were led here by the Indians.
According to records of Roderico Ronjel, Secretary to De Soto and the "Gentleman
of Elvas," who was also a member of the company, they bathed in the hot waters
and departed October 5, 1541.
This marker is placed here by the Hot Springs Arkansas Chapter of the
Daughters of the
American Revolution
April 30, 1932. |
