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Caddo Gap
Montgomery County, Arkansas
Caddo Gap Indian originally made in 1936, was rebuilt by Guy
Tillman in 1979 after the original was severely damaged in a storm.
De
Soto at Caddo Gap
In this area in 1541 a Spanish expedition from Florida commanded by Hernando
De Soto
encountered fierce resistance from the Indians, whom they described as
the best fighting men they had met. De Soto then turned to the southeast
and descended the Caddo and Ouachita Rivers into what is now Louisiana where he
died.
De Soto
1541 - A.D.
Here De Soto reached his most westward point in the United States. Here
was the capitol of the warlike Tula Tribe of Indians who fiercely fought De Soto
and his men. Relics found in this vicinity suggest the romance of past
centuries about which history will ever be meager and incomplete.
The Caddo People
This region was once the home of the Caddo Indians, whose settlements and
towns
were scattered over what is now southwestern Arkansas, northeastern Texas
and
northwestern Louisiana. The Caddo River, which flows near this point,
and Caddo Gap
itself were named for the intelligent and gifted native American
people.
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