Question

Spanish explorer Hernando de Soto was likely the first European to...

Answer 1

Question 1: A. Meet American Indians in South Carolina.

Question 2: A. To convert the American Indians to the Catholic religion.

The Cofitachequi were the first contacted indigenous people that Hernando de Soto came into contact with in his expedition of 1540 into South Carolina. They were later visited by Juan Pardo in 1566-68 and by Henry Woodward in 1670.

One of the main motivations of these expeditions, especially those organized by the Spanish government, was to find new people to convert to Catholicism. Therefore, Catholic priests were among some of the first settlers in America.