We continued our march until we came to two rivers, which we crossed by making rafts of pine trees, and entered a province calle
d Otoa, where we found a much larger village than we had yet seen. We captured some Indians, to serve us as guides and interpreters. –Luis Hernandez de Biedma, member of the expedition According to the passage, why did the explorers capture several American Indians? They wanted to bring an end to conflicts among American Indian tribes of the area. They wanted the American Indians to help them find their way around this unfamiliar place. They wanted to take the American Indians back to Spain to become enslaved workers. They wanted to force the American Indians to sign a trade treaty with Spain.
