As De Soto and his troops approach, the Native Americans in front of their tepees watch, and a chief holds out a peace pipe. In the foreground is a jumble of weapons and soldiers, suggesting the attack they had suffered shortly before. To the right, a monk prays as a crucifix is set in the ground.
]]>This dramatic and brilliantly colored canvas shows Spanish conqueror and explorer Hernando DeSoto, riding a white horse, the first European to view the Mississippi River, in 1541.
As De Soto and his troops approach, the Native Americans in front of their tepees watch, and a chief holds out a peace pipe. In the foreground is a jumble of weapons and soldiers, suggesting the attack they had suffered shortly before. To the right, a monk prays as a crucifix is set in the ground.
United States Capitol, Washington D.C.
Architect of the Capitol
http://www.aoc.gov/capitol-hill/historic-rotunda-paintings/discovery-mississippi-by-de-soto
Oil painting on canvas
365.76 cm by 548.64 cm (144.00 in by 216.00 in)
Library of Congress
Prints and Photographs Division
Washington, D.C.
Harper's Weekly
volume #2, (1858 April 24)
p. 264
Wood engraving
Encyclopedia Britannica
http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/379134/Mexican-American-War