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De Soto died of a fever on May 21, 1542. Historians disagree where. Some say Arkansas and some say Louisiana. His men wanted to keep his death a secret because De Soto had told the native Americans that he was a sun god. He was wrapped in a blanket and put into the Mississippi River.

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