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Hernando De Soto died May 21, 1542. He died of a fever. His aide Luis De Moscoso, sank De Soto's body in the Mississippi river to keep his death a secret. He washed ashore on the banks of the Mississippi river now known as Lake Village, Arkansas. it was a very sad death. they didn't know about it until he washed up on the shore.

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