After routing de Soto, Chickasaws repurposed Spanish objects for everyday use – Research News https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/science/chickasaws-repurposed-de-soto-objects/
Archaeologists have unearthed a rare trove of more than 80 metal objects in Mississippi thought to be from Hernando de Soto’s 16th-century expedition through the Southeast. Many of the objects were repurposed by the resident Chickasaws as household tools and ornaments, an unusual practice at a time
A shrewd man with a reputation for bloodshed, de Soto was previously a key figure