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hastened by the suggestion of wealthier lands at a distance. In the spring of the following year, Soto determined 1542 Mar. 6. to descend the Washita to its junction, and to get tidings of the sea. As he advanced, he was soon lost amidst the bayous and marshes which are found along the Red River and its tributaries. Near the Mississippi, he came upon the country of Nilco, which was well peopled. The river was there larger than the Guadalquivir at Seville. At last, he arrived at the April 17. province where the Washita, already united with the Red River, enters the Mississippi. McCulloh places Guachoya near the Arkansas. He does not make sufficient allowance for an exaggeration of distances, and for delays on the Mississippi during the night time; 529—531. Nuttall, Martin, and others, agree with the statement in the text. The province was called Guachoya. Soto anxiously inquired the distance to the sea; the chieftain of Guachoya could not tell. Were there settlements ext