Meeting of de Soto and Chief Tuscaloosa

An image of an encounter between conquistador Hernando de Soto, center left, and Mississippian Chief Tuscaloosa (Tascaluza), the two central figures in the Battle of Mabila in central Alabama in 1540.

Courtesy of The George F. Landegger Collection of Alabama Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division