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The Quapaw, under the name of Capaha or Pacaha, were first encountered in 1541 by de Soto, who found their chief town, strongly palisaded and nearly surrounded by a ditch, between the Mississippi and a lake on the Arkansas (west) side, apparently in the present
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 12: Philip II-Reuss 1840-1916 1913
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Learning that the Spanish commander was making preparations for an attack on Capaha, Casquin requested him to wait for sixty canoes which he had ordered up the river, by means of which the army could be transported to attack the fortified island.
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On the coming up of the Spaniards, Soto sent a message to the fugitive cacique by means of some prisoners, offering peace; but Capaha would not hear of any friendly intercourse, and loudly declared his resolution to take ample vengeance of his enemies.
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Capaha desired him to give them to any one he pleased, as they should not stay with him, and they were accordingly admitted among the followers of the Spanish army.
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Capaha reviled those of Casquin, calling them cowardly dogs, who had never ventured before to attack that place, and threatened them with ample vengeance when the valiant strangers had left the country.
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After more friendly discourse of this nature, Capaha consented to be friends with
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During this march they spent three days in getting across a great swamp, when they came in sight of Capaha [176], being the frontier town of the next tribe.
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After the repast, the two women who belonged to Capaha and had been taken prisoners were brought in and restored to him, at which he seemed well pleased, yet presented them to Soto, who declined accepting them; but
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Capaha that he and his Spaniards had not come into the country to inflame the enmity of the tribes, but to reconcile them.
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Being informed of what Capaha had said, the general without giving time to Casquiu to reply, assured
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