page_title: Casqui
hierarchical_section_title: Casqui
caption_attribution_description: English: Artists conception of the Parkin Mounds site, a Mississippian culture archaeological site located at the confluence of the St. Francis and Tyronza Rivers in Parkin, Cross County, Arkansas. Many archeologists believe it to be part of the province of Casqui, documented as visited by Spanish explorer Hernando de Soto in 1542. Archaeological artifacts from the village of the Parkin people are dated to 1400–1650 CE. All rights held by the artist, Herb Roe © 2016.
context_page_description: Casqui was a Native American polity visited in 1541 by the Hernando de Soto expedition. This group inhabited fortified villages in eastern Arkansas.
  The tribe takes its name from the chieftain Casqui, who ruled the tribe from its primary village, thought to be located in present day Cross County, Arkansas near the town of Parkin. The suspected site is the focal point of the Parkin Archeological State Park and it has been determined that the site was continuously occupied for at least 500 years. Information about Chief Casqui and his people comes from journals made during the expedition of Hernando de Soto in 1541.
context_section_description: Casqui was a Native American polity visited in 1541 by the Hernando de Soto expedition. This group inhabited fortified villages in eastern Arkansas.
  The tribe takes its name from the chieftain Casqui, who ruled the tribe from its primary village, thought to be located in present day Cross County, Arkansas near the town of Parkin.  The suspected site is the focal point of the Parkin Archeological State Park and it has been determined that the site was continuously occupied for at least 500 years. Information about Chief Casqui and his people comes from journals made during the expedition of Hernando de Soto in 1541.
caption: Capital of the Casqui Province. Illustration by H. Roe
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