Aguacay

Aguacay was an Indigenous settlement in the Ouachita River country, where salt was produced for local use and exchange. Its inhabitants lived among the wooded valleys of the Arkansas interior, in a region linked to other communities by rivers and trails. In 1542 the surviving members of the de Soto expedition reached Aguacay under Luis de Moscoso. Local people warned them that the country farther west lacked settlements and food, and advised a route toward the southwest.