PROFESSOR WILL GIVE SLIDE LECTURE SUNDAY ON DE SOTO TRAVELS

David H. Dye, an associate professor of anthropology at Memphis State University, will present a slide lecture Sunday on Hernando de Soto's expedition through the Mississippi valley.

The lecture will begin at 2 p.m. at the Southeast Missouri State University Museum.

The Spanish expedition led by de Soto entered the Mississippi valley immediately south of Memphis on May 8, 1541. The Spanish explorers traveled 500 miles in their search for wealth from May 8 to Sept. 10, 1541.

Dye has published several articles on the de Soto expedition and has delivered numerous papers on the topic. He was one of four U.S. scholars invited to participate in an international congress in Spain last June on the subject of de Soto.

Sunday's event is sponsored by Southeast's sociology and anthropology departments and the University Museum. There is no admission charge.