How did hernando de soto's travels throughout georgia and other southern states negatively impact the native americans living there? question 1 options: the spanish soldiers brought death and disease. the native americans adopted many european custom. the native americans joined de soto's quest for gold. the soldiers lived among the native americans in peace.

The answer is: the spanish soldiers brought death and disease

At that time, the spanish soldiers brought small pox to the native american territory. Due to the limited knowledge in medical science at that time, this illness managed to cause a catastrophy among the native Americans, resulting in the loss of many of their population. It is only until 1980 that the WHO managed to achieve global eradication of this illness.