From Relations of Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca
"From Relations of Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca"Cabeza de Vaca and three companions survived out of hundreds of their fellow men. They survived many difficult obstacles. First, they survived the Indian attacks at Apalachen by fleeing. Second, when their ship was tossed in the waters they managed to crawl to shore. The first Indians they encountered accepted their gifts of beads and hawk-bells, and the Indians in return gave them an arrow, which was a pledge of friendship.... th
Also their treatment of the Indians kept them alive. Word spread among the Indians and before they realize it they have gained the Indian's trust and were allowed to move freely among the tribes. This was a very effective way of helping their cause. In the beginning I thought it was survival of the fittest. The "Christians" still wanted to treat the Indians as slaves. Then I thought it may have been because of the relationship they had developed with the Indians who greatly respected them. They wanted peace amongst everyone. Then they were shipwrecked in 1528 off the Louisiana/Texas coast, captured and forced to serve the Indian. A major factor in their survival was the fact that they learned to communicate with the Indians and worked hard at whatever they were allowed to do and exploited it. In the end I believe they survived because of their faith (religion). They often gave thanks to GOD for bringing them out of many difficult situations and never faltered from their path. It would be difficult after having come so close to another culture convinced that things would change only to be wrong. It must have been difficult to them when they did meet up with the other "Christians". A bad mishap became great when some of the Indians came to Castillo with great pain in the head, and he made them over with the sign of the cross, "healing" them.
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