With goals that were set to conquer and establish, a man who went by the name of Panfilo de Narvaez began his journey in 1527 with a tribe of 300 men to achieve a not so easy dream. Panfilo de Narvaez had a dream to establish settlements along the coast of the Gulf of Mexico where he would later conquer and make the land a piece of his own. Out of these men there was a 37- year old who was the expedition’s treasurer, Cabeza de Vaca. Panfilo and his men had set five ships out to sail from the port of Seville located in Cuba. Narvaez and the men did not know or expect the journey to be close to one of their last. Day by day the men began to die off leaving Cabeza to be one out of four left. Through his traits of skills, patience and respect
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Through his journey he came across several people and to whom all people that he interfered with he had given respect. In Document C, it explains a situation where Cabeza de Vaca had to make the best of himself when giving a wounded man an open heart operation. After the operation the man had then became healed, Cabeza then states that, “And this cure gave us a very great reputation among them throughout the whole land” (Doc. C). By him respecting others and giving good deeds through his skill Cabeza was able to survive and live on the land with the Indians. In Document D when Cabeza had came in contact with fellow Spaniards he was along with the three other survivors and several Indians. The Spaniards had wanted to enslave Cabeza and the Indians, but the Spaniards had tried to convince the Indians into thinking that Cabeza and his men were of “ill fortune and no worth” (Doc. D). Although they tried to do this with all the respect the he had given to the Indians, the Indians had stuck by Cabeza’s side and respected him for who he was. The often viewed Cabeza de Vaca as Godly because he had returned everything back to the Indians that he received. By respecting people of the foreign islands Cabeza had earned respect in return which made it easier and was important in the process of
Through his journey he came across several people and to whom all people that he interfered with he had given respect. In Document C, it explains a situation where Cabeza de Vaca had to make the best of himself when giving a wounded man an open heart operation. After the operation the man had then became healed, Cabeza then states that, “And this cure gave us a very great reputation among them throughout the whole land” (Doc. C). By him respecting others and giving good deeds through his skill Cabeza was able to survive and live on the land with the Indians. In Document D when Cabeza had came in contact with fellow Spaniards he was along with the three other survivors and several Indians. The Spaniards had wanted to enslave Cabeza and the Indians, but the Spaniards had tried to convince the Indians into thinking that Cabeza and his men were of “ill fortune and no worth” (Doc. D). Although they tried to do this with all the respect the he had given to the Indians, the Indians had stuck by Cabeza’s side and respected him for who he was. The often viewed Cabeza de Vaca as Godly because he had returned everything back to the Indians that he received. By respecting people of the foreign islands Cabeza had earned respect in return which made it easier and was important in the process of