Creative Writing: Cabeza De Vaca

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Imagine, you are walking alone in a forest alone in a forest, and haven't eaten more than thin, prickly pears in days. You are settling down around a fire and six soldiers approach you. They start talking, but you don't understand them. They speak a different language. They signal for you to drop your food and to walk away into the forty degree night. Cabeza de Vaca had to go through this dangerous event and many

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