Historical Narrative: Marcos De Velion

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Marcos De Velion was in Mexico because he was looking for slaves and he wanted to kill them. He was gathering the slaves because he was going to give them to the Spanish king. De Vaca did not help his father the slaves he just was there for there for the ride back to his home. When I found De Vaca he was very sick looking and weak. His clothes were all ripped and he was shaking. I helped De Vaca out by giving him food and warm clothes. De Vaca didn’t say much of anything when Marcos De velion was giving him a ride back to his home.

When De Vaca got off of the ship he didn’t say much of anything and when he was of Marcos De Vaca was looking for people to be his slaves. When he found people to be his slaves he made them

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