Jarriett Hicks
The reading has some useful vocabulary that was worth noting as it helped me understand the context of the text. Like some other Spanish explorers, Cabeza de Vaca found his journey to be exciting as he was introduced to new species of plant and animal life. However, I cannot imagine Florida’s/Apalachen ecosystem to be much different from that of Spain since it is fairly tropical, but I could be wrong. The excitement was short lived as the Indians from both sides of the lake started striking to kill. I believe this to be a retaliation against the Spaniards because in the third paragraph “Chapter VII”, Cabeza de Vaca states “ the Indians who had fled from there came in peace to us, asking for their women and children.” This makes
The reading has some useful vocabulary that was worth noting as it helped me understand the context of the text. Like some other Spanish explorers, Cabeza de Vaca found his journey to be exciting as he was introduced to new species of plant and animal life. However, I cannot imagine Florida’s/Apalachen ecosystem to be much different from that of Spain since it is fairly tropical, but I could be wrong. The excitement was short lived as the Indians from both sides of the lake started striking to kill. I believe this to be a retaliation against the Spaniards because in the third paragraph “Chapter VII”, Cabeza de Vaca states “ the Indians who had fled from there came in peace to us, asking for their women and children.” This makes