Why Did Cabeza De Vaca Survive

How did Cabeza De Vaca Survive? The ways that Cabeza De Vaca was the way he communicated, how he escaped his captors, and how he got in good with the Indians. The way he communicated helped him because he was able to communicate to tribes that he was safe. His escaping of the Indians that captured him so he wouldn’t be a slave until he died. The last strategy Cabeza used was the he got in good with the Indians when he helped cure the Indian that was stabbed with the arrow. His communication is one of the strategies he used to survive. When he learned four plus languages and sign languages, he was able to communicate that he was safe and was not there to hurt them. Also learning the languages helped him make deals if he came across other Indian …show more content…
After he escaped, he was able to get to Mexico City, where he was able to get back the port of Seville. Another way it helped was that he was able to live not being a slave. If he had not escaped the captors, he would not have been able to join the Charrucos. If he had not met the Charrucos, then he wouldn’t have met up with the three other survivors which he escaped with to get to Mexico City. Also if he was not able to escape the captors, he would not have met the man who he had performed surgery on. Since he performed the surgery, he was able to get a good reputation throughout the land. The last strategy that Cabeza used to survive, was he made sure to get on the Indians good sides. One way that Cabeza got in good with the people throughout the land, was when pulled an arrow out of a man's right shoulder. Since he was able to heal the man, word carried and his reputation grew as a healer. I am guessing that since he had a good reputation, that helped him when he ran into other Indian tribes on his journey to Mexico City. It also might have helped keep the other three survivors alive because the Indians thought that they could help cure people as