“From Relations of Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca” Cabeza de Vaca and three companions survived out of hundreds of their fellow men. They survived many difficult obstacles. First, they survived the Indian attacks at Apalachen by fleeing. Second, when their ship was tossed in the waters they managed to crawl to shore. The first Indians they encountered accepted their gifts of beads and hawk-bells, and the Indians in return gave them an arrow, which was …showed first 75 words of 324 total…

…showed last 75 words of 324 total…for bringing them out of many difficult situations and never faltered from their path. Also their treatment of the Indians kept them alive. It must have been difficult to them when they did meet up with the other “Christians”. They wanted peace amongst everyone. The “Christians” still wanted to treat the Indians as slaves. It would be difficult after having come so close to another culture convinced that things would change only to be wrong.