![]() Many natives were said to accompany the explorers on their journey across what is now known as the American Southwest and northern Mexico. He finally decided to try to reach the Spanish colony in Mexico. ![]() As Cabeza de Vaca grew healthier, he decided that he would make his way to Pánuco, supporting himself through trading. His group attracted numerous native followers, who regarded them as "children of the sun", endowed with the power to heal and destroy. His healing of the sick gained him a reputation as a faith healer. As a healer, Cabeza de Vaca used blowing (like the Native Americans) to heal, but claimed that God and the Christian cross led to his success. He became a trader and a healer, which gave him some freedom to travel among the tribes. data:image/png base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAKAAAAB4CAYAAAB1ovlvAAAAAXNSR0IArs4c6QAAHCNJREFUeF7tnQd0VFXXht+ZSQ8lIYFEqmBoiiAiTYpSBGkWQJrto9mooYOACooURanSBQQ. Only 4 of them survived out of hundreds.ĭuring his wanderings, passing from tribe to tribe, Cabeza de Vaca later reported that he developed sympathies for the indigenous peoples. ![]() Along the way they enslave a village and eat their corn, a bunch of the party get enslaved themselves, they built boats and sailed to Texas and shipwrecked/landed on Galveston/Follett's Island, lived in Texas for 4 years kinda wandering with one of their own becoming a "faith healer", then finally made it through Texas/New Mexico/Mexico into Mexico City and sailed back to Spain. A shipwrecked Spanish conquistador wrecks in 1527 trying to get to Florida and ends up walking through Texas, Mexico, California, all the way to Mexico city.
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