Cabeza De Vaca Summary

The adventure of Cabeza de Vaca’s is a great story about the Spaniards visiting the new world. In this story is about how the Spaniards went to modern day Florida to claim it for the Spanish king. On the day of June 17, 1527 a governor by the name of Pamfilo de Narvaez set sail with five ship with a total of about six hundred men. His mission was to conquer the land of Florida and claim it for his king. The Spaniards stop to pick up provisions and horses then they continued their journey. The following day they saw in the sky a storm brewing. The sea was so violent that the caption gave permission for the crew to do a land, but they came back abroad to stay dry. There was a little town close to where they were docked. Telling the caption of the

provisions there. He told the messenger that he was not willing to leave the ships.

Later in the day the messenger came back and a horse was made ready for him. He still said that he would not leave the ships but the men told him to go because they were afraid of staying in the port any longer. Then he ordered put pilots in charge and told them if the south wind was to pick up they were to beach the ships and save the horses and men abroad. After the caption left a strong north wind came and ship didn’t come near the shore because the wind made beaching impossible. In the town the caption was in the building began collapsing and falling down. In order for the caption to walk anywhere he had to lock arms with the people around him because the wand was so bad. In that that storm the captain lost two ships and many men, supplies and horses to a hurricane. Only the men who came ashore the first day survived. The remaining crew suffered from hunger and much hardships. Later the Governor came with his ships and the crew that survived the hurricane were not ready to go abroad the ship and sail during winter. After the winter was up they purchased another ship and set sail and on April 12, 1528 they landed in Florida. The next day they traded with Indians and set a flag up and claimed the

land for their king. The next day the Indians came to the men and made gestures that the men know just want they wanted. The Indians wanted them to leave. After that the Indians left and didn’t return. The following day the Governor wanted to explore inland. He ordered the brig to sail back to Havana and find Alvaro de la Cerda and return with him and some provisions. After the brig left the Governor traveled inland with some of his men and got captured by some Indians that took them to their village. At the village the Spaniards saw some creates with men in them covered with deer skin. The Indians said they found them along with other things in a bay with a wreaked ship. I chose this story because it’s the beginning of the story and really grabbed my attention and kept me on the edge of my seat.