Fray Luis Cancer was a Dominican that was born in the 1500s in Barbastro, now modern day Spain. . Luis Cancer was a priest and was best known for his expeditions as a Spanish missionary around the New World. He first lived in the convent of Santo Domingo located in Mexico. Early in his life he was influenced by ruling by terror and force. He had heard of Vaca and Moscoso’s voyages (two ministers before Luis Cancer), and the horror and violence they had used terrified him. Because of this, his main goal as a missionary was to convert Indians to Christianity by kindness and being a good example, rather than with force or violence. Fray Luis Cancer first preached and ministered in Puerto Rico to the Taino Indians, which was a success. He believed …show more content…
to achieve his goal of ministering and converting foreigners with peace and love, he would have to communicate with people that had not been influenced by earlier Spanish missionaries who tried to use force to convert the Indians. By realizing this, he then traveled to Guatemala to the monastery of Santiago and met with the head of the monastery, noble Las Casas. The land Fray Luis Cancer preached to, Las Casas had influenced the Governor to block out all Spaniards from entering for five years. But he sent Fray Luis Cancer here and he continued to fulfill his goal and traveled to the province in Guatemala that was given the name “Land of War” because of the violence its natives produced.
Luis Cancer had become familiar with the language they spoke here and persuaded the chief to allow permission for the monks to enter and preach to the people of the province. He had been granted permission after he had also brought gifts, trinkets, mirrors, and beads to aid the persuasion of the chief. Within only a few years the feared “Land of War” and now owned the name “Land of the True Peace.” Following the successful expedition of Guatemala he traveled to the City of Mexico in 1546 to see what new countries had been founded. It was here Fray Luis Cancer became aware of all of the failed expeditions to Florida and he believed it was his calling to make an expedition here. He had always yearned to minister and preach to the Indians of Florida and even an early historian had said that he stated that Florida had “always held deep in his heart.” Finally, in the late 1547s he had received permission from Spain to venture to Florida under the orders of Las Casas. Two years later he and three other Dominicans set sail for Florida from Vera Cruz,
Mexico. The three other Dominicans were monks in his own order. Their names being Gregorio de Betata, Jean Garcia, and Diego de Tolosa. Fray Luis Cancer more likely chose Fray Gregorio and Fray Juan because of their previous experiences, they both had already had three to four failed attempts in reaching Florida from Mexico, but they had miscalculated the distance and direction. These four individuals travelled in an unarmed boat and while in Havana they had picked up a converted Indian woman with the name Magdalena who would be their interpreter to the Indians. Their pilot could not tell one one inlet from another, for they all looked so similar, so instead of landing in a new, unknown point, their ship first arrived on the soil of Florida around the area of Tampa Bay. This was not good for Fray Luis Cancer and his other companions because the native Indians here already had a bad experience with previous violence and war forced on them by De Soto and his people. What he first saw when he landed at shore were multiple empty huts and a large forest. He then went ashore and found a tree to climb a far way from the shore. He then encountered the Tocobaga Indians who came out of the forest. He and his companions had fled to waist deep in the water and pleaded for mercy by pulling trinkets out of his sleeves to give to the Indians and they were then willing to let the monks speak to them. The Indians were pleased with the gifts and were surprisingly friendly to them, and even took Fray Diego, Fuentes, and Magdalena to go on a day and a half trip with them by land to a harbor the Indians recommended to them. Fray Luis Cancer and Fray Gregorio went back on the ship with the pilot for sixteen days looking for the harbor the Indians had told them about. Eight days for just finding the harbor and it took another eight days to enter the harbor. When they had landed they had said Mass. They were scared because there was no signs of Fray Diego, Fuentes, Magdalena, or the Indians. The next day they went to look for them when an Indian man emerged out of the woods with a token of peace that was meant to represent that Fray Diego and his other companions were safe and should be brought to Fray Luis Cancer. The very next day the Indians were on the shore and met them with fish and skins for trading for trinkets. Shortly after he saw Magdalena naked with the other tribeswomen which also assured the safety of Diego and Fuentes. Unfortunately, when he returned to the vessel he found himself talking to a Spaniard from De Soto’s army that had been enslaved by the Indians and he told them that the natives had already killed Fray Diego and Fuentes. There was a storm that stopped Fray Luis from landing for the next two days so he returned to the shore where he was greeted with natives ready for war. As he went the Indians ambushed him and hit him with their clubs and struck him until he had died. It was here on June 26, 1549, where Fray Luis Cancer would pass away as a martyr that wanted to convert Indians to Christianity through peace and love.
The Americans now had control over half the territory they wanted, but this did not satisfy them, this only made them more eager to gain control of East Florida. Almost two years after this event peace concluded, Spain still had possession of East Florida. This time, Spain only had two solutions to avoid a shameful political breakdown in this region. One was to gain support of a European ally, and the second was to get some form of honor in this event by winning some of the best land in North America. The first plan fell through, with Britain and other European nations refusing to help Spain.
From a proud Conquistador, to a castaway, a slave and trader, and then medicine man, Cabeza de Vaca was the first European to explore much of the southern coast of Texas. Cabeza was a 37 year old military veteran in 1527 when he left on the Narvaez Expedition to find gold and colonize the Gulf Coast. He was the expedition’s treasurer. Cabeza de Vaca was enslaved by Indians in 1528 when one of the rafts the crew made crashed on present day Galveston island, he then escaped in 1530 and joined/was enslaved by another tribe called the Charrucos until his escape with 3 other survivors in 1534. He then walked to Mexico City. Cabeza survived this ordeal because of the incredible patience he had, his skills of diplomacy and goodwill, and his amazing wilderness survival skills.
On June 17, 1527, Cabeza de Vaca set sail on the order to conquer and govern the lands from the Rio Grande to the cape of Florida. However, during his journey he encountered much devastation such as the wrecking of his ship which resulted in his separation from the majority of his Christian companions. Praying to God after every ordeal, Cabeza routinely sought after his Christian religion to guide him through his unexpected journey. While traveling through the interior of America, he also encountered many native tribes which inhabited the land. While most of the Spanish conquistadors in the sixteenth century spread their religion through warlike ways and rearranged societies for the sole purpose of their own economic gain, Cabeza thought that kindness was the only way to win the hearts of the natives and without clothes or any material possessions, he upheld his promise and beliefs. After being enslaved by the natives Cabeza moved from tribe to tribe with the hope of finding his fellow Christians while praising and thanking God that his life was spared. Moving from tribe to tribe as a medicine man Cabeza still lived by his Christian teachings and implemented them into the way that he communicated with the natives, ultimately converting many tribes into Christianity. The religion of Christianity directly influenced the way in which Cabeza de Vaca interacted and felt toward the natives, thus throughout the duration of his time traveling across the interior of America, Cabeza was able to continually practice his religious beliefs while also being able to convert many Indians to his religion at the same time.
Rafael Leonidas Trujillo Molina came into the world on October 24, 1891. He was born in the small city of San Cristobal in the Dominican Republic. He was the son of Jose Trujillo Valdez and Altagracia Julia Molina. Trujillo’s parents were married on September 24, 1887 in San Cristobal. Trujillo’s father was a merchant and was dedicated to buy and sell items that he could make a profit from. His mother was a housewife and was considered very sweet and kind hearted by those who knew her . Not much is known about Trujillo’s childhood and family because he had records changed to not bring any shame brought onto his name. What is known is that he was...
A man who had to devour anything he could see. A man who had to drink water from a horse container to survive. A man who had to make his own hole for warmth. That man was Cabeza de Vaca. During Cabeza de Vaca's expedition, he shipwrecked near present day Galveston Island, Texas. This caused a life threatening situation. Cabeza de Vaca survived his eight year journey for three reasons: his wilderness skills, his success as a healer, and his respect for the Native Americans.
In 1539 Hernando de Soto and five hundred adventurers began on a journey of exploration that would take 4 years and would travel through 10 states in the southeast United States. His goal was to discover a source of wealth, preferably gold, and around his mines establish a settlement. During his travels through La Florida he encountered numerous groups of native peoples, making friends of some and enemies of others. His expedition was not the first in La Florida; however, it was the most extensive. In its aftermath, thousands of Indians would die by disease that the Spaniards brought from the Old World. De Soto would initially be remembered as a great explorer but, would be later viewed as a destroyer of native culture. However, in truth de Soto was neither a hero or a villain but rather an adventurer.
On that day he discovered the “Florida current” which is today known as the Gulf Stream. He and his men had experienced a very strong current when heading north earlier in the month. But when they headed south, they faced it head on. It was so strong all three of his ships were propelled backward even with the wind somewhat on their side. A while later, the crew found themselves on the banks of a river that Ponce de León had named La Cruz. While there, Ponce de León planted a quarry stone cross, as was custom at the time, to mark his claim to the land of Florida (Gannon). Ponce de León would then sail south along the coastline of Florida. He would go through the Florida Keys and possibly venture as far north as Charlotte Harbor or perhaps even Pensacola Bay before turning south and returning to San Juan Bautista. Ponce de León and his three ships arrived in Puerto Rico on September 13, 1513. Ponce de León would then return to Spain in 1514.
In 1504 Cortes sailed to Hispaniola which is now the Dominican Republic and Haiti, in the West Indies. Here he fought battles with Indians and also mixed some business in there. Velazquez, who Cortes sailed with in 1511, became the governor of Cuba. Soon after Velazquez then learned of a rich Indian empire in Mexico and he chose Cortes to lead his fleet. They were there to get gold and land. Velazquez soon became suspicious of Cortes and tried to remove him as the leader but Cortes got mad and sailed off anyway. He took all 11ships, 600 men and 20 horses with him. Along the way many Indians joined him in his journey because they did not like the Aztecs. Cortes reached Tenochtitlan in November, 1519. The Aztec leader was Montezuma and he greeted them ...
I have chosen to write about the constellation Cancer (The Crab). I chose Cancer because it is one of only a handful of constellations that I am actually able to identify in the night sky. Cancer is one of the twelve Zodiac constellations; people whose birthdays fall between June 21st and July 22nd have Cancer as their sign. Cancer is the Latin word for crab, and despite the fact that the constellation looks more like a lobster then a crab, it is still referred to as a crab. The constellation is visible from the northern hemisphere from late winter to early spring.
Peregrine Laziosi was born in the year 1265, in Forlì, Italy. After living a satisfying life, filled with joyful hardships, Peregrine died of a bad fever on May 1, 1345. After several years, Peregrine was finally canonized by Pope Benedict XIII, on the 27th of December, 1726. To this day, people universally know him for his miracle and for being the Patron Saint of cancer, AIDS and any other incurable illness.
Although Juan claimed new land for Spain, the task of building settlements was very difficult. He and many other Spanish explorers tried to build towns and cities in Florida, but were unsuccessful, due to harsh weather and violent Native Americans fighting for their land. It took the Spanish 52 years to finally establish a permanent colony in Florida. In 1565, Pedro Menedez de Aviles built the town of St. Augustine (Knotts 7). According to Sandra J. Christian’s book, Florida, it was “the first permanent European settlement in North America”. This city outlasted the others because of Pedro’s great skill with politics and combat. He agreed to give the neighboring Native Americans gold in exchange for food and supplies. He also had the ability to effectively defend his city against enemies(Knotts 8).
Cancer. The word by itself can conjure images of severely ill and frail people attached to IV medications and chemotherapy drugs as they cling to life in a hospital bed. Other illustrations and pictures depict unrecognizable, misshaped organs affected by abnormal cells that grow out of control, spread, and invade other parts of the body. Cancer studies show that close to one-half of all men and one-third of all women in the United States will be diagnosed with cancer during their lives. Today, millions of people are living with cancer or have had cancer. As patients are newly diagnosed with their specific type of cancer, whether it be breast, lung, prostate, skin, or blood cancer, etc., each patient has to consider what will happen with their future health care plan and who will be involved in their long journey from treatment to recovery. Once diagnosed, cancer patients become the focal point and the center of all activity in terms of care but cancer not only physically invades the patient’s body and well-being, it goes beyond the patient and significantly affects the emotional stability and support from from their loved ones and caregivers. Based on the insidious nature of cancer and typically late detection of malignant diseases, family members (either spouses, children, parents, other relatives, and friends) often become the patient's main caregiver. These caregivers, also known as informal caregivers, provide the cancer patient with the majority of the support outside of the medical facility or hospital environment and become the primary person to provide various types of assistance. They provide the physical support with bathing and assisting in activities of daily living, they become emotional ...
The American Cancer Society is a volunteer-based organization that is present across the United States. Its main purpose is to raise money and awareness about the severity and prevalence of cancer. Cancer education and research is where most of the focus and monetary donations are used for. The American Cancer Society strives to fulfill their goal of “less cancer and more birthdays” across all generations and populations (ACS Inc., 2011).
Cancer has become a very common illness world wide for any age but mostly affecting adults. One can get cancer from different places in the body that is why there are so many people with cancer, because of all the different types. Cancer can affect any gender, female or male, and any age. It varies from ovarian cancer to prostate cancer, skin cancer to lukemia. Cancer has been a problem for many years yet we have not found a cure to treat and prevent cancer. If one is affected by cancer there are treatments to help take away this illness affecting their body. This essay is about a specific type of treatment for cancer, radiation therapy. There are different types of forms of particles for radiation, for example, protons and waves like x-rays and visible light. These types of radiations are grouped on how much energy they contain because it can cause different affects. A low type of energy radiation can be radio waves and heat, also known as non-ionizing radiation. Ionizing radiation has enough energy to break chemical bonds and knock electrons out of atoms, some examples of these are x-rays and ultraviolet light rays from the sun. That is why radiation is a way to treat cancer because of the strong energy it has to destroy a cancer cell, actually any cell in the body. That’s the issue with radiation therapy, is it worth the damage? It can damage any cell, wether it is healthy or cancerous, which can cause a major affect in the body later on. Although it sounds scary there are other types of treatments such as chemotherapy, targeted therapy, immunotherapy, photodynamic therapy, etc. So if radiation therapy does not sound like the best there are always other options but they do not develop the same results for radiation therapy. Rad...
In 1491 Ignatius of Loyola was born into a noble Basque family in Guipuzcoa Spain. (Pavur, 217) His name was not originally Ignatius; at birth he was named Inigo of Loyola, until he changed it to Ignatius later in life. (Pollen, St. Ignatius) He later decided to become a soldier in the Spanish army and was fighting in the battle of Pamplona; the French were invading the Spanish castle there. (Muthleb) In the battle his leg was crushed by an enemy cannonball. (Caraman, 25-26) The French soldiers were so impressed by his courage that instead of taking him prisoner they took him to recover. (Muthleb) During his recovery he came extremely close to death. At one particular point ...