Alice In The Unknown Interior Of America Summary
The book, “Adventures in the Unknown Interior of America” was translated and edited by Cyclone Covey in 1961. It is a semiofficial report (more like a personal diary) written by Alvar Nuñez Cabeza de Vaca to the King of Spain regarding the Narváez expedition. The original report by Cabeza de Vaca was titled, La Relación (1542) along with supplemental material called the Joint Report was used to describe the epic events that happened on the expedition.
Cabeza de Vaca was born in 1490 in the town of Extremadura, Spain (Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca, 2014). He started a military career early in his teens (pg. 9). After several successful military endeavors, he became second in command as the treasurer on the Narváez expedition to Florida. Narváez expedition began on June 17, 1527, with five ships and 600 men (pg. 27). The expedition did not go as planned. There was severe weather that caused their ships to sink, men got sick and died, and others starved. Over the next 10 years, Cabeza de Vaca and others endured extreme hardships as they made their way across 6,000 miles through Florida, Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, and northern Mexico (pg. 7). The …show more content…
For example, Native Americans were captured and used as guides to assist with the expedition (pg. 32). As time goes on, the descriptions become less convincing. Cabeza de Vaca and the remaining three expeditioners became physicians (pg. 89). Members of the Sosulas tribe called upon the men to help a man that had been shot with an arrow. Once arriving, the men agreed the man was dead. However, Cabeza de Vaca “supplicated our Lord in his behalf …and breathing on him many times” and was given his bow and prickly pears then left. Later, they were told “the ‘dead’ man I treated had got up whole and walked” (pg. 88). There are numerous miraculous cures and healings as they made their way to find other
Cabeza de Vaca was born in 1490 in the town of Extremadura, Spain (Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca, 2014). He started a military career early in his teens (pg. 9). After several successful military endeavors, he became second in command as the treasurer on the Narváez expedition to Florida. Narváez expedition began on June 17, 1527, with five ships and 600 men (pg. 27). The expedition did not go as planned. There was severe weather that caused their ships to sink, men got sick and died, and others starved. Over the next 10 years, Cabeza de Vaca and others endured extreme hardships as they made their way across 6,000 miles through Florida, Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, and northern Mexico (pg. 7). The …show more content…
For example, Native Americans were captured and used as guides to assist with the expedition (pg. 32). As time goes on, the descriptions become less convincing. Cabeza de Vaca and the remaining three expeditioners became physicians (pg. 89). Members of the Sosulas tribe called upon the men to help a man that had been shot with an arrow. Once arriving, the men agreed the man was dead. However, Cabeza de Vaca “supplicated our Lord in his behalf …and breathing on him many times” and was given his bow and prickly pears then left. Later, they were told “the ‘dead’ man I treated had got up whole and walked” (pg. 88). There are numerous miraculous cures and healings as they made their way to find other