The Journey of Alvar Nuñez Cabeza de Vaca and His Companions From Florida to the Pacific, 1528-1536 Page: 103 of 253
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ALVAR NUNEZ CABEZA DE VACA
had to be crossed so often in that
country.
Still, as it pleased God, Our Lord, to spare
me after all my sufferings and sickness and
finally let me rejoin them, they at last deter-
mined upon fleeing, as I would take them
safely across the rivers and bays we might
meet. But they advised me to keep it secret
from the Indians (as well as my own de-
parture) lest they would kill me forthwith,
and that to avoid this it was necessary to
remain with them for six months longer,
after which time they would remove to an-
other section in order to eat prickly pears.
These are a fruit of the size of eggs, red
and black, and taste very good. For three
months they subsist upon them exclusively,
eating nothing else.
Now, at the time they pluck this fruit,
other Indians from beyond come to them
with bows for barter and exchange, and
when those turn back we thought of joining
them and escaping in this way. With this
understanding I remained, and they gave
me as a slave to an Indian with whom Dor-
antes stayed. This Indian, his wife, their
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Núñez Cabeza de Vaca, Alvar, active 16th century & Bandelier, Adolph Francis Alphonse, 1840-1914. The Journey of Alvar Nuñez Cabeza de Vaca and His Companions From Florida to the Pacific, 1528-1536, book, 1922; New York. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth3001/m1/103/: accessed April 25, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; .