The Journey of Alvar Nuñez Cabeza de Vaca and His Companions From Florida to the Pacific, 1528-1536 Page: 128 of 253
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THE JOURNEY OF
land among whom, they said, was one on the
point of death. Castillo was very timid, es-
pecially in difficult and dangerous cases, and
always afraid that his sins might interfere
and prevent the cures from being effective.
Therefore the Indians told me to go and
pe?form the cure. They liked me, remem-
bering that I had relieved them while they
were out gathering nuts, for which they had
given us nuts and hides. This had happened
at the time I was coming to join the Chris-
tians. So I-had to go, and Dorantes and
Estevanico went with me.
When I came close to their ranches I saw
that the dying man we had been called to
cure was dead, for there were many people
.around him weeping and his lodge was torn
down, which is a sign that the owner has
-died. I found the Indian with eyes up-
turned, without pulse and with all the marks
of lifelessness. At least so it seemed to me,
and Dorantes said the same. I removed a
mat with which he was covered, and as best
I could prayed to Our Lord to restore his
'health, as well as that of all the others who
:might be in need of it, and after having
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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/m1/128/: accessed April 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; .