tailieunhanh - Adventures in the Unknown Interior of America

THIS SIXTEENTH-CENTURY odyssey of Cabeza de Vaca's is one of the great true epics of history. It is the semi-official report to the king of Spain by the ranking surviving officer of a royal expedition to conquer Florida which fantastically miscarried. Four out of a land-force of 300 men--by wits, stamina and luck--found their way back to civilization after eight harrowing years and roughly 6,000 miles over mostly unknown reaches of North America. They were the first Europeans to see and live to report the interior of florida, Texas, New Mexico, Arizona and northernmost Mexico; the 'possum and the buffalo; the Mississippi and the Pecos; pine-nut. | Adventures in the Unknown Interior of America 1 MANY BOOKS .h. L ADVENTURES ÍN THE UNKNOWN INTERIOR OF AMERICA Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca COMPLETE UNABRÍDGED Cabeza de Vaca s Adventures in the Unknown Interior of America 1542 Translated and Annotated by Cyclone Covey Text Copyright c 1961 by The Crowell-Collier Publishing Company but not renewed . Reprinted 1983 by University of New Mexico Press ISBN 0-8263-0656-X pbk with an Epilogue by William T. Pilkington Copyright 1983 not reprinted here Cordially dedicated to Vernon A. Chamberlin Contents Preface by Translator Proem The Sailing of the Armada The Governor s Arrival at Xagua with a Pilot Our Landing in Florida Adventures in the Unknown Interior of America 2 Our Penetration of the Country The Governor s Leave-Taking The Entry into Apalachen The Character of the Country Adventures in and out of Apalachen The Ominous Note at Aute Our Departure from Aute The Building of the Barges and Our Departure from the Bay The First Month at Sea after Departing the Bay of Horses Treachery in the Night Ashore The Disappearance of the Greek The Indian Assault and the Arrival at a Great River The Splitting-Up of the Flotilla A Sinking and a Landing What Befell Oviedo with the Indians The Indians Hospitality before and after a New Calamity News of Other Christians Why We Named the Island Doom The Malhado Way of Life How We Became Medicine-Men My Years as a Wandering Merchant The Journey to the Great Bay The Coming of the Indians with Dorantes Castillo and Estevánico The Story of What Had Happened to the Others Figueroa s Further Story of What Had Happened to the Others Last Up-Dating on the Fate of the Others Adventures in the Unknown Interior of America 3 The Life of the Mariames and Yguaces The Tribal Split and News of the Remaining Barge Our Escape Our Success with Some of the Afflicted and My Narrow Escape More Cures The Story of the Visitation of Mr. Badthing Our Life among the Avavares and Arbadaos Our Pushing On Customs of