Alvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca (ca. 1490–ca. 1557). Relación y comentarios del Governador Alvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca [Account and commentaries of Govenor Alvar Nuñez Cabeza de Vaca]. [Valladolid: Francisco Fernández de Cordova, 1555], Jay I. Kislak Collection, Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress (107.01.00)
Spaniards Enslaved by Indians
This account tells how four men of the 600-member Narváez expedition to Florida—Alvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca, two other Spaniards, and an African slave, Esteban—survived a seven-year trek on foot from Florida through Texas to Mexico City. The four survivors arrived in Mexico in 1536, having survived hardships, privation, Indian attacks, and even enslavement.