Edited, translated, and with an introduction by rolena adorno and patrick charles pautz. Probable route of father marcos of nizza itt tuliit. This remarkable book is his odyssey, first written in 1542 as an official report to. Among the many who have held sway, i think no prince can be found whose service has been attended with the ardor and emulation shown for that of your highness at this time. The content of this book are easy to be understood. The fleet he took along consisted of five vessels, in which went about 600 men.
For six years, he lived with dozens of native american groups in various rolesas a captive, a trader, and a wellknown healer. During word in this online book is packed in easy word to make the readers are easy to read this book. Prologue the open anthology of earlier american literature. As they come upon another town of indians, the spaniards are taken as faith healers and welcomed. In 1534, the four survivors escaped, setting out across the desert in search of new spain. He was one of only four surviving members of the navaraez expedition which began with about. The dramatic narrative tells the story of some of the first europeans and the firstknown african to encounter the north american wilderness and its native inhabitants. His text both narrates and incarnates the process of becoming something new we now call american. The main differences that are noted in the text are that alcaraz came from the sunset, kills men who are sound of body, wears clothes, is horsed and has lances, and robs others while bestowing nothing in return. During eight years of traveling across the us southwest, he became a trader and faith healer to various native.