U5 L7 Spain (PART 3) Flashcards
What did Panfilo de Narvaez convince Cabeza de Vaca to join him as?
treasurer and provost marshal on an expedition to Florida
How many ships and men joined Naravez and de Vaca on their expedition to Florida?
5 ships, 600 people
How much men were left when de Vaca and Narvaez arrived in Florida?
300 men
After arriving in Florida what did de Vaca and Narvaez disembark to search for? how long did it take and did they find it?
- city of gold
- 4 months
- did not find it
What did Cabeza de Vaca call the bay after they could not find a city of gold? And why?
- Bay of Horses
- had to kill horses for boats, rigging and water bottles
What happened to survivors of de Vaca and Narvaez that survived when heading to Mexico?
became slaves to coastal INdians
Six years after leaving the Bay of Horses, who were the 4 men that had a chance to get together?
(they’re going to be called ‘ragged bunch’ when referring to them all)
3 spanish soldiers- -Cabeza de Vaca -Castile -Dorantes 1 African Moor- -Estevanico (Dorantes' servant)
Who was the smallest of the ragged bunch?
Cabeza de Vaca
What was the system that Cabeza de Vaca came up with to get the ragged bunch to Mexico?
- Vaca would tell he is a healer and has power to heal
- convinced Indians they could trade them to another tribe for goods
Did Cabeza de Vaca become a Christian missionary because of his system to get to Mexico?
yes
The Spanish soldiers the Ragged Bunch met on Sierra Nevada Mountains were doing what?
slave-raiding
What did the Spanish soldiers on Sierra Nevada Mountains think of the ragged Bunch and why?
- madmen
- had they own band of Indians and dressed in Indian clothes
Who was the vice-governor that the Ragged Bunch met and where?
Melchior Dias, at Culican
What was Melchior Dias’ view upon meeting the Ragged Bunch?
- sympathetic
- told that the governor was a tyrant, enslaving Indians
What did the Ragged Bunch become after countering slave-raids?
heroes throughout the New World
