Chronicle of the Narvaez Expedition

Introduction by Ilan Stavans; Revised and Annotated Translation by Harold AugenbraumIntroduction Suggested Further Reading Chronology Illustrations: Facsimile of the Title Page of the 1542 Edition; The Route of Cabeza de Vaca A Note on the Text Chronicle of the Narvaez Expedition by Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca Prologue Chapter One: When the Fleet Left Spain and the Men Who Went with It Chapter Two: How the Governor Came to Xagua and Brought a Pilot with Him Chapter Three: How We Arrived in Florida Chapter Four: How We Went to the Interior Chapter Five: How the Governor Left the Ships Chapter Six: How We Got to Apalache Chapter Seven: The Lay of the Land Chapter Eight: How We Left Aute Chapter Nine: How We Left the Bay of Horses Chapter Ten: On the Skirmish We Had with the Indians Chapter Eleven: What Happened to Lope de Oviedo with Some Indians Chapter Twelve: How the Indians Brought Us Food Chapter Thirteen: How We Learned About Other Christians Chapter Fourteen: How Four Christians Departed Chapter Fifteen: What Happened to Us on the Isle of Misfortune Chapter Sixteen: How the Christians Left the Island Chapter Seventeen: How the Indians Arrived with Andrés Dorantes and Castillo and Estavanico Chapter Eighteen: Esquiviel's Account, Related by Figueroa Chapter Nineteen: How the Indians Separated Us Chapter Twenty: How We Fled Chapter Twenty-One: How We Cured Several Sick People Chapter Twenty-Two: How the Following Day They Brought Other Sick People Chapter Twenty-Three: How We Departed After Eating the Dogs Chapter Twenty-Four: The Customs of the Indians of That Land Chapter Twenty-Five: How Ready the Indians Are with Weapons Chapter Twenty-Six: On Nations and Languages Chapter Twenty-Seven: How We Moved and Were Received Chapter Twenty-Eight: On Another New Custom Chapter Twenty-Nine: How They Steal from One Another Chapter Thirty: How the Manner of Reception Changed Chapter Thirty-One: How We Followed the Corn Trail Chapter Thirty-Two: How They Gave Us Hearts of Deer Chapter Thirty-Three: How We Saw Traces of Christians Chapter Thirty-Four: How I Sent for the Christians Chapter Thirty-Five: How Well the Chief Magistrate Received Us on the Night of Our Arrival Chapter Thirty-Six: How We Had Churches Built in That Land Chapter Thirty-Seven: What Occurred When I Wished to Return Chapter Thirty-Eight: What Happened to the Others Who Went to the Indies Colophon Notes