Who is Cabeza de Vaca
and how did he survive?

Native American Assistance

They Rescued him

Enslaved him

Handed off
tribe to tribe

Fed him and gave
him clothes

Ingeniousness

Stored Water in Hollow Horse Leg

Melted materials into Rafts

Eating whatever
he could find

Used a burning tree to
light a torch

Intelligence

Performed Surgery to
gain Natives' trust

Learned the Natives'
Language

Befriended his captors to
serve as a trader

Dug a pit to hold a
campfire to keep warm

Spanish

Male

8 year journey
to Mexico City

Conquistador