Eulogy for Cabeza de Vaca

from the great naval historian Samuel Eliot Morison

Cabezade Vaca’s adventures in Texas and his strength of
character remains inspirational; as does the remarkable literary
document he left of his legacy.

“Alvar Nuñez Cabeza de Vaca stands out as a truly
noble and humane character. Nowhere in the lurid history of the
Conquest does one find such integrity and devotion to Christian principles
in the face of envy, malice, treachery, cruelty, lechery, and plain greed…”
strong words from the “Admiral’s” pen about a good Spaniard!