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Do You Know How Cabeza De Vaca Survived?
Cabeza De Vaca was a spanish sailor who was stranded on a island that has a lot of different Indian tribes.One Of the Indian tribes enslaved Cabeza and his friends he had to eat what he could which was Lizards,Spiders,Roots,Molusks,Rats,And Snakes.But Later On Cabeza befriended the Indians that had enslaved him and they let him server as a trader for over 150 bands of Indian tribes.Cabeza also learned 4 different Indian languages including Charuccos,plus sign language.
Cabeza was lost and completely naked, Cabeza happened on a smoldering tree that had been struck by lightning.He lit a branch in the dying flames and kept the torch burning as he walked each night he huddled in

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