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Seeing that our thirst was increasing and the water was killing us, while the storm did not abate, we agreed to trust to God, Our Lord, and rather risk the perils of the sea than wait there for certain death from thirst.

~Alvar N. C. De Vaca

Topics: Agreed Certain Death Did God Increasing Lord Our Our Lord Perils Rather Risk Sea Seeing Storm Than Thirst Trust Us Wait Water While

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All over the land are vast and handsome pastures, with good grass for cattle, and it strikes me the soil would be very fertile were the country inhabited and improved by reasonable people.

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Topics: Cattle Country Fertile Good Grass Handsome Improved Inhabited Land Me Over People Reasonable Soil Strikes Vast Very Were Would

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One-third of our people were dangerously ill, getting worse hourly, and we felt sure of meeting the same fate, with death as our only prospect, which in such a country was much worse yet.

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Topics: Country Dangerously Death Fate Felt Getting Ill Meeting Much One-Third Only Our Our People People Prospect Same Sure Were Which Worse

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Two days after moving we recommended ourselves to God, Our Lord, and fled, hoping that, although it was late in the season and the fruits of the tunas were giving out, by remaining in the field we might still get over a good portion of the land.

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Topics: After Although Days Field Fruits Get Giving God Good Hoping Land Late Lord Might Moving Our Our Lord Ourselves Out Over Portion Recommended Remaining Season Still Two Were

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