Cabeza De Vaca was stranded in the middle of nowhere with only a few items he was able to luckily find, when suddenly people, his only hope, come into sight, as they approach he soon realizes that they weren't so nice. Before he knew it he was on his way into the middle of the desert, his food and resources in the hands of the other people. Cabeza De vaca was a spanish explorer from spain. He wanted to colonize Texas but his ship crashed in florida and when he finally made it to Texas things went wrong yet Cabeza De Vaca and another lucky man made it back to spain alive. Cabeza De Vaca survived because of his respect to the native americans, his skills in healing, and most importantly his amazing survival skills.