Shortly after the narrator refers to the Native Americans as fellow humans, Cabeza de Vaca continues to express this sense of fellowship in his concern for the Native Americans after they fled their homes due to the arrival of Spaniard explorers. After seeing the condition of the natives, a sight which “greatly disturbed and saddened” the Spanish survivors, the narrator states that they promised these peoples’ behalf to their fellow Spaniards “to tell them that they should not kill them or take them as slaves, nor should they take them out of their lands, nor should they do them any harm whatsoever” (Cabeza de Vaca 155-156). Cabeza de Vaca shows sincere interest in the welfare of the Native Americans which is consistent with the prior humanitarian attitude towards the
Shortly after the narrator refers to the Native Americans as fellow humans, Cabeza de Vaca continues to express this sense of fellowship in his concern for the Native Americans after they fled their homes due to the arrival of Spaniard explorers. After seeing the condition of the natives, a sight which “greatly disturbed and saddened” the Spanish survivors, the narrator states that they promised these peoples’ behalf to their fellow Spaniards “to tell them that they should not kill them or take them as slaves, nor should they take them out of their lands, nor should they do them any harm whatsoever” (Cabeza de Vaca 155-156). Cabeza de Vaca shows sincere interest in the welfare of the Native Americans which is consistent with the prior humanitarian attitude towards the