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| [Introduction] | [xiii] |
| [Bibliography] | [xli] |
| [Voyage of Ulrich Schmidt] | [1] |
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| [The Commentaries of Alvar Nuñez Cabeza de Vaca]:— |
| [Chap. I.]—Of the Commentaries of Alvar Nuñez Cabeza de Vaca | [95] |
| [Chap. II.]—How we departed from the island of Cabo Verde | [98] |
| [Chap. III.]—Which treats of how the governor arrived with his armada at the island of Santa Catalina, in Brazil, and disembarked his troops there | [100] |
| [Chap. IV.]—How nine Christians came to the island | [101] |
| [Chap. V.]—How the governor hastened his journey | [104] |
| [Chap. VI.]—How the governor and his people advanced into the interior | [106] |
| [Chap. VII.]—Which treats of what happened to the governor and his people in his journey, and of the nature of the land | [108] |
| [Chap. VIII.]—Of the troubles that the governor and his people underwent on their way, and of a kind of pine tree, and of the fruits of that land | [112] |
| [Chap. IX.]—How the governor and his people found themselves starving, and appeased their hunger with worms from reeds | [114] |
| [Chap. X.]—Of the fear the Indians had of the horses | [117] |
| [Chap. XI.]—How the governor navigated the river Yguazú in canoes, and how, in order to avoid a cataract of that river, he carried the canoes one league by hand | [119] |
| [Chap. XII.]—Which treats of the rafts that were made to carry the sick | [122] |
| [Chap. XIII.]—How the governor arrived at the Ascension, where the Spaniards lived whom he had come to relieve | [124] |
| [Chap. XIV.]—How the Spaniards, left behind through sickness, on the river Pequiry, arrived at the town of Ascension | [126] |
| [Chap. XV.]—How the governor, wishing to re-people Buenos Ayres, sent reinforcements to those who had come there in the ship ‘Capitana’ | [127] |
| [Chap. XVI.]—How the natives kill and eat their enemies | [129] |
| [Chap. XVII.]—Of the peace which the governor concluded with the Indian Agazes | [131] |
| [Chap. XVIII.]—Of the complaints addressed to the governor by the pobladores against the officers of His Majesty | [134] |
| [Chap. XIX.]—How the governor received complaints against the Indian Guaycurús | [135] |
| [Chap. XX.]—How the governor informed himself concerning the complaint | [136] |
| [Chap. XXI.]—How the governor and his people crossed the river, and how two Christians were drowned | [139] |
| [Chap. XXII.]—How the spies, by order of the governor, went in search of the Guaycurús | [140] |
| [Chap. XXIII.]—How the governor, pursuing the enemy, was informed that he was marching in front | [142] |
| [Chap. XXIV.]—Of a panic among the Spaniards and Indians, caused by a tiger | [143] |
| [Chap. XXV.]—How the governor and his people overtook the enemy | [145] |
| [Chap. XXVI.]—How the governor pursued the enemy | [147] |
| [Chap. XXVII.]—How the governor and all his people returned to the town of Ascension | [149] |
| [Chap. XXVIII.]—How the Indian Agazes broke the peace | [150] |
| [Chap. XXIX.]—How the governor set at liberty one of the captive Guaycurús, and sent him to summon his fellow tribesmen | [152] |
| [Chap. XXX.]—How the Guaycurús came and submitted to His Majesty | [153] |
| [Chap. XXXI].—How the governor, after making peace with the Guaycurús, delivered the prisoners to them | [154] |
| [Chap. XXXII.]—How the Apirús came and made a treaty of peace and submitted | [156] |
| [Chap. XXXIII.]—Of the judgment passed on the Agazes by the advice of the monks, captains, and other officers of His Majesty | [158] |
| [Chap. XXXIV.]—How the governor sent relief to Buenos Ayres | [159] |
| [Chap. XXXV.]—How the three Spaniards and the Indians returned from their reconnaissance | [161] |
| [Chap. XXXVI.]—How wood was prepared for the construction of two brigantines and one caravel | [162] |
| [Chap. XXXVII.]—How the Indians came again and offered their services | [163] |
| [Chap. XXXVIII.]—How the settlement of Ascension was burned | [166] |
| [Chap. XXXIX.]—How Domingo de Irala arrived | [167] |
| [Chap. XL.]—What Gonzalo de Mendoza wrote | [170] |
| [Chap. XLI.]—How the governor helped those who were with Gonzalo de Mendoza | [172] |
| [Chap. XLII.]—How four Christians died of their wounds during this war | [173] |
| [Chap. XLIII.]—How the friars took to flight | [175] |
| [Chap. XLIV.]—How the governor took four hundred men on his voyage of discovery | [177] |
| [Chap. XLV.]—How the governor left part of the provisions he had brought with him | [179] |
| [Chap. XLVI.]—How he stopped to speak with the natives of another port and land | [180] |
| [Chap. XLVII.]—How he sent for an interpreter to treat with the Payaguás | [182] |
| [Chap. XLVIII.]—How the horses were embarked in the port | [183] |
| [Chap. XLIX.]—How Juan de Ayolas entered the port where he and his Christians were killed | [185] |
| [Chap. L.]—How the interpreter and those who had promised to come failed to do so | [188] |
| [Chap. LI.]—How the Guaxarapos spoke with the governor | [192] |
| [Chap. LII.]—How the Indians come and establish themselves on the shore of the river | [193] |
| [Chap. LIII.]—How they erected three crosses at the mouth of the river Yguatú | [196] |
| [Chap. LIV.]—How the Indians of the port of Los Reyes cultivate the soil | [199] |
| [Chap. LV.]—How the Indians of Garcia settled in this place | [202] |
| [Chap. LVI.]—How they spoke with the Chaneses | [203] |
| [Chap. LVII.]—How the governor sent to find out the Indians of Garcia | [204] |
| [Chap. LVIII.]—How the governor held a council with his officers and informed them of what was passing | [205] |
| [Chap. LIX.]—How the governor sent an expedition to the Xarayes | [207] |
| [Chap. LX.]—How the interpreters came back from the Xarayes | [212] |
| [Chap. LXI.]—How the governor decided on entering the country | [215] |
| [Chap. LXII.]—How the governor arrived at the Rio Caliente | [216] |
| [Chap. LXIII.]—How the governor sent to discover the house which was further on | [218] |
| [Chap. LXIV.]—How the interpreter returned from the Indian habitation | [219] |
| [Chap. LXV.]—How the governor and his people returned to the port of Los Reyes | [221] |
| [Chap. LXVI.]—How the Indians would have killed those who remained at the port of Los Reyes | [222] |
| [Chap. LXVII.]—How the governor sent Captain Mendoza in search of provisions | [223] |
| [Chap. LXVIII.]—How he sent a brigantine to discover the river of the Xarayes with Captain de Ribera | [225] |
| [Chap. LXIX.]—How Captain Francisco de Ribera returned from his exploration | [228] |
| [Chap. LXX.]—How Captain Francisco de Ribera reported of his discovery | [229] |
| [Chap. LXXI.]—How the governor sent for Gonzalo de Mendoza | [233] |
| [Chap. LXXII.]—How Hernando de Ribera returned from his exploration along the river | [236] |
| [Chap. LXXIII.]—What befell the governor and his people in the port of Los Reyes | [237] |
| [Chap. LXXIV.]—How the governor, having arrived with his people at the town of Ascension, was made a prisoner | [239] |
| [Chap. LXXV.]—How the population assembled before the house of Domingo de Irala | [243] |
| [Chap. LXXVI.]—Of the tumults and disturbances that took place in the country | [245] |
| [Chap. LXXVII.]—How the governor was kept in prison | [247] |
| [Chap. LXXVIII.]—How the insurgents ravaged the land and took possession of the property of the inhabitants | [249] |
| [Chap. LXXIX.]—How the monks left the country | [250] |
| [Chap. LXXX.]—How they tortured those who were not on their side | [252] |
| [Chap. LXXXI.]—How they wished to kill a sheriff who had made them a requisition | [253] |
| [Chap. LXXXII.]—How the insurgents gave the Indians permission to eat human flesh | [254] |
| [Chap. LXXXIII.]—How the insurgents had to write to His Majesty and send him a report | [256] |
| [Chap. LXXXIV.]—How they gave arsenic three times to the governor during the voyage | [259] |
| [Narrative of Hernando de Ribera] | [263] |
| [Index] | [271] |