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.
Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca, Marco da Nizza (padre), Antonio de Mendoza (1964). “The journey of Alvar Nuñez Cabeza de Vaca: trans. from his own narrative”
