Our Captain De Vaca and the rest of us have only a small understanding of medicine. This voyage to find gold in Florida is one of the worst because many men have gotten sick because of the lack of good food and fresh water. Many men are complaining since we are all in small cabins on this wretched boat, illnesses are spreading like wild fire. At least half of the men have died on this ship and so have many of the Natives. At first, the Natives and the crew did not get along since the Natives were known to have killed many Spaniards in the past. Now how ever they think we have powerful medicine because some men have gotten better. They want De Vaca to take care of the sick Indians too. The Captain said he did not know any cures but then when he saw that the Indians were becoming more obedient, he wisely pretended to know how to make the sick better.
