towns, missions, and other areas held by Spain.This military compound that allow the training of soldiers, afforded the protect of the frontier missions and ranchers, a place for prisoners to complete sentence, and tool for orderly expansion in the New WorldC)Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca:Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca was a party to a landing exploration, that went wrong, in Florida by a Spanish explorer, Panfilo de Narvaez. Later, on an attempt to get to Mexico they were shipwrecked at what is today called Galveston, Texas. Coastal Indians took Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca and other survivors as prisoners during the winter of 1528. Only Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca and four others survived after years of captivity and they decided to escape. Masquerading as Medicine Men, they traveled southwestward to a place near today's Roma, Texas and then through Northern Mexico, back across the Rio Grande at today's Presido, Texas, and then close to El Paso and eventually turned back into Mexico to conclude at Culican in the western Province of Sinaloa. It was his tales of treasures that cause the King to send Friar Marcos de Niza in 1539 to the northern lands to confirm his story. Through mixed reports Niza’s exploration had reported great find o f wealth and had found the fable “Seven Cities.” Another party, Francisco Vasquez de Coronado, was sent to confirm Niza’s reports. After several years of searching the northlands nothing was found and this discouraged further explorations for 50 years. ????D) Caddo Indians:A well-established people in Northeast Texas with a good social structure that worked the land to produce agricultural products such as; pumpkins, beans, tobacco, and other crops. They traded other Indians and explorers for goods and products they did not have the ability to develop. These people became a very stable part of Northeast Texas and provided valuable trade to the region. E)Louis Juchereau de Saint-...
