Indian Captivity in Spanish America : Frontier Narratives

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS vii INTRODUCTION: SPANISH-AMERICAN FRONTIERS ix ONE lvar N ez Cabeza de Vaca and Florida Captives in the Sixteenth Century 1 TWO Ma lo cas on the Araucanian Frontier: The Happy Captivity of Francisco N ez de Pineda y Bascu /TD> 29 THREE Captives in the Rio de la Plata Region 63 FOUR Accounts of Captives in the Pampas and Patagonia 96 FIVE The Northern Frontier: From the Chichimecas to the Comanches 136 SIX From Helena Valero to Nap ma: The journey of a Captive 167 SEVEN Captives in Literature 190 Epilogue 231 NOTES 235 BIBLIOGRAPHY 259 INDEX 275