In 1536, a group of men traveling north from Culiacán (then the colonized lands of New Spain) came across a group of Indians traveling by foot. With them traveled two non-natives. One was Álvar Nuñez Cabeza de Vaca, who had been traveling with his slave, Estebanico, the other man. It is here that Cabeza de Vaca retold his story, one that had begun eight years prior, a story unrivaled in its drama and excitement.  300 men had set out to colonize Florida in 1528. Four survived: Cabeza de Vaca,