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Healing by Breath and Fire on 16th Century Texas Island
Cabeza de Vaca relates Karankawa beliefs in healing power and the Spaniards' reception as healers on Bad Luck Island in 1528. The narrative details treatment methods such as blowing, cuts, cauterization, and the exchange of gifts,随着 Castillos rise as healer and de Vaca offering himself to aid the sick.
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Cabeza de Vaca
Bad Luck Island
Morris Bishop
University of Texas
Texas
Bishop
Castillo
Avavares
Castifio