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At Fuerte
The tragedies of the sixteenth century are all the more poignant now as we experience their effects unfolding around us; as we stand on the graveyard of the Karankawas, a people who no longer exist, as we rebury the bones of the Coahuiltecans, or bed down with the Tarahumaras in their caves.
The journey of Cabeza de Vaca has taken on an additional power in our time because of what has happened since; because only now can we see the true effects of the conquistadors working themselves out all over the globe. His tale now strikes us as particularly eloquent because, as an inner journey, it is one that we all must make, whether as people, or as societies if we are to consider ourselves to be truly civilized human beings…
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