VOCAB
Brief reference to something well known
Allusion
Mountain located in northern California and the first place created in the story
Mount Shasta
What the seeds represent
Life, creation, new beginning
The reason the Native Americans were dying when the Europeans arrived
Diseases
The writer of "A Journey Through Texas"
Alvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca
Stories passed down by word of mouth
Oral Traditions
Modoc Tribe
Animals that carry the young wife so she doesn't drown
2 swans
What de Vaca was promised if the colonization/journey was successful
A position of power
The reason why this journal with diary entries was written
Report back to the king of Spain
A traditional story that explains how the world, universe, human beings, and living things were created by higher powers.
Myth
The foreshadow moment
"But be careful not to stick your head out, or the wind might catch you by the hair and blow you away."
Tribe in New York that created "Earth on the Turtle's Back"
Onondaga Tribe
The number of years Cow's Head colonization/journey lasted
DAILY DOUBLE (Give EXACT YEARS)
11 Years
1526-1537
What the Natives asked the settlers to pray for
The belief in many gods
What the big pieces of the Chief's walking stick become
The number of animals that attempted to grab the earth before the muskrat
DOUBLE THE POINTS: Tell the correct order the animals dove in before the muskrat
3 (Duck, Beaver, Loon)
De Vaca's title during the expedition
Treasurer
The settlers became angry with the Natives for this reason
The Natives wouldn't take them North (or to certain places)
An observable event, occurrence, or fact, especially one whose cause or explanation is in question.
Phenomenon
Metamorphis moment
Grizzlies are cursed to no longer speak and forced to walk on all fours
Myth inside of a myth example
How the sacred directions were created by the while roots of the tree
The place where de Vaca sailed back to Spain from
Mexico City
The name of one of de Vaca's companions
Alonso de Castillo or Estevanico