Abstract
In 1545, the second governor of the province of the Rio de la Plata, Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca, returns in shackles to Spain with fourteen sheets full of accusations. After a long litigation that finally ends with the absolution of the accused, Cabeza de Vaca decides to share his version publishing his Comentarios (1555). This text is the final point of his defense, but also a public process that turn the tables on his foremost enemies sending them to the bench of the accused. This paper will analyze how the rebels’ image is set from the point of view that represents the only owner of civilizing powers in those far away lawless lands.
Highlights
En la metrópoli será sometido a un largo pleito en el que se le imputarán treinta y cuatro cargos y del que resultará duramente condenado; sin embargo, recurrirá el fallo y poco más de un año después, el 23 de agosto de 1552, conseguirá ser absuelto
1. La Relación y comentarios del gobernador Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca de lo acaecido en las dos jornadas que hizo a las Indias, Valladolid, Francisco Fernández de Córdoba, 1555
Summary
El 29 de marzo de 1541, Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca desembarca en Santa Catalina, por aquel entonces provincia del Río de la Plata, con el preciso y urgente objetivo de socorrer a los españoles que habían arribado a aquellas tierras, cinco años antes, con la desafortunada armada de Pedro de Mendoza. Pero el socorro no será tan bien recibido como cabía esperar; la llegada del segundo adelantado provocará cierto malestar que, con el paso del tiempo, se convertirá en abierta repulsa.
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