Alvar N. C. de Vaca Quotes

Seeing that our thirst was increasing and the water was killing us, while the storm did not abate, we agreed to trust to God, Our Lord, and rather risk the perils of the sea than wait there for certain death from thirst.

Alvar N. C. de Vaca

• God
• Death
• Water
• Trust
• Risk
• Sea
• Storm

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  • God
  • Death
  • Water