They were so thick they looked like trees walking, to the Spaniards as they lay on the ground and saw the sky between their huge bodies and the flat plain. And the wandering bands of Querechos that the Expedition met proved friendly. They were the same who had known Cabeza de Vaca, and they had a high opinion of white men.

Even though suspected and in chains he might still do a great service to his people. "When the Querechos were driving buffalo, some of the horses were caught up in the 'surround, carried away with the rush of the stampeding herd, and never recovered.