One day the natives brought him a man that had been hit with an arrow a long time ago and the point of the arrow still rested just above his heart. He says that with just a knife he opened his chest from the exact same place and then with great difficulty he pulled the arrow out. He then gave the man two stitches using deer bone and he healed two days later. And this cure gave us a very great reputation among them throughout the whole land (Doc C). Near the Gulf of California when the Spaniards, The Christians as he called them, try to badmouth about Cabaza and his friends one of the things that the Indians say in favor of them is that we cured the sick (Doc D). This shows that his success and ability as a healer earned also helped him survive. If that had not been the case the Indians would have handed him and his friends over to the Spaniards who would probably have enslaved them or killed