Written by the Fiveable Content Team • Last updated August 2025
Verified for the 2027 exam
Verified for the 2027 exam•Written by the Fiveable Content Team • Last updated August 2025
Definition
An enslaved African healer from Morocco who was forced to work as an explorer and translator in Texas and the southwestern United States beginning in 1528; he was eventually killed by Indigenous groups resisting Spanish colonialism.