Chronicle of the Narvaez Expedition

What types of factual knowledge can we glean from Cabeza de Vaca’s chronicle of the Narváez expedition and his subsequent peregrinations through the American southwest and northern Mexico?

How did Cabeza de Vaca assimilate with the Indigenous people he encountered? How did he not?

Why does Cabeza de Vaca never describe individual Indigenous men or women? Can we tell whether he formed friendships with any Indigenous people?