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Juan de Oñate
Juan de Oñate y Salazar
(1550–1626) was a Novohispanic
Conquistador
, explorer, and
colonial governor
of the
Santa Fe de Nuevo México
province in the
Viceroyalty of New Spain
. He led early Spanish expeditions to the
Great Plains
and Lower
Colorado River
Valley, encountering numerous indigenous tribes in their homelands there. Oñate founded settlements within the province and in the present day
American Southwest
.
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