Juan de Oñate and the hard beginnings of New Mexico: ambitions, resistance and uprooting

Juan de Oñate's entry into the northern territories in 1598 was an enterprise laden with imperial expectations and human frustrations. Under promises of wealth, evangelization and dominion, his expedition faced the harsh reality of the landscape, the resistance of the native peoples and the attrition of his own people. This article recounts the complex beginning of the so-called New Mexico, from the symbolic takeover to the disenchantment that accompanied its colonization.  See the complete article here:Juan de Oñate and the hard beginnings of New Mexico: ambitions, resistance and uprooting | XIKOOVA