Question

Juan de Onate crosses the Rio Grande river at a place he called...

Answer 1

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They crossed the Rio Grande at El Paso in May 1598, and Oñate established headquarters at that river's confluence with the Chama at San Juan. From there he sent out small parties in all directions to search for treasure—which did not exist.

Answer 2

Juan de Oñate, (born 1550?, New Spain—died 1630), conquistador who established the colony of New Mexico for Spain. During his despotic governorship, he vainly sought the mythical riches of North America and succeeded instead in unlocking the geographical secrets of what is now the southwestern United States.