Don Juan de Oñate Salazar (1552 – 1626) was an explorer, colonial governor of the New Spain (present-day Mexico) province of New Mexico, and founder of various settlements in the present day Southwest of the United States. The following is a list of governors of the Province of New Mexico under the Viceroyalty of New Spain. The Viceroyalty of New Spain (Virreinato de Nueva España was a name given to the Viceroy -ruled territories of the Spanish Empire in North America, New Mexico ( is a state located in the southwestern region of the United States of America. The Southwestern area of the United States could be defined as the states west of the Mississippi River, with the qualification of a certain northern limit such as the 37 The United States of America —commonly referred to as the
Oñate was born in the New Spain city of Zacatecas to Spanish colonists. Zacatecas is a city in Mexico, the capital of the state of Zacatecas. His father was the conquistador Cristóbal de Oñate. Cristóbal de Oñate (1504 Spain &mdash October 6, 1567, Pánuco Zacatecas) was a Spanish Basque explorer conquistador and colonial official The younger Oñate began his career as an Indian fighter in the northern frontier region of New Spain. Mexico, in the second article of its Constitution, is defined as a "pluricultural" nation in recognition of the diverse ethnic groups that constitute it The Viceroyalty of New Spain (Virreinato de Nueva España was a name given to the Viceroy -ruled territories of the Spanish Empire in North America, He married Isabel de Tolosa Cortés de Moctezuma, granddaughter of Hernán Cortés, the conqueror of the Aztec Triple Alliance, and great granddaughter of the Aztec Emperor Moctezuma Xocoyotzin. Hernán Cortés de Monroy y Pizarro 1st Marqués del Valle de Oaxaca ( 1485&ndash December 2, This article refers to an alliance of three Aztec city-states Aztec is a term used to refer to certain ethnic groups of central Mexico, particularly those groups who spoke the Nahuatl language and who achieved political Tlatoani (tlàtoāni tɬaʔtoˈaːni plural nci tlàtòquê,) is the Nahuatl term for the ruler of an Altepetl, a Pre-Hispanic Moctezuma, also known as Motecuhzoma Xocoyotzin (Motēuczōma Xōcoyōtzin|mo
In 1595 he was ordered by King Philip II to colonize the upper Rio Grande (Río Bravo del Norte) valley (explored in 1540 by Francisco Vásquez de Coronado). Philip II (Felipe II de España Filipe I ( May 21, 1527 &ndash September 13 1598) was King of Spain from 1556 until 1598 Francisco Vázquez de Coronado y Luján (Born in 1510 &ndash Died on September 22 1554 was a Spanish Conquistador, who visited New Mexico and other His stated objective was to spread Roman Catholicism and establish new missions. Beginning in 1493 the Kingdom of Spain maintained a number of missions throughout Nueva España ( New Spain, consisting of Mexico and portions of what today He began the expedition in 1598, fording the Rio Grande (Río del Norte) at the present-day Ciudad Juárez–El Paso crossing in late April. Ciudad Juárez, also known as just Juárez, is a city in the Mexican state of Chihuahua formerly known as El Paso del Norte. On April 30, 1598 he claimed all of New Mexico beyond the river for Spain. Events 313 - Roman emperor Licinius unifies the entire Eastern Roman Empire under his rule
That summer his party continued up the Rio Grande to present-day northern New Mexico, where he encamped among the Pueblo Indians. Northern New Mexico may simply mean the northern part of New Mexico, but in cultural terms it usually means the area of heavy Spanish settlement in the north-central The Pueblo people are a Native American people in the Southwestern United States. He founded the province of Santa Fé de Nuevo México and became the province's first governor. Santa Fe de Nuevo México (shortened to Nuevo México or Nuevo Méjico, translated as New Mexico) was a province of New Spain that existed Gaspar Pérez de Villagrá, a captain of the expedition, chronicled Oñate’s conquest of New Mexico’s indigenous peoples in his epic Historia de Nuevo México (1610). Gaspar Pérez de Villagrá (1555 - 1620 was a captain in Juan de Oñate ’s expedition that first colonized New Mexico in 1598 Oñate soon gained a reputation as a stern ruler of both the Spanish colonists and the indigenous people. Native Americans in the United States are the indigenous peoples from the regions of North America now encompassed by the continental United States In October of 1598, a skirmish erupted when Oñate's occupying Spanish military demanded supplies from the Acoma tribe--demanding things essential to the Acoma surviving the winter. The Acoma resisted and thirteen Spaniards were killed, amongst them Don Juan Oñate’s nephew. In 1599, Oñate retaliated; his soldiers killed 800 villagers. They enslaved the remaining 500 women and children, and by Don Juan’s decree, they amputated the left foot of every Acoma man over the age of twenty-five. Eighty men had their left foot amputated.
In 1606, Oñate was recalled to Mexico City for a hearing into his conduct. El Morro National Monument is located on an ancient east-west trail in western New Mexico Mexico City (in Spanish: Ciudad de México, México DF, México or simply Méjico) is the Capital city of Mexico After finishing plans for the founding of the town of Santa Fé, he resigned his post and was tried and convicted of cruelty to both Indians and colonists. Santa Fe ( Navajo: Yootó is the Capital of the state of New Mexico. He was banished from the "kingdom" of New Mexico but on appeal was cleared of all charges. Eventually Oñate went to Spain, where the king appointed him head of mining inspectors for all of Spain. He died in Spain in 1626. He is sometimes referred to as "the Last Conquistador. This article is about the Spanish explorer soldiers of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuriesfor other uses see Conquistador (disambiguation A Conquistador "
Oñate is honored by some Anglo-Americans, Spanish Americans and Mexican Americans for his exploratory ventures, but is vilified by others for his cruelty to the Indians of Acoma Pueblo. John Sherrill Houser is an American painter and sculptor He was born in Rapid City South Dakota where his father Ivan Houser, was assistant sculptor to In the Oñate Monument Visitors Center northeast of Española on New Mexico highway 68 is the 1991 bronze statue dedicated to the man. Year 1991 ( MCMXCI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar. In 1998 New Mexico celebrated the four hundredth anniversary of his arrival, but that same year individuals opposed to the statue cut off the statue's right foot and left a note saying, "Fair is fair. Year 1998 ( MCMXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar) " The sculptor, Reynaldo Rivera, recast the foot but the seam is still visible. Some commentators suggested leaving the statue maimed as a symbolic reminder of the foot-mutilating incident.
In 1997, the City of El Paso agreed to hire a sculptor, John Sherrill Houser, to create a statue of the conquistador. Year 1997 ( MCMXCVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1997 Gregorian calendar A statue is a Sculpture in the round representing a person or persons an animal or an event normally full-length as opposed to a bust, and at least close to life-size It took nearly 9 years to build and was stationed in the sculptor's Mexico City warehouse. Mexico City (in Spanish: Ciudad de México, México DF, México or simply Méjico) is the Capital city of Mexico The $2 million statue was completed in early 2006. In pieces and transported on flatbed trailers, it was brought to El Paso during the summer and was installed in October.
The City of El Paso held a grand ceremony to unveil an 18-ton and 34-foot tall statue on April 21, 2007. Units of mass There are three similar units of Mass called the ton: Long ton (simply ton in countries such as the United Events 753 BC - Romulus and Remus found Rome ( traditional date) Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. It was well received and welcomed by the majority of El Pasoans and the Spanish Ambassador to the United States, Carlos Westendorp. Carlos Westendorp y Cabeza (born 7 January 1937) is a Spanish diplomat. Oñate is mounted atop his Andalusian horse while holding the La Toma declaration in his right hand. La Toma is Spanish for "taking possession" On April 30, 1598 in present day San Elizario, Texas, Don Juan de Oñate According to Houser, it is the largest and heaviest equestrian statue in the world. Acoma tribal members from New Mexico were present and protested the statue.
External links
- Oñate’s Foot: Histories, Landscapes, and Contested Memories in the Southwest Concerning the 1998 "vandalism" of Oñate's statue.
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