, ▁until ▁it ▁was ▁abandoned ▁in ▁ 1 5 3 3 . ▁The ▁town ▁of ▁Gu adal aj ara ▁would ▁move ▁four ▁times ▁in ▁total ▁before ▁coming ▁to ▁its ▁modern ▁site ▁in ▁ 1 5 4 2 . ▁ ▁Most ▁of ▁J alis co ▁was ▁conquer ed ▁by ▁Nu ño ▁de ▁Gu zm án , ▁who ▁then ▁sent ▁exped itions ▁from ▁there ▁into ▁Z ac ate cas ▁and ▁Agu as cal ientes ▁in ▁ 1 5 3 0 . ▁ ▁The ▁first ▁en com i end as ▁were ▁granted ▁to ▁the ▁Spanish ▁conquist adors ▁in ▁Nueva ▁Gal icia ▁by ▁Nu ño ▁de ▁Gu zm án ▁and ▁later ▁by ▁Antonio ▁de ▁M endo za . ▁Nu ño ▁de ▁Gu zm án ▁founded ▁five ▁Spanish ▁settlement s , ▁San ▁Miguel , ▁Ch iam et la , ▁Com post ela , ▁Pur ificación ▁and ▁Gu adal aj ara ▁to ▁form ▁the ▁first ▁administrative ▁structure ▁of ▁the ▁area . ▁However , ▁most ▁of ▁these ▁settlement s ▁were ▁too ▁small ▁to ▁support ▁the ▁grand ▁plans ▁of ▁many ▁Spanish ▁in ▁America ▁and ▁attract ed ▁few ▁sett lers . ▁By ▁the ▁end ▁of ▁the ▁early ▁colonial ▁period , ▁all ▁of ▁these ▁settlement s ▁either ▁disappeared ▁or ▁were ▁moved ▁to ▁other ▁locations . ▁Gu zm án ▁was ▁named ▁the ▁first ▁governor ▁of ▁the ▁region ▁and ▁Francis c ans ▁established ▁monaster ies ▁in ▁T et lán ▁and ▁A j ij ic . ▁ ▁Gu zm án ▁was ▁brut al ▁to ▁the ▁local ▁ind igen ous ▁populations , ▁sending ▁many ▁to ▁sla very