<P> In 1598 Juan de Oñate led 129 soldiers and 10 Franciscan Catholic priests plus a large number of women , children , servants , slaves , and livestock into the Rio Grande valley of New Mexico . There were at the time approximately 40,000 Pueblo Indians inhabiting the region . Oñate put down a revolt at Acoma Pueblo by killing and enslaving hundreds of the Indians and sentencing all men 25 or older to have their foot cut off . The Acoma Massacre would instill fear of the Spanish in the region for years to come , though Franciscan missionaries were assigned to several of the Pueblo towns to Christianize the natives . </P>
<P> In 1598 Juan de Oñate led 129 soldiers and 10 Franciscan Catholic priests plus a large number of women , children , servants , slaves , and livestock into the Rio Grande valley of New Mexico . There were at the time approximately 40,000 Pueblo Indians inhabiting the region . Oñate put down a revolt at Acoma Pueblo by killing and enslaving hundreds of the Indians and sentencing all men 25 or older to have their foot cut off . The Acoma Massacre would instill fear of the Spanish in the region for years to come , though Franciscan missionaries were assigned to several of the Pueblo towns to Christianize the natives . </P>
who led a spanish force that attacked pueblo villages in 1598
who led a spanish force that attacked pueblo villages in 1598
Juan de Oñate
Juan de Oñate