Oñate sent soldiers to attack the front of the cliff face while others secretly climbed the back of the mesa and surprised the Indians.
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Juan de Oñate
Don Juan de Oñate y Salazar (1550–1626) was a Spanish Conquistador, explorer, colonial governor of the New Mexico province of New Spain, and founder of various settlements in the present day American Southwest.
Page 563 - Hoig, S., 2013, Came Men on Horses: The Conquistador Expeditions of Francisco Vásquez de Coronado and Don Juan de Onate, University Press of Colorado. 352p.
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