Juan de Onate y Salazar was an explorer from Spain. In 1595 the Spain ruler sent Juan and another group of people to New Mexico to search for treasure and bring Christianity to local Indians in that area, unfortunately for Juan and his group it didn’t turn out like they had planned it. It didn’t work out because there wasn’t any treasure and the Indians were brutal and didn’t want to listen to Juan. So Juan started killing and hurting the Indian men, women and children.