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Where they had access to water. Since the Pueblo Indians had seen that need long before the arrival of the Spaniards, most of the chosen sites were already occupied, but that also made it handy for the priests to locate their new Christian converts.

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Juan de Oñate, founding the village of San Juan de los Caballeros on 1598.

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Coronado made the first exploration but Juan de Onate created the first settlement in 1598.

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Juan de Onate.

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San Juan de los Cabelleros.

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