•Juan de Oñate brought about 500 Spanish settlers and 7,000 livestock animals into modern day New Mexico.
•Spanish founded their first settlement on July 11, 1598.
•Early Spanish settlers had entered New Mexico with the help on the El Camino Real, a 1,500 mile trail that connected modern day Mexico City to San Juan Pueblo, New Mexico.
Spanish religion spread through missionaries. Most Indians were converted to catholicism. Native Americans were separated from their religions.