Antonio de Espejo
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Antonio de Espejo was a Spanish explorer who led an expedition, accompanied by Diego Perez de Luxan, into what is now New Mexico and Arizona in 1582–83. The expedition created interest in establishing
Frederic Remington's imaginative painting of a Spanish expedition on the march
Taos Pueblo today still resembles the towns Espejo visited in the Rio Grande Valley of New Mexico.
Espejo explored the Verde River valley of Arizona looking for silver mines.
Jumanos
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The Jumanos were a tribe or several tribes, who inhabited a large area of western Texas, New Mexico, and northern Mexico, especially near the Junta de los Rios region with its large settled Indigenous
Antonio de Espejo
…his horses, killing three. Espejo succeeded in making peace with them. The Patarabueyes, he said, and the other La Junta Indians were also called "Jumanos". -- the first use of the name for these people who would be prominent on the frontier for nearly two centuries. To add to the confusion, they were also…
The approximate location of Indian tribes in western Texas and adjacent Mexico, in the early 17th century