While people think of Jamestown as the first successful colony, little do many know that New Mexico was founded earlier. In this episode, we explore New Mexico's accidental and controversial founding.
Read the inspector’s report of Onate’s forces: https://www.americanjourneys.org/pdf/AJ-101.pdf
Read the report on the Trial of the Acoma Pueblo: https://www.americanjourneys.org/pdf/AJ-104.pdf
Read the 1601 Investigation into the New Mexico Colony: https://www.americanjourneys.org/pdf/AJ-105.pdf
Onate Image Courtesy of: https://www.legendsofamerica.com/juan-de-onate/
Fife and Drum by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3748-fife-and-drum License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
