Juan de onate was an explorer and colonial governor recalled to Mexico city in 1606 for a hearing on his conduct. Resigning his post led to his trial and conviction of cruelty to colonists and natives. Exiled from Mexico for five years, he went to Spain where the king appointed him head of mining inspectors. He died there in 1626.
Robert Cavelier<span>, </span>Sieur de la Salle was believed to be the first french explorer in Oklahoma territory.
Explanation:
By the early 1700s, the fur trade was firmly established in the Great Lakes region. The French empire was based on the fur trade in this region and required Native American alliances to sustain it. Native people and the French traded, lived together, and often married each other and built families together.
