Spanish colonists in New Mexico depended on protection from the Pueblos. Colonists played a role for trade and exchange of information between Pueblos and Spanish. In the beginning, the pueblos were friendly as they share their house and food with the colonists. The architecture, food, and artifacts present interaction between Pueblo and Spanish, it also suggests that Pueblo peoples presented in the ways to these households.
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