Conín

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Santiago de Querétaro coming from de México-Querétaro highway, at 20°34′22″N 100°19′22″W / 20.57278°N 100.32278°W / 20.57278; -100.32278
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Conín (also known by his

Otomí people, who helped the Spaniards
conquer territories in the central part of Mexico during the 16th century. In the Otomí language his name means "Thunder."

Early life

Conín was born in

Querétaro).[1][2]

Conversion

Around 1528 or 1529 the conquistador Hernán Pérez de Bocanegra (along with a contingent of warriors from the newly conquered

Tarascan Empire) arrived in the region seeking to make an alliance with Conín.[2][3] Conín had seen the power of the Spanish first hand and worked with Bocanegra to bring the region under Spanish control peacefully. Accepting Spanish control also meant accepting Roman Catholicism and Conín was the first to be baptized, taking the Christian name Hernando (Fernando) de Tapia. He took the name Hernando from Hernán Pérez de Bocanera and Tapia from the conquistador Andrés de Tapia.[1][2]

Foundation of Querétaro

When Hernán Pérez de Bocanegra initially arrived at Andamaxei, his Tarascan allies called it Queréndaro which means "Place of Pines" in the Purepecha language. This became the origin for the name of the town that would be founded by Conín and Juan Sánchez de Alanís, a servant of Bocanegra who was fluent in the Otomí language. Between 1531 and 1540 the growth of the Spanish population in the settlement was slow.[4] During the 1540s the real work of foundation began with the construction of irrigation ditches and an influx of Spanish, Otomí, Nahua, and other indigenous tribes attracted by the fertile land and relative peace.[5]

History

In 1521, the Spanish arrived in

Santiago de Querétaro was planned by Juan Sánchez de Alaniz and Conin.[7]

Legends and Tradition

According to tradition, the conquest of Querétaro was accomplished without resorting to arms after seeing a vision of the Cross and

Saint James the Great ("Santiago"), after whom the city was named.[8][9]

References

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  2. ^ a b c Cruz Mendoza, Rey David (2010). Conín Tetlatollo (Fernando de Tapia) (PDF) (in Spanish). Nopala, Hidalgo, Mexico.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  3. ^ "Portal de Querétaro". www.queretaro.gob.mx. Retrieved 2019-10-13.
  4. ^ Quintanar-Miranda, María Cristina (October 2, 2014). "Pames, Otomíes y Españoles en los Valles Centrales Queretanos, Contacto Cultural en las Primeras Décadas de Siglo XVI" [Pames, Otomíes and Spaniards in the Central Valleys of Querétaro. Cultural Contact in the First Decades of the Sixteenth Century] (PDF). CIENCIA@UAQro (in Spanish).
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  6. ^ "Querétaro".
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  8. ^ http://www.aquiqueretaro.com/leyendas.htm In Spanish
  9. ^ http://www.mexicodesconocido.com.mx/leyenda-dorada-la-conquista-de-queretaro.html In Spanish
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