By the end of the sixteenth and beginning of the seventeenth centuries, the New World was no longer so new. Although knowledge about the precise geographic boundaries and interiors of the American continents was still very limited, it was becoming clearer that the wonders of these new lands had largely been discovered. For the European, encountering a native or native village was not so strange or exciting as it was for his predecessor. And for many natives, curiosity about these newcomers had turned to suspicion and fear. Yet the later narratives still retain many of the same elements as those earlier accounts. Representing European voices, they are at a loss to fully depict or comprehend the people and societies they encountered. Although the age of the conquistador was ending, the actions and writings of Spaniard Juan de Onate, who established the first Spanish...