Onate fought a two - hour battle with them before retiring from the field and beginning his return to New Mexico .
However , when Onate returned to the Escanjaque settlement the next day , the Indians had turned unfriendly and he estimated that 1,500 men attacked him .
Onate fought a two - hour battle with them before retiring from the field and beginning Onate 's return to New Mexico .
However , when Onate returned to the Escanjaque settlement the next day , the Indians had turned unfriendly and he estimated that 1,500 men attacked him .