Juan de Oñate's treatment of Manso people was different compared to Coronado's treatment of the Zuni people. Oñate's group viewed the Manso people as friends and did not create conflict with them. They also helped each other and both participated in a banquet feast.
Later in his life, however, Oñate encountered the Acoma Pueblo. Since they refused to pay him tribute, he acted rather harshly by killing, enslaving, and cutting off the feet of people. This was entirely different from his treatment of the Manso people.
I think that his actions differed from Coronado's at first because he thought that making friends with the natives would be more productive towards his goal instead of wasting soldiers and supplies to fight with them. I think that his treatment of the Manso differed from his treatment of the Acoma Pueblo so greatly because at that time, he was expecting to find gold and silver and didn't need much Native American assistance. For the Acoma Pueblo, however, he was beginning to lose hope after not finding any gold or silver and put it upon himself to demand tribute from the Acoma Pueblo.
I think that Juan de Oñate is an antihero. Even though he acted as a hero by claiming New Mexico for Spain, his lack of heroic qualities displayed itself through his encounters with the Acoma Pueblo.
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