Conín was a native Mexican of the Otomi

Otomi people

The Otomi people . Smaller Otomi populations exist in the states of Puebla, Mexico, Tlaxcala, Michoacán and Guanajuato. The Otomi language belonging to the Oto-Pamean branch of the Oto-Manguean language family is spoken in many different varieties some of which are not mutually intelligible.One of...

 people, who helped the Spanish

Spain

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 conquer territories in the central part of Mexico during the 16th century.

In 1531, he helped to found the city of Santiago de Querétaro

Santiago de Querétaro

Santiago de Querétaro is the capital and largest city of the state of Querétaro, located in central Mexico. It is located 213 km northwest of Mexico City, 96 km southeast of San Miguel de Allende and 200 km south of San Luis Potosí...

 and was the first governor of the city. He became a noble to the Spanish crown.

According to tradition, the conquest of Querétaro

Querétaro

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 was accomplished without resorting to arms after seeing a vision of the Cross and Saint James the Great

Saint James the Great

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("Santiago"), after whom the city was named.