Jusepe Gutiérrez

Jusepe Gutiérrez (also known as Joseph and usually called only by his given name; born c. 1572, fl. 1590s, death date unknown) was a Native Nahua guide and explorer. He was the only known survivor of the Humana and Leyva expedition to the Great Plains in 1594 or 1595. In 1599 he guided Vicente de Zaldívar and in 1601 Governor Juan de Oñate on expeditions to the plains.