As the Spaniards sought to extend their political dominance into the most remote corners of Mesoamerica the Nahua followed them as footsoldiers, in the early colonial period new Nahua settlements where made in northern Mexico and far south into Central America.
The Nahua followed them as footsoldiers. This was in the early colonial period new Nahua settlements where made in northern Mexico and far south into Central America. The Spaniards sought to extend their political dominance into the most remote corners of Mesoamerica.