Ukuvakashela iSierra esifundazweni samanje saseHidalgo kufana nokungena kancane futhi ngobumnene kokwedlule; lesi sifunda simpofu, asithuthuki ngokwamakhanoni athile, sizwakala sikude, nabantu abanobungane, abalula, abanokhahlo kwimikhuba yabo, okusiholela ekungabazeni isizathu sendlela yabo yokuphila. Ukuphila, futhi indlela engcono yokuqonda lelo lwazi ukwazi ukuthuthuka kwalo kusukela esikhathini esedlule esikude.
Indawo esihlala kuyo ifana neSierra Madre Oriental, indawo yayo engenakuqhathaniswa ihlanganisa izigodi neziqongo nemvelo ehlukahlukene kakhulu, lokhu "kuyindawo yokuhlala" yendlu ezimele, yaseMetztitlán. Imibhalo egciniwe ehlukahlukene ikhuluma ngobukhona bezinhlanga ezimbili kule ndawo: ama-Otomis eSierra naseVega de Metztitlán futhi, ngokuya enyakatho, amaNahuas, agudle iHuasteca
Ukufika kwamaChichimecas ngekhulu le-12 AD. endaweni emaphakathi nensimu yaseMexico, kubangele ukufuduswa kwamaqembu ahlukahlukene, kufaka phakathi i-Otomis, kuya ezweni lamanje laseHidalgo. Ekupheleni kwekhulu le-15, iMexico yandisa ubukhosi bayo ezindaweni ezahlukahlukene ibeka inkokhiso enzima, ingakwazi ukunqoba ubukhosi baseMetztitlán.
Igama elithi Otomí lasetshenziswa ngendlela edelelayo yiMexico ukuqoka leli qembu lamadoda angenanhlonipho. ILosotomíse babengamaqhawe amahle, babehlala behlakazekile ezintabeni noma ezigodini ezihola impilo yobudlova, ezinikele kwezolimo ezincanyana nokuzingela nokudoba. Ubudlelwano beMetztitlán bekhulu le-16 bukhombisa ukungabikho kokushiya insimu, okusenza sicabange ukuthi kungaba yimbangela yezimpi eziqhubekayo ababhekana nazo. Kuncane okwaziwayo ngemikhuba yabo yezenkolo, kodwa-ke, ukukhulekelwa kwenyanga nonkulunkulu obizwa ngokuthi uMola owayenethempeli lakhe eMolango, okubonakala ukuthi wavakashelwa kakhulu, kuyakhulunywa.
Isimo esedlule kwakuyileso abaseSpain abasithola. Ngemuva kokuthatha iMexico Tenochtitlán, umnqobi u-Andrés Barrios wayephethe ukuphatha nokuthula amaqembu omdabu asungulwe eMetztitlán cishe ngo-153. Ngokushesha abomdabu kanye namazwe banikezwa abanqobi ngamaphasela, enye ingxenye yendawo ehlutshiwe yadlulela emandleni umqhele waseSpain. Ngakho-ke, iMetztitlán ihlala njengeRiphabhlikhi yaseSpain neMolango njengeRiphabhlikhi yamaNdiya. Ngaphandle kokunciphisa ukubaluleka kokunqotshwa kwamasosha, kufanele kugcizelelwe ukuthi kwaba ukunqoba okungokomoya okwathela izithelo ezinhle kakhulu.
Iqembu lika-Augustinian laliphethe ukushunyayelwa kweSierra Alta (njengoba abaseSpain babeyibiza kanjalo). Bafika eNew Spain ngoMeyi 22, 1533 “… ngosuku lokwenyuka kukaKristu, ngalesi sizathu bazibona benenhlanhla, ngoba ngosuku olufanayo uKristu wathi kubaphostoli bakhe: Hambani niyoshumayela iVangeli ezindaweni ezikude kakhulu nezizimele. izimpi; Vumela abezizwe abaningi bezwe… ”Lokhu kwaqondana kwaqinisa isimo sabo kanye nenkolelo yabo ekusizweni komsebenzi wabo wobufundisi womsebenzi wobukoloni wobukhosi baseSpain.
AmaFranciscans namaDominican ayesevele esunguliwe futhi esebenza ngokuzikhandla ezindaweni ezinabantu abaningi, ngakho-ke ama-Augustinians aphoqeleka ukuthi abeke izinhloso zawo enyakatho, ezindaweni ezazinganqotshwa buthakathaka. Isigodlo sokuqala abasungula kwakungu-Ocuituco (ngasekupheleni kuka-1533), lapho, emhlanganweni eSahlukweni, ukuguqulwa kweSierra Alta kwayalwa ngo-Agasti 10, 1536.
Umsebenzi onjalo waphathiswa izinkolo ezimbili ezafika ngo-1536, uFray Juan de Sevilla noFray Antonio de Roa, abangani abaseduze, abashisekeli, ngentshiseko enkulu yezenkolo, futhi akekho noyedwa ongcono kunombhali we-oda, uJuan de Grijalva ukugqamisa ukubekezela kwabo. : ngoba "okuthunyelwe bekungafinyeleleki, kungaba ngenxa yokujula, noma ngenxa yeziqongo, ngoba lezo zintaba zithinta okweqile: amaNdiya angamaqaba futhi angaboshiwe: amademoni amaningi ..." Lapha-ke, ubaba uF. Juan de Sevilla kanye wabusisa uF. Antonio de Roa, egijima kulezi zintaba sengathi ziyimimoya. Ngezinye izikhathi bakhuphukela eziqongweni njengokungathi inqola ka-Eliya ibathatha: “futhi ngezinye izikhathi behlela emihumeni lapho babenenkinga enkulu khona. ukuzigcina zibe mnyama kakhulu futhi ziphambuka kakhulu emgwaqweni, zifuna lawo maNdiya ampofu ahlala ebumnyameni ... Kulokhu bachitha unyaka wonke bengatheli zithelo, futhi bengenamuntu ongashumayela ngalokho okwakucindezela kakhulu USanto Roa onqume ukubashiya wabuyela eSpain ... "
Ukusungula imishini kusho ukuqala umsebenzi wokuvangela kanye nokuthola imali. Imodeli eyalandelwa kwaba eyokwazi kahle ulimi kuqala, ukugxila ekwehlisweni, ukuhlela umsebenzi wabo ngokwendlela yaseYurophu nezidingo, nokuyifaka ngemikhuba yobuKrestu, izinkolelo kanye nemikhosi, ngomqondo wokuthi bayemukela imiphumela yokunqoba, inhloso nokwenqabela inkolo yabo yakudala. Kwakuwumsebenzi wabakholwayo ukufuna abomdabu abahlakazekile kuleyo nsimu, bafundise ikati, bathi misa, badlulise amasakramente, banikeze imfundo yamabanga aphansi kanye neminye imisebenzi kanye nezitshalo ezintsha, futhi baqale nemisebenzi edingekayo yokwakha neyasemadolobheni. Ngakho-ke, laba ababili benkolo, besekelwa abanye abane, baqala umsebenzi wabo ongapheli. Lo msebenzi wadlulela eHuasteca naseXilitla, indawo eyakhelene neSierra Gorda, indawo enobutha kakhulu, yingakho ingazange ishunyayelwe ivangeli kuze kube sekhulwini leshumi nesikhombisa.
