full view, Scene 1

Here the four principal figures of this manuscript, the indigenous nobles Tepoztecatzin, Sarmiento, Cencamatzin, and Cacalotl, have traveled to greet Hernando Cortés and his men, who have just left the pueblo of Jalapa, in the East, and are marching toward Mexico City. The greeting party agrees to guide the Spaniards on the road. [SW]