Kuyendera Sierra kudera lomwe lili ku Hidalgo kuli ngati kulowa pang'onopang'ono komanso modekha; derali ndi losauka, losatukuka malinga ndi malamulo ena, limamveka kutali, ndi anthu ochezeka, osavuta, amakhalidwe oyipa, zomwe zimatipangitsa kukayikira chifukwa chakukhalira kwawo. Kukhala ndi moyo, ndipo njira yabwino yodziwira zomwe zilipo ndikudziwa kukula kwake kuyambira kale.
Dera lomwe likufunsidwalo likufanana ndi Sierra Madre Oriental, malo ake owoneka bwino amaphatikiza zigwa ndi mapiri ndi zachilengedwe zosiyanasiyana, iyi ndi "malo okhalamo" a nyumba yodziyimira pawokha, Metztitlán. Mbiri zosiyanasiyana zimanena zakupezeka kwa mafuko awiri m'derali: Otomis ku Sierra ndi Vega de Metztitlán, kumpoto chakum'mawa, Nahuas, m'malire ndi Huasteca.
Kubwera kwa Chichimecas m'zaka za zana la 12 AD. kudera lakumapeto kwa gawo la Mexico, zidapangitsa kuti magulu osiyanasiyana, kuphatikiza Otomis, asamuke kupita ku Hidalgo. Kumapeto kwa zaka za zana la 15, a Mexica adakulitsa maulamuliro awo kumadera osiyanasiyana ndikupereka ndalama zambiri, osagonjetsa ulamuliro wa Metztitlán.
Mawu Otomí adagwiritsidwa ntchito monyoza ndi Mexica kutchula gulu la amuna amwano. Losotomíse anali ankhondo abwino, amakhala mozungulirazungulira m'mapiri kapena zigwa zomwe zimatsogolera moyo wachinyengo, odzipereka kuulimi wochepa komanso kusaka ndi kuwedza. Ubale wa Metztitlán wazaka za zana la 16 ukuwonetsa kuchepa kwa kuchoka m'derali, zomwe zimatipangitsa kuganiza kuti mwina ndi chimodzi mwazomwe zimayambitsa nkhondo zomwe zidachitika. Sidziwika kwenikweni pokhudzana ndi miyambo yawo yachipembedzo, komabe, kupembedza kwa mwezi ndi mulungu wotchedwa Mola yemwe anali ndi kachisi wake ku Molango, yemwe akuwoneka kuti adayendera kwambiri, akutchulidwa.
Zomwe zidachitika kale ndi zomwe aku Spain adapeza. Atatenga Mexico Tenochtitlán, wogonjetsa Andrés Barrios anali ndi udindo wolamulira ndikukhazika mtima pansi magulu azikhalidwe omwe adakhazikitsidwa ku Metztitlán pafupifupi 153 0. Nthawi yomweyo ma Aborigine ndi malo adaperekedwa kwa ogonjetsa mu encomiendas, ndipo gawo lina lachigawo chomwe chidalandidwa lidapatsidwa mphamvu ya Korona waku Spain. Chifukwa chake, Metztitlán amakhalabe ngati Republic of Spain ndi Molango ngati Republic of India. Popanda kuchepetsa kufunika kwakugonjetsa asitikali, ziyenera kutsimikiziridwa kuti chinali chipambano chauzimu chomwe chinabala chipatso chachikulu kwambiri.
Gulu la Augustinian linali ndi ntchito yolalikira ku Sierra Alta (monga aku Spain amatchulira). Adafika ku New Spain pa Meyi 22, 1533 “… tsiku lakukwera kwa Khristu, pachifukwa ichi adadziona kuti ali ndi mwayi, popeza tsiku lomwelo Khristu adauza atumwi ake kuti: Pitani mukalalikire Uthenga Wabwino ku malo akutali kwambiri komanso obisika. nkhondo; Lolani anthu akunja omwe ali achilendo amve… ”Izi zangochitika mwamwayi zidalimbikitsa malingaliro awo ndikukhulupirira phindu lantchito yawo yaumishonale pantchito yolanda ya amfumu aku Spain.
Anthu aku Franciscans ndi aku Dominican adakhazikitsidwa kale ndikugwira ntchito molimbika m'malo okhala ndi anthu ambiri, chifukwa chake a Augustine adakakamizidwa kukhazikitsa zolinga zawo kumpoto, m'malo omwe anali atafooka. Msonkhano woyamba womwe adakhazikitsa unali Ocuituco (kumapeto kwa 1533), komwe, pamsonkhano mu Chaputala, kutembenuka kwa Sierra Alta kudalamulidwa pa Ogasiti 10, 1536.
Ntchito yotereyi idaperekedwa kwa azipembedzo awiri omwe adafika mu 1536, Fray Juan de Sevilla ndi Fray Antonio de Roa, abwenzi apamtima, okonda zachipembedzo, komanso achangu pachipembedzo, ndipo palibe wina wabwino kuposa wolemba mbiriyo, a Juan de Grijalva kuti awonetse kupirira kwawo. : chifukwa "cholembedwacho sichinali chofikirika, mwina chifukwa cha kuya, kapena chifukwa cha nsonga, chifukwa mapiri amenewo amakhudza mopitilira muyeso: Amwenye achilendo komanso osasunthika: ziwanda zambiri ..." Apa, ndiye, Bambo F. Juan de Sevilla ndi anadalitsa F. Antonio de Roa, akuyenda kudutsa m'mapiri awa ngati kuti ndi mizimu. Nthawi zina amapita kumapiri ngati kuti galimoto ya Eliya imawatenga: "ndipo nthawi zina amapita kumapanga komwe amavutika kwambiri, kuti apite pansi amamanga zingwe m'manja mwawo, kukhala Amwenye ena omwe amabweretsa mtendere, kuwasunga iwo ngakhale amdima kwambiri komanso osochera kwambiri panjira, kufunafuna Amwenye osauka omwe mwanjira iliyonse amakhala mumdima ... Mwa ichi adakhala chaka chathunthu osabala zipatso, kapena kukhala ndi aliyense wolalikira za zomwe Santo Roa yemwe adaganiza zowasiya ndikubwerera ku Spain ... "
Kukhazikitsa ntchito kumatanthauza kuyamba ntchito yolalikira komanso yolimbikitsa. Chitsanzocho chinatsatiridwa ndi chakuti azilankhula chilankhulo choyamba, kuyang'ana kwambiri pakuchepetsa, kukonza ntchito yawo molingana ndi zosowa za ku Europe ndi zosowa ndikuwayika ndi miyambo yachikhristu, zikhulupiriro ndi miyambo, poti adavomereza zotsatira zakugonjetsa, ntchito ndi kuletsa chipembedzo chawo chakale. Unali udindo wachipembedzo kufunafuna mbadwa zomwe zabalalika mderali, kuwalimbikitsa, kunena misa, kupereka masakramenti, kupereka maphunziro a ku pulayimale ndi ntchito zina komanso mbewu zatsopano, ndikuyambitsa ntchito zomanga ndi zamatawuni. Chifukwa chake, achipembedzo awiriwa, mothandizidwa ndi ena anayi, adayamba ntchito yawo yopanda malire. Ntchitoyi idapitilira ku Huasteca ndi Xilitla, dera loyandikana ndi Sierra Gorda, gawo lankhanza kwambiri, ndichifukwa chake silidalalikidwe mpaka m'zaka za zana la khumi ndi chisanu ndi chiwiri.
