Complex sentence: 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.
Split into simpler sentences: As the Spaniards sought to extend their political dominance into the most remote corners of Mesoamerica, the Nahua accompanied them as footsoldiers. In the early colonial period, new Nahua settlements were made in northern Mexico and far south into Central America.