The summer was scorching, with moist vapor in the wind. Clouds gathered on the eastern horizon, a sign of impending rain. On both banks of the Adobe River, lush green grass and shrubs flourished. A tribal army of thousands was marching rapidly along the western bank of the great river, heading upstream to the south.
Although referred to as a single army, it was evidently divided into two groups in the march. Among the two thousand at the front were chieftains wearing pointed hats, the main force of the Conical House City from the east. The two thousand at the back wore hats adorned with bird feathers, indicating nobility, originating from the Feather Bird City in the southwest.
