Both diaz's account and that of the aztec elders were written in retrospect, and both reflect their authors awareness of the impending conquest. compare the tone of these accounts. how does each reflect the author's knowledge of what is to come?

If given the comparison for both Diaz’s and the Aztec elders account, Diaz account is written in memoir while the Aztec elders tone is extremely confident.

Moreover, Diaz tone of memoir reflect the author’s knowledge of what is to come where it contain more fear and uncertainty so he could not afford to be confident.

Meanwhile, the Aztecs response is more confident for they were extremely wealthy as it reflected in the author’s knowledge.

the answer is b: the religion they practice.

here's why:

there were many different native american tribes and those with similar characteristics formed a main tribe or nation. each had its own language, religion and customs.

the answer to your question is a. the salt plains

in 1811, he led an expedition, known as the george c. sibley expedition, to improve relations with the pawnee and kansa tribes, and also to locate the rumored jefferson's salt mountain