On New Year's Eve, Pizarro orders a group of forty men to build rafts and scout down the river. If they do not return to the main party within one week with news of what lies beyond, they will be considered lost. Pizarro chooses Don Pedro de Ursúa as the commander of the expedition, Don Lope de Aguirre as his second-in-command, portly nobleman Don Fernando de Guzmán to represent the Spanish crown, and Brother Gaspar de Carvajal to bring the word of God. Accompanying the expedition, against Pizarro's better judgment, are Ursúa's mistress, Doña Inés, and Aguirre's teenage daughter Flores.
On New Year's Eve Pizarro orders a group of forty men to build rafts and scout down the river If they do not return to the main party within one week with news of what lies beyond they will be considered lost Pizarro chooses Don Pedro de Ursúa as the commander of the expedition Don Lope de Aguirre as his second-in-command portly nobleman Don Fernando de Guzmán to represent the Spanish crown and Brother Gaspar de Carvajal to bring the word of God Accompanying the expedition against Pizarro's better judgment are Ursúa's mistress Doña Inés and Aguirre's teenage daughter Flores