Mexican and Central American antiquities, calendar systems, and history; . ^recently little known or investigated. The ancient inhabitants, whoundoubtedly were of the same race as the Tlalhuics of Cuernavaca,have in the main shared the history of the latter. Cuernavaca,the ancient Quauhnauac, was the first territory which fell into thehands of the Mexicans when they began to spread beyond the limitsof the valley. In the reign of the third Mexican king, Itzcouatl,who reigned in the second quarter of the fifteenth century, the siegeand subjugation of Cuernavaca is reported, and under Motecuhzoma
Mexican and Central American antiquities, calendar systems, and history; . ^recently little known or investigated. The ancient inhabitants, whoundoubtedly were of the same race as the Tlalhuics of Cuernavaca,have in the main shared the history of the latter. Cuernavaca,the ancient Quauhnauac, was the first territory which fell into thehands of the Mexicans when they began to spread beyond the limitsof the valley. In the reign of the third Mexican king, Itzcouatl,who reigned in the second quarter of the fifteenth century, the siegeand subjugation of Cuernavaca is reported, and under MotecuhzomaIlhuicamina, the king succeeding Itzcouatl, Tepoxtlan i^ named inthe Mendoza codex, toeether with Quauhnauac, Uaxtepec, and Yau-. FiG. 83. Symbols of puelilon, from Mexican codices. tepee, among the conquered cities (see hieroglyphs a to cl^ figure 83).The Historia Mexicana of the year 1576 (Aubin-Goupil codex)reports in connection \^ ith the accession to the throne in the year1487 of King Ahuitzotl, which was celebrated with great sacrifices ofcaptives, that new kings had been installed in Quauhnauac, Tepox-tlan, Uaxtepec, and Xiloxochitepec (see hieroglyphs e and /). In the tribute list (Mendoza codex, page 2t), no. 13) Tepoxtlan, the place of the ax is again put with the same towns in the Uaxtepecgroup (see i), Cortes came into contact with Tepoxtlan in the year1521 on his march from Yautepec to Cuernavaca, when, because theinhabitants did not voluntarily surrender, he burned the Diaz extols the fine women (muy buenas mugeres) and thebooty which the soldiers obtained here. After the establishment ofSpanish rule Tepoxtlan, Avith Cuernavaca, was included in the prin-cipality, which, with the title M
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