. Mexico, the city of palaces ... accounts, it appears that Lake Texcoco spread considerablyfarther westward than is the case to-day; or, in other words, itsshore line during intervening centuries has receded, so that thepresent heart of Mexico City is several miles from the border of thisbeautiful sheet of water. Thus, we may draw on the imagination for a glimpse of the begin-ning of Mexico City. The name given to the settlement, as alreadymentioned, was Tenochtitlan, which means place where the cactusis on the rock. This title, however, appears to have been changedat an early date to Mexico,
. Mexico, the city of palaces ... accounts, it appears that Lake Texcoco spread considerablyfarther westward than is the case to-day; or, in other words, itsshore line during intervening centuries has receded, so that thepresent heart of Mexico City is several miles from the border of thisbeautiful sheet of water. Thus, we may draw on the imagination for a glimpse of the begin-ning of Mexico City. The name given to the settlement, as alreadymentioned, was Tenochtitlan, which means place where the cactusis on the rock. This title, however, appears to have been changedat an early date to Mexico, in honor of the war god, Mexitli; and itis recorded that by 1450 many of the earlier houses built of rushesand mud, etc., on the shore of Lake Texcoco had been replaced bymore pretentious structures of stone. Passing over many years ofstirring events and various eras of primitive construction, we findthat the Aztecs had attained a high state of splendor when the Span-iards came to invade the country. History shows that the placemexicocityofpala00reid. 7
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