. Bulletin. Ethnology. 262 BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY [bull. 28 interpreter of the Codex Telleriano-Remensis, the Mexicans sub- jugated " the city of Micthi in the province of Huaxaca " in the year 2 Tochtli, or A. D, 1494, and " the city of Teotzapothm, which was the capital of the province of Huaxaca ", in the year 3 Acatl, or A. D. 1495. This information is interesting because mention is made here of the conquest or destruction of the Zapotec city of priests and tombs, Yoopaa, or Mictlan, by the Mexicans in pre- Spanish times. The picture writing itself « does not enti
. Bulletin. Ethnology. 262 BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY [bull. 28 interpreter of the Codex Telleriano-Remensis, the Mexicans sub- jugated " the city of Micthi in the province of Huaxaca " in the year 2 Tochtli, or A. D, 1494, and " the city of Teotzapothm, which was the capital of the province of Huaxaca ", in the year 3 Acatl, or A. D. 1495. This information is interesting because mention is made here of the conquest or destruction of the Zapotec city of priests and tombs, Yoopaa, or Mictlan, by the Mexicans in pre- Spanish times. The picture writing itself « does not entirely agree with this interpretation. In it only the conquest of Uaxyacac and Teotzapotlan—which may refer, of course, to the entire province, that is, to the whole valley—is expressed by the hieroglyphs of these tw^o names and a prisoner of war adorned for the sacrificio gladia- torio (figure 55).. Fig. 05. Symbols from the Codex Telleriano-Remensis. In the coast land the expeditions doubtless extended through sev- eral years, for the subjugation of the cities of the coast land is not reported until the year 5 Calli, or A. D. 1497, and in this report Chimalpahin, Codex Vaticanus A, and Historia Mexicana of the Aubin-Goupil collection agree* Chimalpahin ^ mentions Xochitlan, Amaxtlan, and Tehuantepec as the cities which were conquered in this year by the Mexicans. Codex Vaticanus A ^ and Historia " Part 4, pi. 22. The name Uaxyacac is expressed here simply by the picture of the algaroba tree; the name Teotzapotlan, by the picture of the sapodilla tree. ^ Ailales de Domingo Francisco de San Anton Mufion Chimalpahin Quauhtleliuanitzin. Ed. Remi Simeon, I'aris, 1889, pp. 10 and 167. <^ Codex Vaticanus A, page 127. Amaxtlan is expressed by the combination of a breech- cloth (maxtlatl) and the sign for water (atl), which are to be seen on the conventional painting of the mountain. Xochitlan eypressed bj' a flower (Xochitl) and an undeter- mined element, which is perh
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