. Ancient civilizations of Mexico and Central America. Indians of Mexico; Indians of Central America. THE AZTECS 207. two to twenty years. Finally, ahont 1325, they reached Chapultepec and for a number of years lived in comparative peace and quiet. Their bad manners and growing power excited the enmity of several nearby towns and in 1351 the Aztecs, under their chieftain Hnitzili- lmitl, were worsted in a fierce battle. Remnants of the tribe, including Hnitzilihnitl and his daughter, sought the protection of Cozcoztli, king of Collmacan. They soon were able to repay his support in a war with X
. Ancient civilizations of Mexico and Central America. Indians of Mexico; Indians of Central America. THE AZTECS 207. two to twenty years. Finally, ahont 1325, they reached Chapultepec and for a number of years lived in comparative peace and quiet. Their bad manners and growing power excited the enmity of several nearby towns and in 1351 the Aztecs, under their chieftain Hnitzili- lmitl, were worsted in a fierce battle. Remnants of the tribe, including Hnitzilihnitl and his daughter, sought the protection of Cozcoztli, king of Collmacan. They soon were able to repay his support in a war with Xochimilco. The first actual settle- ment on the site of the future Tenoeh- titlan was made in 1364 and in 1376 Acamapictli, a noble allied to the royal house of Collmacan, was elected to be the first war chief of the new city. One of the first improvements un- dertaken by the new city was in the matter of water supply. Rights were secured to the famous spring of Cha- pultepec, an important gain because the brackish waters of the lake were not fit to drink. A double water main of terra cotta was laid from the springs to the town. Xew land was made, prob- ably after the manner still to be seen in the famous floating gardens of Xochimilco by throwing the soil from the bed of the shallow lake into enclosed areas of wattle work. Gradually a Venice-like city, trav- ersed by canals and admirably protected from at- tack, rose from the lake. At the coming of the Spaniards there were three causeways leading to the shores of the lake and each of these was pro- Fig. 70. Pic- tographic Rec- ord of fighting near the Springs of Chapultepec, "Hill of the ; Aubin Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Spinden, Herbert Joseph, 1879-1967. New York : American Museum of Natural History
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