. Mexican and Central American antiquities, calendar systems, and history;. HNOLOGY [bull. 28 forming the extreme northwestern extremity of the valley of Cuern-avaca, lies the small town of Tepoxtlan. Although but 3 milesadistant from each of the cities previously named, this place, becauseit is situated quite away from the great highroads radiating fromthe capital and at the foot of the mountain, has remained until veryrecently 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 l
. Mexican and Central American antiquities, calendar systems, and history;. HNOLOGY [bull. 28 forming the extreme northwestern extremity of the valley of Cuern-avaca, lies the small town of Tepoxtlan. Although but 3 milesadistant from each of the cities previously named, this place, becauseit is situated quite away from the great highroads radiating fromthe capital and at the foot of the mountain, has remained until veryrecently 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 MotecuhzomaUhuicamina, the king succeeding Itzcouatl, Tepoxtlan is named inthe Mendoza codex, together with Quauhnauac, Uaxtepec, and Yau-. b c d f Fig. 83. Symbols of pueblos, from Mexican codices. tepee, among the conquered cities (see hieroglyphs a to d, figure 83).The Historia Mexicana of the year 1576 (Aubin-Goupil codex)reports in connection with the accession to the throne in the year1487 of King Ahuitzotl, Avhich 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 26, 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 Tepox
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