. The earth and its inhabitants .. . Aztec Conquests. _ ISfi Miles. accompanied by famine and pestilence. The chronicles speak of millions perishing amid all these disorders, and, for whatever reason, after this date no further mention is made of the " Toltecs," or else they are represented as fugitives dispersed amongst the surrounding populations, or else going southwards to found new states in Yucatan, Chiapas, or Guatemala. Numerous migrations are also related of the Chichimecs, who displaced the centre of Nahua power southwards to the Anahuac plateau properly so called, first to
. The earth and its inhabitants .. . Aztec Conquests. _ ISfi Miles. accompanied by famine and pestilence. The chronicles speak of millions perishing amid all these disorders, and, for whatever reason, after this date no further mention is made of the " Toltecs," or else they are represented as fugitives dispersed amongst the surrounding populations, or else going southwards to found new states in Yucatan, Chiapas, or Guatemala. Numerous migrations are also related of the Chichimecs, who displaced the centre of Nahua power southwards to the Anahuac plateau properly so called, first to the shores of Lake Xaltocan, then to the plains around Lake Texcoco not far from the present confederate capital. Lastly, the royal residence was estab-
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