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them their god or idol Vitzilipuztli on the shoulders of four of their 

 false priests in a chest of reeds. They set forth confiding in the 

 promises which the Devil had made them, that he would give them 

 lands rich in promise, thus desiring to liken himself to God, who 

 commanded the children of Israel to go up out of Egypt to give them 

 the lands He had promised them ; and so, just as they went many 

 years through the Wilderness until with their victories through God's 

 aid they entered and took possession of the Land of Promise, so the 

 Mexicans traveled a long time, like the other tribes, always doing 

 what the Devil commanded them to do, until they reached the desired 

 spot. And there they founded the city of Mexico among reeds and 

 cattails in the year 1202, the third year of the reign of Ciutetl, fif- 

 teenth king or lord of New Spain ; and immediately they began 

 warfare with the Tepanecas who had been oppressing them, and 

 with other tribes to whom they paid tribute also, as will be told in 

 its place. 



397. Or else, as they maintained in their accounts and books, and 

 as Gomara records on folio 291, the Mexicans came from a village 

 called Chicomuztotlh, and were all descended from one father whose 

 name was Iztacmixcoatlh and who had children by two wives. By 

 Llancueitl, one of the two, he had six sons ; the first was named 

 Xelhua, the second Tenuch, the third Ulmecatlh, the fourth 

 Xicalancatlh, the fifth Mixtecatlh, the sixth Otomitlh. By the other 

 wife, whose name was Chimalmatlh, he had a son, Quezalcoatlh. 



Xelhua, the eldest, founded Quauhquechulan, Izcuzan, Epatlan, 

 Teopantlan, Theouacan, Cuzcatlan, Teotitlan, and other towns. 



Tenuch established Tenuchtitlan ; distinguished men came from 

 there, who became lords of all their family and of other tribes. 



Ulmecatlh settled the territory of Tlaxcala and named the towns 

 Totomiuacan, Vicilipan, Cuetlaxcoapan, as well as others. 



Xicalancatlh founded Xicalanco on the Atlantic coast in the Prov- 

 ince of Maxcalcinco near Vera Cruz, and the Xicalanco near Tabasco, 

 which has been and is a busy trading center, and many other towns. 



Mixtecatlh established Tututepec by the Pacific, and Acatlan, and 

 settled all of Mixteca, which is an extensive territory. 



Otomitlh established settlers on all the mountain ranges around 

 Mexico City, at Jilotepec, Tulan, Otompan, and Ozumba, and many 

 other places. 



Quezalcoatlh rebuilt Tlaxcala, Huejotzingo, Cholula and others, 

 and among those tribes he was reverenced as a god, because they 

 say he kept his chastity; he instituted fasting and did other things 



