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them to Pokoman tribes, whom a fate, analogous to that of the Akahals, 
had just driven from the fertile province of Cuzcatlan. 
“The power of the Cachiquel kings was, for the time being, the 
greatest in the Guatemalan States. Nothing seemed to be able to with- 
stand the force of their arms, and the will of Oxlahuh-Tzy was respected 
almost equally with that of the great Qikab, before whom so many 
people had formerly trembled. The kings of Atitlan, who had maintaind 
their independence since the dismemberment of Quiche empire, fearing 
for themselves the consequences of his ambition, laboured to put a barrier 
to it; they leagued themselves with the neighbouring princes, and from 
the shores of Lake Panahachel to the Toltec cities on the coast, and to 
Itzcuintlan in the south, the kingdom of Quauhtemalan could soon count 
a multitude of enemies in the lordships formerly not attached to its cause. 
The Ahpozotzil was going, at last, to suffer the reward of his injustice 
and cruelty. However, he beheld this formidable league without emotion, 
and set himself courageously to carry on war against those whom he 
regarded as most powerful and dangerous ; these were, on the one hand, 
Wookaok, Ahpop of the Ahtziquinhayi, and, on the other, Belehe-Gih, 
prince of Caokeb, who reigned in the neighbouring mountains of Quiche. 
The latter had his residence in the strong city of Paraxtunya, the position 
of which rendered it in a measure impregnable ; he thought that in it he 
could brave all the anger of the Cachiquel despot. The hostile army 
appeared before his walls, and during twelve consecutive days, sanguinary 
combats took place on the slopes of the chasms surrounding their circle. 
But Oxlahuh-Tzy was still accustomed to conquer; on the thirteenth 
day he made a terrific assault upon the fortress; it was carried with 
frightful carnage, and Belehe-Gih paid for the audacity of his resistance 
with his life. 
“But Paraxtunya was to be the limit of the Ahpozotzil’s triumphs 
While he was glorying in his victory, preparing a heavier yoke than ever 
for his vassals and his feudatories, the discontent which lay hid in the 
depths of men’s hearts was ready to break forth. The rebellion began 
in the very bosom of the royal family. Since the reunion of the Cachi- 
quels under the sceptre of Quauhtemalan, the princes descended from 
Gagawitz continued to call themselves by the generic name of Zotzil- 
Tukuche ; but the Cachiquel tribes assembled in that capital, being 
divided into quarters, distinguished themselves, according to their 
divisions, the one class by the name of Zotzils, the other by that of 
Tukuches. The first, having their quarters round about the palace of 
the princes of the reigning branch, were placed under their immediate 
