452 THE NAVATLACAS. 



LIB. VIT. peopled it, and laboured the land, and as they discovered 

 better countries, they left those which they had first peopled, 

 leaving still some, especially the aged, sick folkes, and the 

 weary ; yea, they did plant and build there, whereof we see 

 the remainders at this day. In the way where they passed, 

 they spent fourescore yeares in this manner of leasurely 

 travell, the which they might have done in a moneth. By 

 this meanes they entred the land of Mexico in the yeare 

 nine hundred and two, after our computation. 



CHAP. in. How the six Lineages of Navatlacas peopled the 

 land of Mexico. 



These seven Lineages I have spoken of, came not forth 

 all together : the first were the Suchimilcos, which signifie 

 a Nation of the seedes of flowers. Those peopled the bankes 

 of the great lake of Mexico towards the South, and did 

 build a cittie of their name, and many villages. Long time 

 after came they of the second lineage called Chalcas, which 

 signifies people of mouthes, who also built a cittie of their 

 name, dividing their limmits and territories with the Suchi 

 milcos. The third were the Tepanecas, which signifies 

 people of the bridge : they did inhabite vpon the banke of 

 the lake towards the West, and they increased so, as they 

 called the chiefe and Metropolitane of their Province, 

 Azcapuzalco, which is to say, an Ants nest, and they con 

 tinued long time mighty. After them came those that 

 peopled Tezcuco, which be those of Culhua, which is to say, 

 a crooked people : for that in their Countrey there was a 

 mountaine much bending. 1 And in this sort this lake was 

 invironed with these foure Nations, these inhabiting on the 

 East, and the Tepanecas on the North. These of Tezcuco, 

 were held for great Courtiers, for their tongue and pronun- 

 tiation is very sweete and pleasant. Then arrived the 

 1 kl Cerro muy encorvado. 



