50 BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY [BuLu. 44 
nacs there is a section formed of various pueblos where they speak 
the Otomi and Tepehua languages. The latter he had not encoun- 
tered outside of this locality, and had not been able to learn whether it 
resembles any of the known languages. He adds further that it is 
spoken exclusively only in the pueblo of San Francisco of the curacy 
of Huayacocotla. He considered the language as confined to the 
state of Vera Cruz. Prof. Frederick Starr (83-84), quoting his state- 
ment, remarks as follows: “In this he isinerror. Huehuetla (district 
of Tenango, Hidalgo) is purely Tepehua, and a large town, Tlaxco, 
in the state of Puebla, isin part Tepehua.”’ He suggests that the lan- 
guage is probably related to the Totonac, and this seems to be con- 
firmed by the vocabularies given in his paper. It is therefore 
included in the territory of the latter on the map, and should be 
classified, as has been said, as a dialect of the Totonac. 
MEZTITLANECA 
This language, which belongs to the Nahuatlan family, appears 
to be a dialect of the Aztec, and its area is included by Orozco y Berra 
in his Mexicano, without any reference to the fact in his text. 
The subtribe speaking the dialect inhabited the region north of 
Tezcuco, between the Sierra Madre and the Huastecan térritory 
(1: 246-247). 
Although the relationship with the Aztec has been a matter of his- 
tory from the entry of the Spaniards to the present time, the author 
is unable to refer to a vocabulary of the language. 
TLASCALAN 
The area occupied by the Tlascala (or Tlaxcala) corresponds sub- 
stantially with the present state of Tlascala. They spoke a dialect 
of the Aztec or Mexican language. This is so well understood, 
however, and so frequently mentioned, that it is unnecessary to add 
further evidence on the subject. 
CUITLATECO 
(Synonym: Teco) 
Clavigero (1, 5) says: 
The Cuitlatecas inhabited a country which extended more than two hundred miles 
from the north-west to the south-east, from the kingdom of Michuacan, as far as the 
Pacific Ocean. Their capital was the great and populous city of Mexcaltepec upon the 
coast. 
Orozco y Berra says (1: 233) this language was spoken in Ajuchitlan, 
San Cristobal, and Poliutla,in the municipality of Ajuchitlan and 
district of the same name, and in Atoyac, in the district and munici- 
pality of Tecpan; and that the province of the Cuitlateco was com- 
prehended between those of Zacatula and the Cohuixe. However, 
