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MIXxE 
(Synonym: Mize) 
According to Orozco y Berra (1:176) the territory of the Mixe 
embraced parts of the districts of Tlacolula, Villa-Alta, and Tehuan- 
tepec, in Oaxaca, bordering on the east with that of the Chiapanec. 
Professor Starr (53) locates them at present in the districts of Yaute- 
pec, Villa-Alta, and Tehuantepec. Garay says (60): 
The Mixes constituted formerly a powerful nation, and they still occupy the land 
from the Sierra, north of Tehuantepec, to the district of Chiapas. In the Isthmus 
they inhabit only the village of Guichicovi, and a small portion of the Sierra, which 
is never visited. 
Seemingly forgetful of his statement in regard to the ancient terri- 
tory of the Huaves, or alluding to a different era, Brasseur de Bour- 
bourg (1:11, 34-35) says the Mixes possessed anciently the greater 
part of Tehuantepec, Soconusco, and the Zapotecan area, giving 
Burgoa as his authority. The Popoloco of Puebla are a branch. 
The language of the Mixe is now fully recognized as related to 
the Zoque, and the two form the chief idioms of the Zoquean 
family. 
ZOQUE 
Orozco. y Berra (1:170) describes the territory of the Zoque as 
embracing parts of Chiapas, Tabasco, and Oaxaca, joining on the 
north the Mexican and Chontal areas, on the east the Tzental, Zotzil, 
and Chiapanec, on the south the Mexican, and on the west the 
Zapotec and Mixe areas. Williams (225) says: 
The Zoques inhabit the mountainous region to the east, from the valley of the 
Chicapa on the south, to the Rio del Corte on the north. Originally occupying a small 
province lying on the confines of Tobasco, they were subjugated by the expedition 
to Chiapas under Luis Marin. 
The language, now well known, is taken as the typical idiom of the 
Zoquean family. 
Doctor Brinton (3: 144) includes in his classification of this family 
two subtribes, the Chimalapas, ‘‘a subtribe of the Zoques” (no 
locality given), and the Tapijulapanes ‘‘on Rio de la Sierra,” evi- 
dently the Tapachulteca (or Tapachula ason the map). The author 
has not succeeded in finding the authority on which the first is based, 
or whether it is to be taken as indicating a different dialect. How-. 
ever, this is repeated by Grasserie (6). The second may be based on 
the quotation in Pimentel (11, 236-243). But whether the language 
here referred to is to be considered different from Zoque is not clear, 
unless this inference be deduced from the few words and expressions 
given, which appear hardly to justify it. The relationship of Ta- 
pachulteca to Zoquean is, however, confirmed by Sapper. ; 
