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Avheii the city of Mexico surrendered to the victorious Cortes after 

 the capture of Quauhtenioc, the chiefs of the Mexicans were assem- 

 bled at Acachinanco. Tliey were the following: (1) Quauhtemoc- 

 tzin, King of Mexico (tlahtohuani Tenuchtitlan) ; (2) Tlacotzin, 

 cihuacohuatl, that is, the King's deputy; (3) Oquiztzin, Prince of 

 Azcapotzalco (tlahtohuani Azcapotzalco-Mexicapan) ; (4) Panitzin 

 (or Ilanitzin), Prince of Ehcatepec (tlahtohuani Ehcatepec) ; (5) 

 Motelchiuhtzin, the keeper of the royal stores (calpixqui), not a 

 man of roj^al blood, but a great war chief (amo pilli, yn yece huey 

 yaotiacauh catca). Cortes had them put in chains and taken as 

 prisoners to Coyouacan. 



The same four men who are mentioned here with Quauhtenioc are 

 mentioned again in the same order in the account of Quauhtemoc's 

 execution and that of the other two at Ueymollan : Cenca yc tlao- 

 coxque, motequi-pachoque, quichoquillique, yn quinhuicac Mexica 

 tlahtoque (" The princes of iMexico, who had been brought hither, 

 were deeply moved and wept for him "). Their names are given as 

 Don Juan Velazquez Tlacotzin, cihuacohuatl, Don Carlos Oquiztzin, 

 Don Andres Motelchiuhtzin, and Don Diego de Alvarado Huanitzin. 



There is still another native account of events that happened during 

 the siege and after the taking of the city of Mexico. This is the account 

 preserved in the Sahagun manuscript of the Biblioteca liorenziana, 

 which forms the t^velfth book of the work. It is stated there that on 

 the day after Quauhtemoc's capture he and all the dignitaries Avere 

 taken to Cortes at Atactzinco, to the house of the tlacochcalcatl 

 Coyoueuetzin. Here, directly after Quauhtenioc, are named Coana- 

 cochtli and Tetlepanquetzatzin, the kings of Tetzcoco and Tlacopan, 

 and then the following men of high rank: (1) cioacoatl Tlacutzin; 

 (2) tlillancalqui Petlauhtzin ; (3) vitznavatl Motelchiuhtzin, mexi- 

 catl achcauhtli; (4) tecutlamacazqui (" high priest "') Coatzin; (5) 

 tlatlati (•' steward ") Tla^olyautl. 



When tlie princes came before Cortes, the three kings of the allied 

 cities of Mexico, Tetzcoco, and Tlacopan took their seats beside 

 Cortes. Then follow iiiixcoatlailotlac Auelitoctzin and tlatzacutica 

 yopicatl Pupucatzin pilli, who, as a comparison with previous pas- 

 sages slioAAs, are to be regarded as leaders of the Tlatelolcas. 



And then we read : "'' On the other side sat the Tenochcas ". Their 

 names are given as Tlacutzin, Petlauhtzin, Motelchiuhtzin mexicatl 

 achcauhtli, tecutlamacazqui Coatzin, and tlatati Tlac^'olyautl. These 

 names are mentioned repeatedly on previous pages of the narrative. 



If we comi>are the two accounts, that of Chimalpahin and the one 



in the Sahagun manuscript, we must at the outset discard the last two 



persons named in the Sahagun narrative, for they are priests. Of 



the other three^ two are identical with two of those mentioned by 



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