yi, 
1883.] 649 [Phillips. 
the one in which the god Quetzalcoatl was expected to reappear; and it so hap- 
pened that in this very year Cortez entered the land of Mexico. Gloomy 
prophecies had preceded his advent, and he met a sovereign predisposed to sub- 
mission, 
2” Tlapalla, This is the Tiapaltlan which Brinton (A. H. M., 89) believes to be 
the “City of the Sun,” the original home of the Aztees. All this he considers a 
sun myth, The word signifies “the red land” (Codez Mendoza, Anales I, 4, 178), 
It was to this country that Quetzalcoatl was to take his journey (Buschman, p. 
684), 
“ Tlapatian, the red land, and Tizapan, the white land, were really the names 
for the land of the sun. Tizapan from tizatl, white earth, and pan in.” (Am, 
Hero Myths, 185.) The idea holds ground among some scholars that this long 
record is only one of journeyings up and down through the valley of Mexico. 
80 Chapultepeque. Monte des Conejos, (Garcia, IV, 23.) Cerro del Chapulin 
(Bot, 78), See note 48, 
‘OCuluacan, Oolhuacan (A, AH. M., 92). The bent or curved mountain, the 
home of the mother of the gods; on it the old become young and remain at any 
age they desire; years leave no trace upon them, In the legends of the Choc- 
taws occurs mention of a bending hil (Myths New World, 225), Duran (I, i) con- 
Siders it another name for Aztlan. Of, Buschman, 691, 
2 Azclan, rerio de gargas, land ofthe heron. (Garcia, 4, 298) Bright or white 
land, (Brinton A. H. M., 92. Buschman, 612.) The latter the more generally re- 
ceived; cf. Mapallan, Note 29. 
®8 Suchimilco, first people (gente de sementeras de Flores), occupied the banks 
of the great lagoon of Mexico and founded a city of the same name. Garcia, V 
@ 2, 822, 
3 Xochimilco. Place of the field of flowers. (Buschmann, p. 700; Clavigero, 2, 
228; Boturini, 78) Sometimes written Suchimilco. 
8 Mixcoall (Brinton A. H. M., 92, Iztac-Mixcoatl, the white cloud twin), god- 
dess of hunting, Clav., i. 126. Same as Camasale (Notes 8, 27). 
% Ohaleas. The name signifies Gente de las Bocas, Garcia, V, 2, 822. 
86 Tenpaneca (Garcia, V, 2, 822). Gente de la puente, settled on the west side of 
the lagoon. They soon founded a large city, Azcapuzalco (Hormiguero), 
87 Tezcuco. Garcia (V, 2, 322) says the Tezcucans were the fourth population of 
Mexico, coming from Qulua (Gente corva), because in their country there was a 
very crooked Cerro. 
These four nations encircled the lagoon, and of them all, the Tezcucans were 
considered as the most polisned, 
8 QQuausticaca ? lugar de los Pinos. 
*® Chicomuxtoque, more properly should be Ohicomoztoc, the Seven caverns, 
(GARCIA, V, 825: BOTURINT, 78. BUSCHMANN, tiber die Aztek. Ortsnamen, 688.) 
 Coatebeque, more properly Coatepec, the hill of serpents, : 
| Quittlique, more properly Coatlicue, “one of the serpent skirt” (A,H. M., 77) 
from whom Huitzilopochtli was born. Aceording to Clavigero (1257), she was 
the goddess of flowers. 
Asimilar myth is narrated (A, H. M., 90) of the birth of Quetzalcoatl, “the 
feathered serpent,” which seems more probable from the connection of this 
name with the bunch of feathers, the virgin is stated here to have placed in her 
bosom, 
® Quzco means (Gareta, IV, 293) the navel of the earth. 
*® Bridge of Chapultepeque: this is probably a clerical error of pwente for fuen’e, 
asin the preceding chapter a (fountain or) stream of water (fuente) is spoken of 
as existing at that place. The word means hill of the locust, from chapulin, 
locust, and ¢epee, a hill. . (Cf, Note 80.) 
“Tn the original ¢es, meaning evidently tres. 
®Tn the original dos, probably an error for los. 
*®QGiquacoatl, more properly Cihuacoatl; the serpent woman (Myths New 
World, 120); Cihuacohuatl (Clavigero, I, 216), 
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