TABLES OF EMIGRATION OF THE ORIGINAL TRIBES. 97 



just nestled among the reeds, rocks and marshes of the lake, was 

 quickly spread beyond the mountain barrier that hemmed in the 

 valley. Like the Hollanders, they became great by the very 

 wretchedness of their site, and the vigilant industry it enforced. 

 The Aztec arms were triumphant throughout all the plains that 

 swept downward towards the Atlantic, and, as we have seen, even 

 maintained dominion on the shores of the Pacific, or penetrated, 

 under the bloody Ahuitzotl, the remotest corners of Guatemala and 

 Nicaragua. 



Such was the extent of Aztec power at the beginning of the 

 16th century, at the period of the Spanish incursion. 



Note. — The discrepancies in the dates assigned by several writers as to the pe- 

 riods of the emigration of various tribes and the reigns of their sovereigns, are care- 

 fully presented in the following table, given by Albert Gallatin, in his essay on 

 the Mexican nations — 1 vol. Ethnol. Soc. Transac. 162. 



Toltecs. 





Alva. 



Sahagun. 



Veytia. 



Clavigero. 





Q87 













.... 



oyo 









.... 



7 1 Q 



7on 











RG7 





959 



.... 



1116 



1051 



Chichimecas and Acolhuans or Tezcocans. 









( about 



Xolotl, 1st King occupies the valley of Mexico. . . . 



963 



.... 



1120 



( 1170 





iu to 





1 OQO 



jo cen 



T&tzTn j 3d King, so called erroneously, ascends 













1107 





1263 



14 cen 





1141 





1298 



14 cen 



Tlaltecatzin 1st King according to Sahagun ascends 















1246 







Techotlalatzin5th (2d, Sahagun) ascends the throne 



1253 



1271 



1357 



14 cen 



Ixtlilxochitl 6th (3d, Sahagun) « « 



1357 



1331 



1409 



1406 



Netzahual-Coyotzin 7th (4th, Sahagun) ascends the 













1418 



1392 



1418 



1426 



Netzahual-Pilzintli 8th (5th, Sahagun) ascends the 













1462 



1463 





1470 





1515 



1516 





1516 



Tepanecs, or Tecpanecs of Acapulco. 













1011 





1158 











1239 





Tezozomac son according to D'Alva, grandson ac- 











cording to Veytia of the 1st Acolhua arrives. . . . 



1299 



1348 



1343 







1427 





1427 



1422 



Mexicans or Aztecs. 

















1064 



1160 











1168 









1168 







1141 





1227 



1216 









C 1248 

 £ 1276 



1245 



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