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PI. LVIII, Fig". 1. The ten founders of Tenoch- 

 titlan : a, Acacitli ; b, Quapan ; c ? 

 Ocelopan ; d, Aguexotl ; e, Tecineuh ; 

 f, Tenuch ; g, Xominitl ; A, Xocoyol ; 

 i, Xiuhcaqui ; k, Acotl. The city of 

 Tenochtitlan, or Mexico, is denoted by 

 the weapons employed in conquering 

 the territory on which it was built : we 

 see above these weapons the tuna, or 

 Indian fig tree, m, fixed on a rock ; 

 and the eagle, n, perched on the fig 

 tree. (An ancient prophecy foretold, 

 that the migrations of the Aztecks 

 should not terminate, till the chiefs of 

 the nation met with an eagle perched 

 on a cactus. The place where this 

 prodigy took place was to be the site 

 of their new city.) The lines t 9 which 

 form a cross, indicate either the dykes, 

 or the canals, which traversed the 

 marshy country inhabited by the foun- 

 ders of Tenochtitlan. 



Fig. 2. a, ten years of the reign of Chimal- 

 pupuca, b ; a buckler, c, and darts to 

 denote the conquest of Tequixquiac, 

 d, and of Chalco, e. Death of Chi- 

 malpupuca, f. Insurrection of the in- 

 habitants of Chalco. g. They destroy 

 four of the enemy's boats, h ; and kill 



