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NOTES. 



Arrival of the Aztecks at Tula, in 1196 ; at Tzom- 

 panco, in 1216 ; and at Chapoltepec, in 1^45. 



" Under the reign of Nopaltzin r king of the Chichi- 

 mecks, a Tolteck, called Xiuhtlato, lord of Quaultepec, 

 taught the people, about the year 1250, the culture of 

 maize and cotton, and the making of bread from the 

 flour of maize. The small number of Tolteck families, 

 that dwelt along the banks of the lake Tenochtitlan, 

 had entirely neglected the culture of this grain ; and 

 the American corn would have been for ever lost, if 

 Xiuhtlato had not preserved a few seeds from his early 

 youth" (Torq., torn. 1, p. 74). 



Union between the three nations of the Chichimecks, 

 the Acolhuans, and the Toltecks. Nopaltzin, son of 

 the king Xolotl, weds Azcaxochitl, daughter of a 

 Tolteck prince ; Pochotl, and the three sisters of No- 

 paltzin, form matrimonial alliances with the chiefs of 

 the Acolhuans. Few nations exist, whose annals offer 

 so great a number of names of families and places as 

 the hieroglyphic annals of Anahuac. 



The Mexicans fall under the yoke of the Acolhuans 

 in 1314, ,but soon succeed in freeing themselves by 

 their valor. 



Foundation of Tenochtitlan, in 1 325 . 



Mexican kings : 1, Acamapitzin, 1352-1389 : 2, 

 Huitzilihuitl, 1389-1410: 3, Chimalpopoca, 1410- 

 1422 : 4, Itzcoatl, 1423-1436 : 5, Motezuma-Ilhuica- 

 mina, or Motezuma, the first, 1436-1464: 6, Axaja- 

 catl, 1464-1477 : 7, Tizoc, 1477 1480: 8, Ahuitzotl, 

 1480-1502: 9, Motezuma-Xocojotzin, or Motezuma 

 the second, 1502-1520: 10, Cuitlahuatzin, whose reign 

 lasted only three months: 11, Quauhtemotzin, who 

 reigned during nine months of the year 1521 (Clav.,, 

 torn. 4, p. 55-61). 



