HISTORY OF MEXICO. 



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Xalatlauhco^ Tzompahuacan^ and Malinalco ; at no great 

 diflance to the eaftward of the valley the ftate of Ocuil- 

 Ian, and to the weft ward thofe of T ozantla and Zoltepec. 



The Cuitlatecas inhabited a country which extended 

 more than two hundred miles from the north-weft to 

 the fouth-eaft, from the kingdom of Michuacan, as far 

 as the Pacific Ocean. Their capital was the great and 

 populous city of Mexcal tepee upon the coaft, the ruins 

 of which are now fcarcely vifible. 



The capital of the Tlahuicas was the pleafant and 

 ftrong city of Quauhnahuac, called by the Spaniards 

 Cuernabaca, about forty miles from Mexico towards the 

 fouth. Their province, which commenced from the 

 fouthern mountains of the vale of Mexico, extended al- 

 moft fixty miles fouthward. 



The great province of the Cohuixcas was bounded on 

 the north by the Matlatzincas,. and Tlahuicas, on the 

 weft by the Cuitlatecas, on the eaft by the Jopi and 

 Mixtecas, and to the fouthward it extended itfelf as far 

 as the Pacific Ocean, through that part where at prefent 

 the port and city of Acapulco lie. This province was 

 divided into feveral diftinft ftates, namely, T%ompanco^ 

 Chilapan^ Tlapan^ and Teoitztla^ now Tistla^ a country 

 for the moft part too hot, and unhealthy. Tlachco, a 

 place celebrated for its filver mines, either belonged to 

 the above mentioned province, or bordered upon it. 



Mixtecapan, or the province of the Mixtecas, extend- 

 ed itfelf from Acatlan^ a place diftant an hundred and 

 twenty miles from the court, towards the fouth-eaft, as 

 far as the Pacific Ocean, and contained feveral cities and 

 villages, well inhabited, and of confiderable trade. To 

 the eaft of the Mixtecas, were the Zapotecas, fo called 

 from their capital Teotzapotlan. The valley of Huax- 



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