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by which they improved their means of living, their 

 clothing, their habitations, and manners. 



Nor did the arrival of other civilized nations contri- 

 bute lefs to the refinement of the Chechemecas. Eight 

 years were fcarcely elapfed from the time that Xolotl had 

 cftabliflied himfelf in Tcnayuca, when there arrived in 

 that country fix refpe6i:able perfons, with a confiderable 

 retinue of people. They were from a northern country, 

 neighbouring to the kingdom of Amaquemecan, or a lit- 

 tle diftant from it, the name of which is not mentioned 

 by hiftorians ; but we have reafon to believe that it was 

 the country of Jztlan, the native country of the Mexi- 

 cans, and that thefe new colonies were the fix famous 

 tribes of Nahuatiachi, of which all the hiftorians of 

 Mexico make mention, and we fliall fliortly treat of. It 

 is probable that Xolotl fent advice to his native country, 

 of the advantages of the fituation where he was efta- 

 biifhed ; and that fuch information, fpread among the 

 adjoining nations, incited many families to follow his 

 fteps, and partake his good fortune. It is alfo to be 

 imagined, that fome famine or fcarcity having happened 

 to the northern countries, fo many people were obliged 

 to feek relief in lands to the fouthward. However it 

 was, the fix perfons arrived in Tenayuca from the North, 

 were gracioufly received by the Chechemecan king ; 

 and when he learned the purpofe of their travel, and their 

 defire to flay in that country, he affigned them a diftri£i: 

 which they might inhabit with their people. 



A few years after, there arrived three other princes, 

 with a great army of the Acolhuan nation, natives of Te- 

 oacolhuacan, a country neighbouring to, and not far 

 diftant from the kingdom of Amaquemecan. Thefe 

 princes were named Acolhuatzin^ ChiconquaiihtU^ and 



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