HISTORY OF MEXICO. 



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lake on the border of which they had engaged, tinged 

 with blood. Notwithftanding they came off fo gioriouf- 

 ly in this battle, they determined to abandon that quar- 

 ter, being well perfuaded that while they remained there 

 they would be daily harralTed by their neighbours ; for 

 which reafon having reviewed the whole country by 

 means of their emilTarics, and finding no fituation where 

 they could jointly eflablilh themfelves, they agreed to fe- 

 parate, one part of them going towards the South, the 

 other to the North. The latter, after a fliort journey, 

 fettled themfelves, with the permiffion of the Checheme- 

 can king, in Tollantzinco, and in Quauhchinanco. The 

 former travelling round the great volcano Popocatepec, 

 through Tetella and Tochlmilco, founded the city of 

 Quauhquechollan, in the neighbourhood of Atrifco ; and 

 fome, proceeding ilill farther, founded Amaliuhcan, and 

 other villages ; and thus extended themfelves as far as 

 Poyauhtecatl or the mountain Orizaba, to which they pro- 

 bably gave fuch a name in memory of the place in the 

 vale of Mexico which they had quitted. 



But the mod numerous and refpeftable part of the 

 tribe, diredled their way by Cholula to the borders of 

 the great mountain Matlalcueye, from whence they drove 

 the Olmecas and Xicallancas, the ancient inhabitants of 

 that country, and flew their king Colopechtli. Here 

 they eftabliflied themfelves under a chief, named Colhiia- 

 tateudli^ contriving to fortify themfelves alfo, to be the 

 more able to refifl the neighbouring people if they fliould 

 incline to attack thera. In fa6l it was not long before 

 the Huexozincas and other people, who knew of the 

 bravery and number of their new neighbours, fearing 

 they would, in time, become troubiefome, levied a great 

 army to expel them wholly from the country. The at- 



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