IttlSTORY OF MEXiCOi 



of the Holy Yirgm of Guadaloupe, places all fituateJ off 

 the borders of the lake of Tezcuco, and near the lite of 

 Mexico, in which they continued for twenty-two years*. 



As foon as the Mexicans appeared m that country, 

 they were reviewed by order of Xolotl then reigning 

 who, having nothing to fear, permitted them to eftablifti 

 themfelves wherever they could: but thofe in Tepeyacac 

 finding themfelves haraffed by Tenancaealizin, a Che- 

 chemecan; lord,, they were forced, in 1 245^ to retire ta 

 Chapoltepec, a momitam fituated on the weftern border 

 ©f the lake, hardly two' mi'les^ diftant from the fite of 

 Mexico, in the reign of Nopaltzin, and not of Quinatzin, 

 as Torquemada and Boturiar imagine (/). 



The perfecutions which they fufFered in this place 

 from Ibme lords, and particullarly from the lord of XaU 

 tocan, made them^ at the end of feventeen years, aban- 

 don it, to feek a more fecure afylum in Acocolco^ which- 

 confifls of a number of fmali iflandls at the fouthern ex- 

 tremity of the lake. There for the fpace of fifty-two 

 years they led the mofl miferable life;- they fubfifted on 

 fifll, and all forts of infe6is, and the roots of the marflies, 

 and covered themfelves with the leaves of the amoxtli^ 

 which grows^ plentifully in that lake, having, wore out all 

 their garments,, and finding no means there of fupplying 

 themfelves with others. Their habitations were wretched 

 huts, made of the reeds and rufties which the lake pro- 

 duced. It would be totally incredible that for fo many 

 years they were able ta keep in exiftence in a place fo 



difadvantageous,. 



(/) Quihatzin fuppofing tt> Have Been reigning at that time, tKe rtign of him 

 and his fucceflbr muft have comprehended a fpace of an hundred and fixty-onc 

 years and upwards ; if the chrt)ni>l0gy of Torquemada is adopted, who fuppofcs- 

 Quinatzin reigning until the time at which the Mexicans entered the vale c,!^ 

 Mexico. Sec our Differtatioiis. 



