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penitence. From the 19tli of April to the Sth of 
•May. 
7. Toxcatl^ month in which cords and garlands 
of maize were tied around the necks of the idols ; 
TepopockuUiztli, a censer, from the 9th to the 
28th of May. It was in this month, Toxcatl, 
that the fellow soldier of Cortez, Pedro de Alva- 
rado, that ferocious warrior whom the Mexicans 
called the Sim, Tonatidh^ on account of his 
flaxen hair, made a horrible slaughter of the 
Mexican nobility assembled within the enclosure 
of the teocalli. This attack was the signal of the 
civil dissensions, that caused the death of the 
unfortunate Montezuma. 
8. EizalquaUztli, a name which appears to be 
derived from etzalU, a particular kind of food 
prepared with the flour of maize. From the 
29th of May to the 17th of June. 
9. Texuilhiiitzintri^ month or festival of the 
young warriors. From the 18th of June to the 
7th of July. 
10. Hiieytecuilhultly festival of the nobility 
and warriors advanced in years. From the 8th 
to the 27th of July. 
11. MictailhluXzintli^ the little festival of the 
dead ; Tlaxochhnaco^ distribution of flowers. 
From the 28th of July to the 16th of August. 
12. HiieymiccailhuUl^ the grand festival cele- 
brated in remembrance of the dead Xocotlhuetzl^ 
fall of fruit, month in which fruit ripens, cones- 
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