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NOTES. 
Arrival of the Aztecks at Tula, in 1196; at Tzom-*- 
panco, in 12l6 ; and at Chapoltepec, in 1245. 
Under the reign of Nopaltzin^ king of the Chichi- 
mecks, aTolteck, called Xiuhtlato, lord of Quaultepec, 
taught the people, about the year 1250, the culture of 
maize and cotton, and the making of bread from the 
flour of maize. The small number of Tolteck families, 
that dwelt along the banks of the lake Tenochtitlan, 
had entirely neglected the culture of this grain ; and 
the American corn would have been for ever lost, if 
Xiuhtlato had not preserved a few seeds from his early 
youth” (Torq., tom. 1, p. 74). 
Union between the three nations of the Chichimecks, 
the Acolhuans, and the Toltecks. Nopaltzin, son of 
the king Xolotl, weds Azcaxochitl, daughter of a 
Tolteck prince ; Pochotl, and the three sisters of No- 
paltzin, form matrimonial alliances with the chiefs of 
the Acolhuans. Few nations exist, whose annals offer 
so great a number of names of families and places as 
the hieroglyphic annals of Anahuac. 
The Mexicans fall under the yoke of the Acolhuans 
in 1314, but soon succeed in freeing themselves by 
their valor. 
Foundation of Tenochtitlan, in 1325. 
Mexican kings : 1, Acamapitzin, 1352-1389 : 2,. 
Huitzilihuitl, 1389-1410: 3, Chimalpopoca, 1410- 
1422: 4, Itzcoatl, 1423-1436: 5, Motezuma-Ilhuica- 
mina, or Motezuma, the first, 1436-1464: 6, Axaja- 
catl, 1464-1477 : 7, Tizoc, 1477-1480: 8, Ahuitzotl, 
1480-1502: 9, Motezuma-Xocojotzin, or Motezuma 
the second, 1502-1520 : 10, Cuitlahuatzin, whose reign 
lasted only three months: 11, Quauhtemotzin, who 
reigned during nine months of the year 1521 (Clav., 
tom. 4, p. 55-61). 
