vv'e had to lose soiie ti^ie till the floods diminished or methods were 
found to pass the streams and in this way at the end of three days arrived 
at the iviesa of i^xetlalt oyuca where we found the ruins described by the 5r. 
r: ubpr ef e c t o . 
I On our arrival we divided the work to be done as follows ;i/ir Hay takln(^ ^ 
the archeological part and taking the phot ographs , the artists being at his 
disposal Garcias Gubas to make the plan of the ruins and I to attend to the 
I geographic andthe study of the road. and the vacant lands. 
In the repox’t to the Commission herewith appendedji have the honor to 
manifest the results obtained. 
I 
Mexico, August 30,1965-The Chief of the Scientific Commission of the Valley 
of' Mexico. Ramon Almaraz. 
GgOGRAPHI C SkCTIOH. 
Omitting information on the road from .uexico City to Tulancingo, which is 
well known, and our orders c online 3 ^"lo the part from Tulancingo beyond. 
There are two roads from Tulancingo to Huauchinangoi one passing the rtanch 
of Tenango,and the other the village of iicazuchitlan,bothbad for vehicles. 
The first of about 43 kil. and the second about 49. Both unite at the 
bridge of Totolapa about 8 kil. above Huauchinango. 
According to information given us the, the second though longer is the best 
so we decided to take the second. o go t oHuauchinango by th^ route you 
take a H.". direction, about 16 kil. over flat lands forming the beautiful 
valley of iT\ilancingo,and on the way pass the ^^anch of Hapatec and the vill- 
age of Danta Ana, also the villages of San ./Pedro and Asuncion where tue 
I plain ends and the mountains begin. 
' It begins here with a gentle rise, the difference in altitude between the 
the plain and the highest point of the mountain is «5 95 meters (309 ft.) 
The grades are gentle and easy climbing. Somewhat farther down is located 
the village of Acazuchitlan, which translated means, flower of. the carriso, 
^a reed grass. This village is 8 kil. from the beglining of the pp^Lsixixx 
^ mountains. -Proceeding in the same direction, the land being nearly level, 
passing a number of small ravines, we arrived at a small: plateau called 
; Chacapalapa, which is limited by the river Sotolapa, already mentioned 
At the river of fotolapa we found a stone bridge of two arches which 
is still unfinished and deteriorating. The approaches are not complete 
or the gangway. The approaches are short but steep. The distance from Aca- 
zuchitlan is 1? kil. Beyond the bridge rises another plateau called the 
Venta,and 2 kil, farther the Ranch of Galindo, point from which begins the 
t 
descent to Huauchinango. This 
8 tolO degrees, but considereo 
parts are in bad repair and 0 
descent is heavy foTtr carts, having a grade of 
as a saddle trail- is good, being paved, though 
t*Sers treacherous. 
In Huauchinango, the name^ I was told being derived from Hohuachitnamil , 
signifying, a house of corn stalks, and according to others cuautchinamil, 
meaning wood for arrows, ends the road for carts and beyond is onl;/ a saddle 
trail and pack animals. The road extends i- the same general direct! or* 
