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GUATEMALA. 
“ The encounter was awful and fear-inspiring. The 
war-cries and the clangor of the martial instruments stu¬ 
pefied the combatants, and the heroes of both armies made, 
use of all their enchantments. Notwithstanding, after a 
little the Quiches were broken, and confusion entered 
their ranks. The most of their army fled without fight¬ 
ing, and the losses were so great that they could not be 
calculated. Among the captives were the kings Tepepul 
and Iztayul, who surrendered, together with their god 
Tohil, the Galel-aclii and the Ahpop-achi, grandfather and 
son of the keeper of the royal jewels, the die-cutter, the 
treasurer, the secretary, and -plebeians without number; 
and all were put to the sword. Our old men tell us, my 
children, that it was impossible to count the Quiches who 
perished that day at the hands of the Cakchiquels. Such 
were the heroic deeds with which the kings Oxlahuhtzi 
and Cablahu-Tihax, also Roimox and Rokelbatzin, made 
the mountain of Iximche forever famous.” 
After this defeat the Quichte kings appear in history 
only as names, — of which seven, including two appointed 
by the Conquistadores, complete the list. Dull as was 
their decline, their ending was brilliant; and none of the 
people of Central America made such a brave struggle 
for independence as this grand old tribe. 
Other nations occupied portions of Guatemala; and 
before we follow the course of the Cakchiquels we may 
consider some of these. In Soconusco were several bands 
of Tultecs who had left the Aztec plateau, and in course 
of time were attacked by Olmecs and reduced to the most 
abject slavery. At last this became unbearable, and by 
the advice of their priests they decided to emigrate ; and 
under sacerdotal guidance they journeyed twenty days 
