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Other towns conquered on this campaign were Mizquitlan, Cuauhpiloayan, Teotzapotlan (Tlapotlan), Ayotochcuitlatlan, Mictlan, and Tlacotepec (see map 17).
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A year or two after the Huaxyacac region campaign, there was another flower war with Tliliuhqui-Tepec (135 km. or 84 mi.; 4 to 7 days) in which many Tetzcocas died.48 The following year (1496), Zoltepec (in present-day west Mexico) (125 km. or 78 mi.; 4 to 7 days), was conquered, apparently as an isolated event and not as part of a campaign49 (see map 15). |
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Building on his recent consolidation of the Huaxyacac area, Ahuitzotl directed his next major campaign into the Tecuantepec region around 1497. It was ostensibly precipitated by the murder of merchants from Tenochtitlan, Acolhuacan, Cuauhtitlan, Toltitlan, and the Tepanec towns, as well as Tenanyocan, Cuetlachtepec, Xochimilco, Cuitlahuac, Mizquic, and Chalco. These southern coastal lands had been at least partially conquered before, but they were difficult to secure because they were so far from Tenochtitlan. In an effort to quell future rebellions Ahuitzotl resolved not only to retaliate but also to make a major demonstration of power: he would kill 2,000 people for every merchant who had been killed.50 |
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An army was raised in eight days by drawing soldiers from the basin of Mexico and areas to the west, north, and east.51 The army was told to kill everyone, adult or child, because it would be too far to take captives back to Tenochtitlan,52 but 1,200 captives were brought back from Tlacuilollan.53 |
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The Aztec army conquered Miahuatlan and Izhuatlan (see maps 17 and 18) and then, with guides from these cities, headed to Maxtlan (Amaxtlan) and Tecuantepec.54 Also conquered in this campaign were the towns of Xochitlan (Izquixochitlan, Xochtlan), Tlacuilollan, Chiltepec, Apanecan, and Acapetlahuacan.55 Amextloapan, Nacazcuauhtlan (Cuauhnacaztitlan), and Quetzalcuitlapilco (Quetzalcuitlapillan) were also conquered,56 apparently capitulating on the demonstration of Ahuitzotl's superiority. The entire trek covered 1,900 |
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