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3. Anales de Cuauhtitlan 1975:56; Chimalpahin 1965:99 [relación 3]; García Icazbalceta 188692, 3:306. The feigned war with Tetzcoco is also cited by two sources (Crónica mexicana 1975:284 [chap. 19]; Durán 1967, 2:130 [chap. 15]) as occurring during this reign. However, the conquest of all these cities is well attested as having taken place under the previous king, Itzcoatl. Consequently, these conquests can be interpreted either as erroneous or as reflecting something less than armed combat. In the latter case they probably reflect the expected acknowledgment of vassalage after the succession of a new king. |
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4. Torquemada 197583, 1:210 [bk. 2, chap. 44]. |
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5. Chimalpahin 1965:98 [relación 3]; Crónica mexicana 1975:28789 [chap. 21]; Durón 1967,2:13335 [chap. 16]. |
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6. Crónica mexicana 1975:28789 [chap. 21]; Durán 1967, 2:13538 [chap. 16]. |
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7. In a minority opinion Torquemada (197583,1:21011 [bk. 2, chap. 44]) states that one provocation for war with Chalco was the killing of two of Nezahualcoyotl's children who had entered Chalca lands. Whether or not this occurred, it cannot be considered either the precipitating cause of the conflict or its underlying rationale. |
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8. Crónica mexicana 1975:292 [chap. 22]. |
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9. Acosta 1604, 2:48889; Crónica mexicana 1975:29394 [chap. 23]. |
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10. This series of conquests in present-day Morelos and Guerrero is usually placed next, although it lacks a firm place in the conquest chronology (Barlow 1947:218; Holt 1979:98; Kelly and Palerm 1952:267). There is support for a southward thrust after the Chalca war (Códice Ramírez 1975:64), but it is unclear that all of the conquests in the Guerrero and Morelos areas should be linked into a single campaign merely because of propinquity. |
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11. The chronicle accounts of the campaigns do not list the present-day Morelos conquests with those of present-day Guerrero, nor are all of the Guerrero conquests listed together. Thus, Torquemada (197583, 1:21819 [bk. 2, chap. 46]) records one campaign in which Cohuixco, Oztoman, Cuezallan, Ichcateopan, Teoxahuallan, Poctepec, Tlachco, and Tlachmalacac (Tlachmallac) were conquered. Then he records that Moteuczomah Ilhuicamina launched a second campaign, during which he conquered Chilapan, Cuauhteopan, and Tzompanhuacan. This division seems unlikely both from accounts of other sources and because of the relative positions of the towns listed. Instead, a single campaign into Guerrero is probable, including the towns listed above (Anales de Cuauhtitlan 1975:67; Ixtlilxóchitl 197577, 2:109 [chap. 40]; Leyenda de los Soles 1975:128; Paso y Troncoso 193942, 10:118; Torquemada 197583, 1:21819 [bk. 2, chap. 46]). |
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12. Torquemada 197583, 1:21819 [bk. 2, chap. 46]. |
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13. The probable conquest route ran west from Tenochtitlan into the valley of Tolocan and then southward through the pass at Tenanco and into the series of valleys containing the target cities. This was the route Itzcoatl had followed in his incursion of the area, so it was familiar and offered crucial logistical support, making the campaign more feasible than an extended thrust into unconquered territory. |
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