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conquest. However, the reference is brief, and it is unclear that it reflects this particular conquest. |
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3. Acosta 1604, 2:494; Torquemada 197583, 1:23839 [bk. 2, chap. 55]. |
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4. After conquering Cuauhtolco and Xochitepec, the army could have returned to the coastal lowland and marched northwest to the Papagayo River drainage. At that point the army could have marched up the Omitlan River to either Ohuapan or, likelier, Chilapan, both of which had been conquered by Moteuczomah Ilhuicamina and offered no difficulties throughout the reign of Axayacatl. From either of these towns, the army could have retraced the previous king's conquest route to Tepecuacuilco, Tlachco, and probably through Cuauhnahuac and from there into the basin of Mexico. |
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5. In carrying out this conquest, Axayacatl's likeliest route followed that of his predecessor south out of the basin of Mexico and along valleys and through the previously conquered towns of Cuauhnahuac, Tecpantzinco, Itzyocan, Acatlan, Huaxyacac, and Mictlan. There the route formed a loop that could be followed in either direction but is more likely to have followed the valley floors to Tecuantepec (720 km. or 446 mi.; 23 to 38 days' march) and then west along the Pacific coastal lowlands to Cuauhtolco. The route then probably followed a valley to the town of Xochitepec, which was conquered, through a pass to the previously conquered Miahuatlan, on to Mictlan, and then back to Tenochtitlan by reversing the route (totaling 1,365 km. or 846 mi.; 43 to 71 days' march, exclusive of rest days, combat, and regrouping days). |
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Sahagún (1954:2) is unique in listing the town of Teotzacualco as a conquest. This town is in present-day southern Oaxaca and, if a valid conquest, was probably conquered at this time, as it is located not too far from the main conquest route. However, the context in which he lists it indicates a location in the southern Matlatzinca area and he has no other support in this claimed conquest. Consequently, I do not include it here but list it as an unidentified town in the latter area. |
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6. Durán 1967, 2:265 [chap. 34]; Torquemada 197583, 1:239 [bk. 2, chap. 55]. |
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7. Anales de Cuauhtitlan 1975:67; Anales México-Azcapotzalco 1903:67; Chimalpahin 1965:104 [relación 4]; Clark 1938, 1:33; Códice Ramírez 1975:69; Códice Telleriano-Remensis 196465:288; Códice Vaticano 196465:254; García Icazbalceta 188692, 3:253; Mengin 1952:452; Paso y Troncoso 193942, 10:119; Torquemada 197583, 1:243 [bk. 2, chap. 58]. Other sources say that the campaign in the region was initiated by Moteuczomah Ilhuicamina but was incomplete and was finished by Axayacatl (Chimalpahin 1965:104 [relación 3]). |
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8. Códice Ramírez 1975:12931; Durán 1967, 2:197203 [chap. 24]. |
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9. Tlahuililpan is unlocated but was apparently near Oztoticpac and Poxcauhtlan. Anales México-Azcapotzalco 1903:67; Anales de Cuauhtitlan 1975:55; Anales de Tula 1979:36; Berlin and Barlow 1980:17; Chimalpahin 1965:104 [relación 3]; Dibble 1981, 1:24. |
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10. Anales de Cuauhtitlan 1975:67; Berlin and Barlow 1980:17; Clark |
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