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people of Xaltepec, Cuatzonteccan, and Icpatepec (Crónica mexicana 1975:59799 [chap. 88]; Durán 1967, 2:41722 [chap. 55]). Moteuczomah Xocoyotl led the Triple Alliance army on the campaign and conquered Xaltepec and Cuatzonteccan, and as a result the lords of Tecuantepec, Miahuatlan, and Izhuatlan also became tributaries. |
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While ostensibly describing the campaign of Moteuczomah Xocoyotl, the latter half of this account precisely parallels the one cited above for Ahuitzotl. Moreover, there is a complementary distribution of accounts, with these sources citing these conquests in the next reign, while most sources place it here. For these reasons, and the presence of two conflicting accounts for Moteuczomah Xocoyotl's first major campaign (of which this is one), I feel the account describes Ahuitzotl's exploits and properly belongs here. |
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57. Crónica mexicana 1975:54647 [chap. 77]. The route for this conquest was doubtless along the established conquest route into the Huaxyacac area and then southeast from Mictlan to the area of Tecuantepec. From there, all the conquered cities are easily accessible along the lowland coastal plain of the Pacific. |
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58. Sahagún 1959:6. |
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59. Berlin and Barlow 1980:60; Dibble 1981, 1:34; Torquemada 197583, 1:264 [bk.2, chap.66]. |
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60. The pochtecah claim that they had already completed the conquests of these towns by the time the Aztec army arrived (Sahagún 1959:36) is improbable considering their training, numbers, and opposition. Rather, at the approach of the Aztec forces, which had now proved their ability and resolve to project force that far, the hostile towns probably submitted, possibly to the pochtecah as the only immediate representatives of the empire, and thus avoided outright destruction. |
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61. Crónica mexicana 1975:55053 [chap. 78]. |
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62. Crónica mexicana 1975:55055 [chaps. 7879]; Durán 1967, 2:38389 [chap. 50]. |
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63. Anales de Cuauhtitlan 1975:67; Berlin and Barlow 1980:17; Clark 1938, 1:37; Crónica mexicana 1975:544 [chap. 75]; Paso y Troncoso 193942, 10:119; Sahagún 1954:2. Huehuctlan, located near Huitztlan, was also part of this campaign. As discussed above, there are numerous towns named Huehuetlan: Barlow (1947) locates this one in present-day Guerrero, Kelly and Palerm (1952:305) locate it either in Guerrero or in Chiapas, but Holt (1979:236, 27172) places it here; the context in which it is listed argues strongly for that interpretation. |
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Chillan was conquered in 1499 (Chimalpahin 1965:22627 [relación 7]), and Xaltepec is recorded as having revolted and been reconquered in 1500 (Anales de Cuauhtitlan 1975:58; Anales de Tula 1979:37; Chimalpahin 1965:11920 [relación 3], 227 [relación 7]; Ixtlilxóchitl 197577, 2:166 [chap. 65]; Torquemada 197583, 1:267 [bk. 2, chap. 67]). Both of these conquests are recorded as isolated occurrences, but the sources listing them fail to mention the Xoconochco campaign. Moreover, 1499 and 1500 are probably not as distant as they seem, but are in the same campaign season. Thus these two towns were probably conquered as part of the Xoconochco campaign, Chillan first and Xaltepec later. |
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