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Cuatzonteccan-Icpatepec part here, where it should logically fit. The route for this campaign was the established one into the Huaxyacac area and posed no difficulties. |
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On this campaign Moteuczomah Xocoyotl raised an army, and the Tlatelolcas supplied their tributary arms and provisions so generously that Tlatelolco was once again allowed to march to war as an autonomous city (Durán 1967, 2:420 [chap. 55]). |
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16. Durán 1967, 2:421 [chap. 55]. |
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17. Crónica mexicana 1975:59899 [chap. 88]. |
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18. Berlin and Barlow 1980:61; Dibble 1981, 1:35; Torquemada 197583, 1:27071 [bk. 2, chap. 69]. |
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19. Anales de Cuauhtitlan 1975:6768; Berlin and Barlow 1980:18; Clark 1938, 1:41; Paso y Troncoso 193942, 10:119; Sahagún 1954:3. |
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20. Anales de Cuauhtitlan 1975:68; Berlin and Barlow 1980:18; Clark 1938, 1:41; Ixtlilxóchitl 197577, 2:108 [chap. 71]; Paso y Troncoso 193942, 10:119. |
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21. The somewhat confusing chronology of various xochiyaoyoti during the reign of Moteuczomah Xocoyotl is discussed as greater length by Davies (1968:13649). Torquemada (197583, 1:27277 [bk. 2, chaps. 7071]) is unique in attributing a xochiyaoyotl at this time (probably 1504), but given the long-term, intermittent nature of this conflict between the Triple Alliance and Tlaxcallan, such a war at this time is completely plausible. |
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22. Torquemada 197583, 1:27879 [bk. 2, chap. 72]. Holt (1979:27678) places the conquest of all the towns in the present-day Veracruz area at this time as a separate campaign. However, the documentation for this is unclear and rests on only three dated sources: the Codex en Cruz, the Códice Telleriano-Remensis, and the Relación of Chimalpahin. All three of these sources contain some indication of a Veracruz conquest, but all require assessment. |
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The evidence of a Huaxtec conquest in the Codex en Cruz is marginal. In his interpretation for the year 12 Tecpatl (1504), Dibble (1981, 1:36) concludes in his somewhat abbreviated commentary, ''The warrior, a conquest into the Huastec region? No interpretation is ventured." Similarly, the evidence is thin in the Códice Telleriano-Remensis (196465:304). The textual commentary for 11 Acatl (1503) refers only to Tlachquiauhco: while the modern Spanish commentary accompanying the codex says that one of the two place glyphs appears to be Atocpan, it is uncertain. Thus, in the case of the two pictorial codices, the interpretation of a Veracruz campaign is slight at best. This leaves only the chronicle account of Chimalpahin (1965:229 [relación 7]), which records the conquest of Pipiyoltepec (13 Calli, 1505). |
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There is no doubt that there were widespread conquests in the Veracruz area during the reign of Moteuczomah Xocoyotl, but when is unclear. One permissible interpretation is that there was a major campaign during which most of the listed Veracruz towns were conquered. If so, this is the likeliest time for its occurrence, although the data are slim. However, these Veracruz conquests may have equally been parts of various campaigns or piecemeal reconquests as the occasions arose. If the latter is the case, another interpretation would tie the two dated Veracruz conquests to a later campaign, |
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