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such as that into the Huaxyacac area, since one likely route into the area is via the Gulf coast. |
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There is no other recorded campaign into which the undated conquests into the Veracruz area could easily fit. As a result, a campaign into Veracruz at this time is an acceptable interpretation, but a tentative one. |
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23. Torquemada 197583, 1:281 [bk. 2, chap. 73]. This is recorded as a separate event without other conquests, but it is equally possible that it was part of the following Huaxyacac campaign. The location of the other towns relative to Cuauhnelhuatlan indicates that there were, indeed, two separate campaigns. |
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24. The route of this conquest probably followed established routes out of the basin of Mexico by way of Itzyocan, Huehuetlan, and southeast past Teohuacan; via Teotitlan to Cuauhnelhuatlan; and returning the same way. Mazatlan and Huauhtlan were also likely conquered at this time (Berlin and Barlow 1980:18; Torquemada 197583, 1:286 [bk. 2, chap. 71]). The campaign stretched 800 kilometers (500 miles) round trip and would have required 25 to 42 days of march, exclusive of days for combat, rest, and regrouping. |
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25. Crónica mexicana 1975:602603 [chap. 89]; Durán 1967, 2:42531 [chap. 56]. By another account (Torquemada 197583, 1:28587 [bk. 2, chap. 75]) the entire Huaxyacac region that held the Aztec fortresses and garrisons was rebellious. The Aztec garrison at the town of Huaxyacac was given a fiesta and afterward was ambushed by the lord of Tzotzollan. On being told of this by another of his governors, Moteuczomah Xocoyotl raised the army and marched on the region. Arriving in Huauhtlan (since Torquemada distinguishes between the two, this reference is probably to San Miguel Huauhtlan and not to Cuauhnelhuatlan, and its proximity indicates a location closer than Cuauhnelhuatlan), the Aztecs fought and won a battle, probably against Coaixtlahuacan. Neither Tzotzollan nor its lord was captured at this time, however. The more expansive conquests attributed to this battle logically belong later in the campaign. |
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26. Crónica mexicana 1975:602605 [chaps. 8990]; Durán 1967, 2:42627 [chap. 56]. |
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27. Crónica mexicana 1975:605606 [chap. 90]. |
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28. Durán 1967, 2:431 [chap. 56]. The conquest route probably followed that of the previous incursions into the area, passing through Huaxyacac. The campaign stretched 1,300 kilometers (800 miles) round trip and would have required 41 to 68 days of march, exclusive of days for combat, rest, and regrouping. |
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29. Crónica mexicana 1975:61013 [chaps. 9192]; Durán 1967, 2:43335 [chap. 57]; Torquemada 197583, 1:28889 [bk. 2, chap. 76]. |
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30. Durán 1967, 2:434 [chap. 57]. |
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31. Crónica mexicana 1975:61014 [chaps. 9192]. |
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32. Durán 1967, 2:436 [chap. 57]. |
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33. Torquemada 197583, 1:28587 [bk. 2, chap. 75]. |
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34. Durán 1967, 2:437 [chap. 57]. |
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35. Berlin and Barlow 1980:61; Chimalpahin 1965:120 [relación 3]; Códice Telleriano-Remensis 196465:308; Códice Vaticano 196465:278; |
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