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Show BOOK IV. ~ 8ECT.1J• 'onquc(\: o£ Cojohuac:m :md other }>laces. II I S T 0 R Y Q F M E X I C 0. After the defeat of the Tepanecas there were feveral cities in the kingdom which were unwilling to fu~mit to the prince, from apprc.henilous of the chaftifemen.t they mented. Huexotla w~s one of th1s number, in the neighbourhood ofTezcuco, the lord of wluch, Huet znahuatl (a), continued ob.fl:inately rebellious. The conf:derate ~roops left Mexico, and directing their courfe through the . pl:un~, whtch at prefent go by the name of Santa Marta, made a halt 111 Chnnalhuac~t~, from whence the king and prince fent an offer of pardon to th.ofe .cltl.zcns if they wonld furrender, and threatening to fet fire t~ thetr c1ty 1f they pcrfifted in rebellion; but the rebels, in.fl:~ad of acccptmg the terms. offered them, went out in order of battle agamft the royal army .. ~he conflict was not laiting; the lord of that city being taken by the mvmcible Montezuma, the rebel force was put to flight, and afterwards ca01e humbly to aJk pardon, prefenting according to cuftom, their pregnant women, their children, and old people to the :onqueror, to move him to mercy. At length the way to the throne of Acolhuacan being laid open, and the prince being placed there, t~e auxiliary troops of Huexotzinco and Tlafcala were difmiffcd with many marks o£ gratitude and a confiderable !hare of the plunder of Axcapozalco. From thence the army of the Mexicans and Acnlhuas moved againfl: the rebels of Cojohuacan, Atlacuihuajan, and Huitzilipochco. The Cojoacanefe had endeavoured to excite all the other Tepanecas to iliake. off the Mexican yoke. The above mentioned cities, and fomc neighbouring places, had complied with their felicitations; but others, intimidated by the deftruCtion of Azcapozalco, were afraid of cxpofing themfclves to new dangers. Before they declared their rebellion they· began to ill-tFeat the Mexican women who went to their market, and a1fo any of the men who happened occafionally to call at that city. Upon this Itzcoo.tl ordeL·ed that no Mexican {hould go to Cojohuacan until the infolence of thefe rebels was properly punifhed. Having fini! hed the expedition to Huexotla, he went againft them.. In the three firfi: battles which were fought, he gained fcarcely any other· advantage than making them retreat a little; but in the fqurth whilil: the two armies were fiercely engaged, Montezuma with a fet of brave troops which (n) The city of Huexotla had been given by Tczozomoc to tile king of Tl:uelolco, from whol'l,l it is probable, therefore, Mnxtlatoa took it to give to Huitznlthuatl·. he H I S T 0 R Y 0 F M E X I C 0. he had placed in ambufc'ade, fell with fuch fury on the l'ear-guard of the rebels that he foon difordered and forced them to abandon the 'field and fly to the city. He putfued them, and obferving their intention to fortify themfelves in the greater temple, he prevented them by taking poffefiion of it, and bu.rnt the turret of that i~tnctuary. This blow threw the tebels into fL1ch conO:crnation, th:1.t, quitting their city, th y fled to the mountains which lie to the fouth of Cojohuacan; but even there they were overt:1ken by the royaJ troops, and chafed for more than 'thirty miles, until they reached a mountain_ to the fouthward of ~:lllh . nahuac, where the fugitives exhaufl:ed with fatigue, and, without any hopes of efcape, threw down theit· arms in token of furrender, and delivered themfelvcs up to the mercy of the conquerors. 171 BOOK IV. ~ This vitl:ory made Itzcoatl mafl:er of all the il:ates of the Tepanecas, a1~d c:owned Montezuma with glory. It is not a little wonderful, fay luftonans, that the greater part of the prifoncrs taken in that war with 'Cojohuacan belonged to Montezuma and three brave Acolhuan officers,; for all the four, in imitation of the ancient Mexicans in the war againfr the Xochimilcas, had agreed to cut off a lock of hair from every one they took, and moil: of the prifoncrs were found with this mark upon them. Having thus happily clofed this expedition, and regulated the affairs of Cojohuacan} and the other fubjetl: cities, both the kings returned to Mexico. 1 twas judged proper by the king I tzcoatl to place one ~f t?e family of their :tncie~t lords over the Tepanecas, that they might liVe. m~re yeaceably and wtth lefs relutl:ance under the Mexican yoke. Thts dtglllty he conferred on Totoquii:Juat zin, fon of a fon of the tyrant !ezozomoc. It had not appeared that this prince had taken any part m the war againft the Mexicans, owing either to fome fcc ret attachment which he had to them, or his averiion to his uncle Maxtlaton. Itzcoatl fcnt for him to Mexico, and created him king of Th\copan, or rather Tacuba, a confiderable city of the Tepanecas, and of all the places to the we.fl:ward, including a]fo the country Of M<lzahuacan; but Cojohuacan, Azcapozalco, Mixcoac, and other cities of the Tcpanecas, remained immediately fubjcCl: to the kirtg of Mexico. That crm,vn was Biven to Totoquihuatzin, on condition of his ferving the king of Mexico with all i1is troops whenever required, for which he wa to receive a nfth part of the fpoils which they ihould ti1ke from the enemy. Ne- SI!CT. liT. Monarchy of 'l'ac u b:t, a nu allianct: of the three kings. z 2 zahualcojot1 ' |