Note 976 — Chapter XXIX · KING-MAKING AND CONVERTING. October-December, 1520.
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The native authorities incline to Quauhtemoc, but the Spanish generally add the ‘tzin,’ the ‘c’ being elided, and the ‘Q’ changed to ‘G,’ making the name Guatemotzin. ‘Quauhtemoc, que significa Aguila que baja.’ Vetancvrt, Teatro Mex., pt. iii. 51.