Note 39 — Chapter I · ANCIENT MEXICO—CLIMATE AND PRODUCTS—PRIMITIVE RACES—AZTEC EMPIRE

[The first man chosen to be the chief of men (tlacatecuhtli), or superior officer of the confederacy, was Acamapichtli. His election took place in 1375, and he is sometimes called by European writers the “founder of the confederacy.” His name, translated, was “Handful of Reeds.” The succession of “chiefs of men” was as follows:

1.Acamapichtli (Handful of Reeds)1375

2.Huitzilihuitl (Humming Bird)1403

3.Chimalpopoca (Smoking Shield)1414

4.Izcoatzin (Obsidian Snake)1427

5.Montezuma I (Angry Chief)1436

6.Axayacatl (Face in the Water)1464

7.Tizoc (Wounded Leg)1477

8.Ahuitzotl (Water Rat)1486

9.Montezuma II1502

10.Cuitlahuatzin1520

11.Guatemotzin1520

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