Note 34-2 — THE ANNALS OF THE CAKCHIQUELS.
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Their names are given in the Titulos de la Casa de Ixcuin Nehaib, p. 3. They are called “pueblos principales, cabezas de calpules.” The Nahuatl word, calpulli, here used, meant the kinsfolk actual and adopted, settled together. They were the gentes of the tribe. See Ad. F. Bandelièr, On the Social Organization and Mode of Government of the Ancient Mexicans, for a full explanation of their nature and powers.