Chapter VI

TRADITIONAL HISTORY OF THE ORIGIN OF THE NAHUA
NATIONS.

The Early Inhabitants of Mexico — Quinames — Miztecs and Zapotecs
— Totonacs and Huastecs — Olmecs and Xicalancas — The Nahuas
— The Cholula Pyramid — Its Origin Explained by Duran — No
Relation to a Flood — Ixtlilxochitl’s Deluge Tradition —
The first Toltecs — The Codex Chimalpopoca Account — The
Discovery of Maize — Sahagun’s Origin of the Nahuas — They
came from Florida — Their Settlement in Tamoanchan — Their
Migrations — Hue Hue Tlapalan — Its location, according to
the Sources — Not Identical with Tlapallan de Cortés — Not
in Central America — Probably in the Mississippi Valley —
Beginning of the Toltec Annals — The Chichimecs not Nahuas
— The Nahuatlacas — The Aztecs — Aztlan — As Described by
Early Writers — Aztec Migration — Aztec Maps — Señor Ramirez
on Migration Maps — The seven Caves — Three Claims for the
Location of Aztlan — The culture Hero, Quetzalcoatl.

CHAPTER VII.

THE ANCIENT PUEBLOS AND CLIFF-DWELLERS.

The Casas Grandes of Chihuahua — Ruins in the Casas Grandes and
Janos Valleys — Casa Grande of the Rio Gila — Ruins in the
Gila Valley — Also in the Valley of the Rio Salado — Ruins
in the Cañon of the Colorado — In the Valley of the Colorado
Chiquito — Pueblos of the Zuñi River — Zuñi and the “Seven
Cities of Cibola” — “El Moro” — Pueblos of the Chaco Valley
— Cliff-dwellers — Mr. Jackson’s Discoveries in the Valley
of the Rio San Juan — Cliff-houses of the Rio Mancos —
Cliff-dwellings on the McElmo — Traditional Origin and Fate
of the Cliff-dwellers — Ancestors of the Moquis — Remarkable
Discoveries by Mr. Holmes — The Seven Moqui Towns — The
Montezuma Legend.