cluding go!d, that Cortés was induced to reserve for himself quite a large tract, while a number of conquerors sought minor encomiendas,[1] and took up their residence in Antequera, a town founded not long after, close to Oajaca.[2]
To Oajaca, as part of the Zapotec possessions, belonged the coast city of Tehuantepec, for a period the seat of its kings, and at this time the capital of a branch kingdom, recently bestowed upon Cociyopu, the son of the valiant Cociyoeza and the Aztec princess Pelaxilla.[3] Singular omens attended his birth, wherein soothsayers could see naught but disaster. On the coming of the Spaniards, these omens were connected with the ancient prophecies of conquest by a white race, and when the fall of Mexico brought confirmation of the wide-spread fear, Cociyopu besought the oracles for guidance, and was directed to
- ↑ Tetellan and Hucyapan being given to a woman who accompanied the expedition, and fought bravely, says Duran, Hist. Ind., MS., ii. 519-20. Orozco remained in charge till the spring of 1522, when he was recalled to Segura, his command being surrendered to Alvarado. Cortés, Cartas, 267; Oviedo, iii. 426-7, 433-4.
- ↑ Mercator, 1574, has Guaxaca, too far north-west; Ogilby, 1671, has Guaxaca near Antequera city, also Nixapa; Laet, 1633, is similar, Nixapa being south-west of the former; Jefferys, Guaxaca or Antiquera. Goldschmidt's Cartog. Pac. Coast, MS., ii. 360. 'De la lengua Mexicana, y puesto por un Arbol crecido de una fruta de mal olor, llamado Guaxe.' Búrgoa, Geog. Descrip., i. 5. The fruit grows freely on the Chapultepec range above the town. Founded by Nuñez del Mercedo, Sedeño, Badajoz, and others. Alcedo, i. 116; Medina, Chrón. S. Diego, 245, In Carta del Ayunt. de Antequera, 1531, in Pacheco and Cárdenas, Col. Doc., xiii. 182, Sedeño signs as if he were alcalde. The founding appears to have been a measure effected in 1528 by the hostile oidores, to encroach on Cortés' estates, Id., xii. 545. Salmeron recommended its removal in 1531. Id., xiii. 203. During the conquest of Tututepec in 1521-2, the town of Segura there founded by Alvarado was removed to Oajaca by Badajoz and other tumultuous settlers, thus reorganizing a settlement already formed at Oajaca, though not approved by Cortés, because he desired this district for himself. This second settlement appears also to have been disallowed by Cortés. See Cortés, Residencia, ii. 157, 256; Gomara, Hist. Mex., 219.
- ↑ For a history of the kingdom, its inhabitants, and its vicissitudes, see Native Races, v. 425, 430-7, 534-5. In the Munich Atlas, vi., 1532-40, is written la comisco and Tequante paque; Ramusio, 1565, Tecoantepech; Mercator, 1574, Tecoantepec, as province, town, and gulf; Ogilby, 1671, has R. Quizatian and R. Cotalte, in this locality; Dampier, 1699, Tecoantepec; Laet, 1633, Tecoantepeque; Jefferys, Bay of Tecoantepec, Bar of Tecoatepec, Tecoautepec province. Goldschmidt's Cartog. Pac. Coast, MS., ii. 340-1.
