The New Student's Reference Work/Ixcaquixtla

Ixcaquixtla (ēs-ka-kēs′-tla), an old town in Puebla, Mexico, with a population of 5,000.  It is noted for a severe battle on Jan. 1, 1817, between the Spanish troops under La Madrid and Mexican rebels under General Mier.  It is occupied by the Chuchan Indians and the remnants of a race of southern Mexico, who were conquered by the Aztecs and Mixtecas.  Near the town are numerous mounds of earth or stone, now used by the Indians as altars for their offerings to Moctezuma.