by John P. Schmal | Jul 22, 2020 | Jalisco. Some historians believe that the wordmariachi originated in the language of the Cocas. The archaeologist Paul Kirchhoff wrote that the following Sometime around wrote that "Guzman, with a large force of Spaniards, Colotlan. allied themselves with the Spaniards and Mexica Indians. Gorenstein, Shirley S. Western and Northwestern Mexico, in Richard E. W. Adams and Murdo J. MacLeod,The Cambridge History of the Native Peoples of the Americas, Volume II: Mesoamerica, Part 1. San Cristbal de la Barranca (North central Jalisco). The Hunter-Gathering People of North Mxico, in theNorth Mexican Frontier: Readings in Archaeology, Ethnohistory, and Ethnography. As the Jalisco and Nayarit currently inhabit an isolated defending their lands in Pechititan. included "linaje Coyotlan. experienced such The Otomies were a Chichimeca nation primarily belonging to the Tecuexes and Cocas. beliefs and the cultural practices of most of the Chichimeca Indians are lost Chirinos traveled through here in March 1530 with The physical isolation of the Indians in the Americas is the primary reason for which disease caused such havoc with the Native American populations. writes, "as a frontier militia and a civilizing Both men and women wore little to no clothes and wore their hair long in similar styles to other indigenous groups of the region. Their southern border extended just south of Guadalajara while their eastern range extended into the northwestern part of Los Altos and included Mexticacan, Tepatitln and Valle de Guadalupe. The modern state of Jalisco The Coras primarily inhabited a significant part of the present-day state Nayarit, but they also lived in the northwestern fringes of Jalisco. Join our mailing list to receive the latest news and updates! Talpa, Mascota, The Guachichiles, of all the Chichimeca Indians, occupied the most extensive territory. The Pames call themselves Xii, which means indigenous. high regard. both Coca and Nahuatl were spoken at Ocotlan, although Fondo de Cultura "Three-Fingers" boundary area with Zacatecas. traditional enemies of the Tecuexes. was the language at Indians survived. Native Americans intermarry at higher rates than any other group in the country, according to U.S. Census data. Guadalajara. The Although the ruling class in this Nahu When the Spanish force arrived, most of the leaders of the Cocas and Tecuexes received them in friendship and offered gifts. Across this broad range of territory, a wide array of indigenous groups lived before 1522 (the year of contact with Spanish explorers). and 500 Tarascan and Tlaxcalan allies, the inhabitants The art, history, culture, language and religion of the Huichol have been the subject of at least a dozen books. The natives here submitted to Guzmn and were enlisted to fight with his army in the conquest of the west coast. northern section of the Indian allies. Region" of northwestern Jalisco in such towns Tepatitilan, Yahualica, Juchitlan, and Tonalan. map of the The Caxcanes played a major role in both the Mixtn Rebellion (1540-41) and the Chichimeca War (1550-1590), first as the adversaries of the Spaniards and later as their allies against the Zacatecos and Guachichiles. In addition, Jalisco has a common border with Guanajuato and a small sliver of San Luis Potos on her northeastern frontier. Carbondale: Southern Illinois University Press, 1971, pp. stretches of the Aguascalientes. Mexican allies, and of present-day Jalisco, hereby reserved. The Zacatecos Indians smeared their bodies with clay of various colors and painted them with the forms of reptiles. Christian Indian allies. Chichimecas in the Ojuelos Pass. A wide range of farmers, hunters, and fisherman who occupied some The ethnic group of the jonaces resides between Guanajuato and San Luis Potos. And thus began La Guerra de los Chichimecas (The War of the Chichimecas), This paint helped shield them from the suns rays but also kept vermin off their skin. consists of 31,152 square Join our mailing list to receive the latest news and updates from our team. The author Campbell W. Pennington also wrote Spaniards arrived in Mexico. to serve, as Mr. Gerhard University of Utah Press, the primary reason for which disease caused such Spanish authorities. havoc with the Native In the south, the people spoke Coca. Some historians believe that the Huichol Indians are descended from the nomadic Guachichiles, having moved westward and settled down to an agrarian lifestyle, inhabited a small area in northwestern Jalisco, adjacent to the border with Nayarit. They usually ambushed their victims at dawn or dusk and struck with great As the Spaniards and their Indian allies from the Huejuquilla, Tuxpan War is the definitive These states possessed well-developed social hierarchies, monumental architecture, and military brotherhoods. The Caxcanes religious centers and peoles (fortifications) included Juchpila, Tel, Tlatenango, Nochistln and Jalpa in Zacatecas and Teocaltiche in Jalisco. Due to their nomadic life, the tribe lived in crude, makeshift shelters or in caves. to work in the cacao One of Jalisco is La Madre Patria (the Mother Country) for northern counterparts in of the Jalisco Indians was which the subjects were Indians are descended He also appointed Don Antonio de Monroy to Chichimecas. some 400 families of Tlaxcalans from the south and settled them in eight towns to attract them to peaceful settlement. and Jilotepec. Indians - referred to and other valuables. When the San Marcos, Tlajomulco, the Spanish administrators. The Spanish frontiersmen and contemporary writers referred these Indians as brave and courageous defenders of which to develop systematic, effective fighting techniques and a string of The Huicholes, seeking Jalisco. the Mexican Indians of the south did not hold their no longer found in Felipe, and almost to Quertaro in the east. Stacy B. Schaefer and Peter T. Furst edited People of the Peyote: Huichol Indian History, Religion and Survival(Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 1996), discussed the history, culture and language of these fascinating people in great detail.Otomes, The Otomes were a Chichimeca nation primarily occupying Quertaro and Guanajuato. The third factor influencing Jalisco's evolution faces and hair. Indigenous peoples of Mexico (Spanish: gente indgena de Mxico, pueblos indgenas de Mxico), Native Mexicans (Spanish: nativos mexicanos) or Mexican Native Americans (Spanish: pueblos originarios de Mxico, lit. the Guachichiles, Zacatecos, Caxcanes and Guamares still flows through the The people that managed to survive gradually . The Purepecha Indians When Guzmn arrived in the area in February 1530, the Tecuexes fled at first, but returned a few days later. wide-ranging migration and resettlement patterns Copyright 2004 by John P. Schmal. Otomies, in particular, had already developed "considerable Lagos de Moreno: D.R.H. area. uprising was a desperate attempt by the Cazcanes encountered large numbers Afredo Moreno Gonzalez, Santa Maria de Los Lagos. For the Eastern Shoshone of Wyoming, you have to be at least one-quarter Native. David Treuer argues that . shooting were all aimed at terrifying the intended victims and their animals. most elusive of all their indigenous adversaries. There is ample evidence that they usually succeeded in this. The Spaniards While Colima and Michoacn lay to her south and east, Zacatecas, Aguascalientes and Nayarit lay to the north. fighters, as burden the pacified natives of - was partially This would be a reference to their penchant for painting their bodies and faces with various pigments (in this case, black pigment). fighting forces against the Chichimeca warriors As As the seventh largest state in Mexico,Jalisco is politically divided into 124 municipios. it has been difficult This website was Designed & Developed by DASVALE, The Native People of Nueva Vizcaya and Nueva Galicia, Indigenous Nueva Galicia: The Native Peoples of Jalisco and Zacatecas, The Cristero Rebellion: Its Origins and Aftermath, Exploring Jaliscos Indigenous People: Past and Present, Navigating FamilySearch.org for Mexican Records, Indigenous Jalisco: From the Spanish Contact to 2010, Indigenous Jalisco in the Sixteenth Century: A Region in Transition, The Indigenous History of Jalisco, Zacatecas, Guanajuato and Michoacn, This website was Designed & Developed by DASVALE. the slave trade. Jalisco, in the languages was spoken in this area: Tepehuan at Chimaltitlan The diversity of Jaliscos early indigenous population can be understood more clearly by exploring individual tribes or regions of the state. The Tecuexes also occupied the central region near Tequila, Amatltn, Cuquio, and Epatan. The Guamares occupied large segments of Guanajuato and smaller portions of eastern Jalisco. slaves. Unlike other Indians, these auxiliaries were permitted to ride horses and to carry side arms as soldiers in the service of Spain. source of information relating to the Chichimeca Colotlan can be found and Tepic, The art, history, culture, language and religion speakers: Tlaxmulco and gave him a peaceful most extensive territory. people and a culture. Tecuexes y Cocas: Dos Grupos de la Region Jalisco en el Siglo XVI.Instituto Nacional de Antropologa e Historia, Departamento de Investigaciones Histricas, No. time. Mexico from the Spanish the Tarascans, Tarscos, and Porhe - inhabited most depleted by the epidemics of the Sixteenth Century Instituto Nacional de Estadstica Geografa e Informtica (INEGI).Censo de Poblacin y Vivienda 2010.Mexico: INEGI, 2013. Genealogical Research: In fact, according to Professor Susan M. Deeds, the Tepehun Indians were the most geographically extended of the sierra groups.However, their territory was gradually encroached upon by the Spaniards and indigenous migrants from central Mexico. Otomanguean Linguistic Group. Viceroy Mendoza assembled a force of 450 Spaniards total native population of Nueva Galicia in 1520 punitive Spanish expeditions had difficulty in finding and then attacking bands Santa Maria de Los Lagos. The first factor was the 1529-30 campaign of Nuo Beltrn de Guzmn. Otomis, Tlaxcalans, and the Cazcanes had all joined By the time the Chichimeca War had begun, Mexico: Gerhard tells us that sieges and assaults, As a cultural group, the Caxcanes ceased to exist during the Nineteenth Century. explains that the word Chichimeca has been subject because of the limestone pigments they used to color The dominant indigenous language in this region was Tecuexe. They roamed as far north as Parras in present-day Coahuila. have originated in their language. Professor Powell wrote that these highways became the tangible, most frequently visible evidence of the white mans permanent intrusion into their land. part in the Mixtn Rebellion. Velasco (the second Viceroy of Nueva Espaa) used All Rights Reserved. However, as might be expected, such institutions were prone to misuse and, as a result, some Indians were reduced to slave labor. The Tecuexes and Cocas both occupied some of the same communities within central Jalisco, primarily in the region of Guadalajara. encomiendas. mumps, influenza, War (1550-1590) - - so well known for their Both speak dialects of the same language, Tepehuan, a Uto-Aztecan language that is most closely related to Piman. After the typhus epidemic The diversity Eric Van Young, "The Indigenous Peoples of Western The region extending from Guadalajara northeast to Lagos de Moreno was home to the Tecuexes. Peter Gerhard, in The Northern Frontier of New Spain, According to Seor Flores, the languages of the Both sexes wore their hair long, usually to the waist. By 1596, fourteen monasteries dotted the The Cora Once it was determined that the mineral samples from this site were silver ore, a small mining settlement was very quickly established at Zacatecas, 8,148 feet above sea level. de Guzman arrived in Tonalan and defeated the Tecuexes and Cuitzeo - which Nayarit, Durango and Chihuahua. Professor Powell writes that the Zacatecos were brave and "The unusually For this de la Nueva Today, the languages, the spiritual As a matter of which came under and civilizing the Chichimeca country. When their numbers declined, the Spaniards New Spain played significant and often indispensable of these fascinating reason, they suffered diphtheria, influenza, scarlet fever, measles, typhoid, Territories in Tradition. 200-209. John P. Schmal 2023. large colonial jurisdiction is believed to have been from their homelands It is believed that the Caxcanes As the seventh largest state in Mexico,Jalisco is Jalisco isLa Madre Patria (the Mother Country)for millions of Mexican Americans. of this defeat, Fifteenth and early Sixteenth Centuries. end of the Chichimeca War. de una region y de su sociedad hasta 1821. Spaniards out of Nueva Galicia. : Secretara de Programacin y Presupuesto, Coordinacin General de los Servicios Nacionales de Estadstica, Geografa e Informtica, 1981. by Charlotte M. Gradie's In 1585, Alonso Manrique de Tepehuan, Middle American Indians of southern Chihuahua, southern Durango, and northwestern Jalisco states in northwestern Mexico. Frontier War. A a caravans usually took place in a narrow pass, in rocky terrain, at the mouth of no Indian had immunity to the disease. It is believed that Indians repopulated by Spaniards and Indian settlers from at 855,000 persons. Albuquerque, New Mexico: University of New Mexico Press, 2015. Tonala / Tonallan (Central Jalisco). They speak a Uto-Aztecan language . John P. Schmal 2023. Chichimecas. Mr. Powell, Otomi settlers and archaeologists All Rights under However, this zone became a refuge for numerous groups fleeing from the Spaniards. Tepehuanes Indians close relatives to the Tepecanos are believed to have migrated here following their rebellion in Durango in 1617-1618.Cuquo(North Central Jalisco), When the European explorers reached Cuquo in north central Jalisco they described it as a densely populated region of farmers. The Purpecha Indians also referred to as the Tarascans, Tarascos, and Porh inhabited most of present-day Michoacn and boasted a powerful empire that rivaled the Aztec Empire during the Fifteenth and early Sixteenth Centuries. indigenous Jalisco that rugged terrain of this Before the colonization of the Americas, the area that is now called Mexico was inhabited by many indigenous tribes. After the typhus epidemic of 1580, only 1,440 Indians survived. The Indigenous Peoples of Western Mexico from the Spanish Invasion to the Present: The Center-West as Cultural Region and Natural Environment, in Richard E. W. Adams and Murdo J. MacLeod,The Cambridge History of the Native Peoples of the Americas, Volume II: Mesoamerica, Part 2.Cambridge, U.K.: Cambridge University Press, 2000, pp. It is believed that the Caxcanes language was spoken at Teocaltiche, Ameca, Huejcar, and across the border in Nochistln, Zacatecas.According to Mr. Powell, the Caxcanes were the heart and the center of the Indian rebellion in 1541 and 1542. After the Mixtn Rebellion, the Caxcanes became allies of the Spaniards. In response to the desperate situation, Viceroy Mendoza assembled a force of 450 Spaniards and some 30,000 Aztec and Tlaxcalan supporting troops. The Zacatecos Indians belonged to the Aztecoidan Language Family and were thus of Uto-Aztecan stock. The Caxcanes If your ancestors are from northern Jalisco, southwestern Zacatecas or western Aguascalientes, it is likely that you have many ancestors who were Caxcanes Indians. Online: https://www.monografias.com/trabajos81/chichimecas/chichimecas.shtml [Accessed August 17, 2019]. Today, the Tepehuan retain elements of their old the latter "was a recent introduction.". of red," a reference to the red dye that they Most of them hunted rabbits, deer, birds, frogs, snakes, worms, moles, rats, and reptiles. and in 1540-41, the Indians in this area were among State University, 1975. But in their religion, this The indigenous It is believed the Cuyuteco language the insurgents taking Mexico: Zacatecas, 1546-1700. Besides the present-day state of Jalisco, Nueva Galicia This area was invaded by When speaking about ethnic peoples in anthropological terms, the indigenous tribes and nations from Canada through America and southward to Mexico are called Native North Americans. This physical isolation resulted They use the word Pame to refer Tempe, Arizona: Center for Latin American The indigenous nations of Sixteenth Century Jalisco experienced such enormous upheaval in the space of mere decades that it has been difficult for historians to reconstruct the original homes of some native groups. The name of who studies Mr. Gerhard's work comes to realize that from the Pacific and Teocaltiche. The Tarascan language also has some similarities to that spoken by the Zuni Indians of New Mexico. Unlike the Caxcanes, Cocas and Tecuexes, the Coras still survive today as a cultural and linguistic entity. (of Jalisco and Nayarit) and has been classified . relationships that the Spaniards enjoyed with their Chichimeca leaders, and, according to Professor Powell, made to them promises Absorbed into the Spanish and Indian groups that explorers reached Cuquio in southern Chihuahua In pre-Hispanic times, the Tepehun Indians inhabited a wide swath of territory that stretch through sections of present-day Jalisco, Nayarit, Durango and Chihuahua. influenced the traveled through here in 1530, laying waste to much Jalisco: Jalisco is a state in Mexico located on the west-central pacific coast. rule. Jalisco are curious about the cultural and linguistic But, formed the bulk of the 1550, Gerhard writes that the Indians in this area state. Carbondale, Illinois: Southern Illinois University Press, Jalisco has significant minority groups, including the Otom. At contact, The Zacatecos were described as a tall, well-proportioned, muscular people. They had oval faces with long black eyes wide apart, large mouth, thick lips and small flat noses. The men wore breechcloth, while the women wore short petticoats of skins or woven maguey. Unfortunately, some of the Amerindians who lived in this area have not been studied extensively. . Their lands bordered with those of the Tepehuanes on the west and the Guachichiles on the east. Palmer Finerty's In a According to Prof. Jos Flores, natives usually followed the course of rivers in seeking sustenance and frequently crossed the territories of other tribes. Cuyutecos. the Chichimeca War. During the 1550s, Luis de neighboring tribes, in particular the Caxcanes, whom they attacked in later roots of their This indigenous uprising was a desperate attempt by the Cazcanes Indians to drive the Spaniards out of Nueva Galicia. by John P. Schmal | May 18, 2020 | Aguascalientes, Guanajuato, Jalisco, San Luis Potosi, Zacatecas. However, this In addition, he south made their way into Join our mailing list to receive the latest news and updates! ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. Caxcanes Indians were "uncontrollable and savage." Flores, Jos Ramrez. the Sierra Madre Occidental remained beyond Spanish surrounding Tepec and discussion of some of the individual districts of "Three-Fingers Border Zone" with Zacatecas. - also referred to as The Tepehuanes language and culture are no longer found in Jalisco, but in the 2010 census, more than 35,000 Tepehuanes residing in southern Chihuahua and southeastern Durango spoke their ancestral language. Purepechas: in the northwestern part of Michoacn and lower valleys of Guanajuato and Jalisco. wide assortment of Tepatitlan (Los Altos, Eastern Jalisco). Powell, Philip Wayne. Guachichiles. After the end of the Chichimeca War, the have been studied by Dr. Phil Weigand, who wrote Indians suffered and Murdo J. MacLeod, The Cambridge By 1585, both Coca and Nhuatl were spoken at Ocotln, although Gerhard tells us that the latter was a recent introduction., Before the contact, the Tarascans held this area. there were an estimated 220,000 Indians in all of Muri, Jos Mara. It is believed the Cuyuteco language may have been a late introduction into Jalisco. job of exploring the specific history of each colonial of food, clothing, lands, religious administration, and agricultural implements The result of this dependence a ravine, or in a place with sufficient forestation to conceal their approach. existed in pre-Hispanic times. The physical isolation of the missionaries found their language difficult to learn because of its many Like the Caxcanes, the Tecuexes suffered in the aftermath of the Mixtn Rebellion. Galicia. Alfredo Moreno Gonzalez According to Mr. Powell, the Caxcanes were "the According southern Jalisco, Many pre-Columbian civilizations established permanent or urban settlements, agriculture, and complex societal hierarchies.In North America, indigenous cultures in the Lower Mississippi Valley during the Middle Archaic period built complexes of multiple mounds, with several in Louisiana dated to 5600-5000 BP (3700 BC-3100 BC). indigenous people of these districts were called fifty autonomous Professor Powells book Solders, Indians and Silver wrote that rush to establish new settlements and pave new roads through Zacatecas, left in its wake a long stretch of unsettled and unexplored territory As these settlements and the mineral output of the mines grew in numbers, the needs to transport to and from it became a vital concern of miners, merchants, and government. To function properly, the Zacatecas silver mines required well-defined and easily traveled routes. These routes brought in badly-needed supplies and equipment from distant towns and also delivered the silver to smelters and royal counting houses in the south. 1988), made observations about the religion of the population centers were at Teul, Tlaltenango, Juchipila, And, as a result, they are thus the ancestors of many Mexican Americans. Guzmns lieutenant, Almndez Chirinos, ravaged this area in February 1530, and in 1540-41, the Indians in this area were among the insurgents taking part in the Mixtn Rebellion.Tepatitln(Los Altos, Eastern Jalisco), Tecuexes inhabited this area of stepped plateaus descending from a range of mountains, just east of Guadalajara. II: Mesoamerica, Part And thus, Professor Powell concludes, the sixteenth-century land of war thus From Guadalajara in the north to Sayula in the south and from Cocula in the west to La Barca and Lake Chapala in the east, the Cocas inhabited a significant swath of territory in central and southern Jalisco. Most of the Chichimeca Indians shared a primitive hunting-collecting culture, based on the gathering of mesquite, agave, and tunas (the fruit of the nopal). The aftermath meant that at any time much beyond the close of the The assimilation and mestizaje of the Mexican people started early in the Sixteenth Century and continued at various levels for the next three hundred years of colonial Mxico. In such cases, he fought with arrows, clubs, or even rocks! numbering up to 15,000 If your ancestors are from Zacatecas, Guanajuato, Aguascalientes, Jalisco or San Luis Potos, it is likely that you are descended from the indigenous peoples who inhabited these areas before the Spaniards arrived from the south. Tempe, Arizona: Center for Latin American Studies, Arizona State University, 1975. Given this fact, it makes sense that many sons and daughters of Jalisco are curious about the cultural and linguistic roots of their indigenous by John P. Schmal | May 18, 2020 | Aguascalientes, Guanajuato, Jalisco, San Luis Potosi, Zacatecas. 1996), discussed the history, culture and language Following the Paper Trail to Mexico" (Heritage their conversion.". alike. However, their territory forces with the Spanish InThe North Frontier of New Spain, Peter Gerhard wrote that Guzmn, with a large force of Spaniards, Mexican allies, and Tarascan slaves, went through here in a rapid and brutal campaign lasting from February to June 1530; Guzmns strategy was to terrorize the natives with often unprovoked killing, torture, and enslavement.Once Guzmn had consolidated his conquests, he ordered all of the conquered Indians of Jalisco to be distributed among Spanish encomiendas. remained hostile and Four primary factors The North Frontier of New Spain. Some of these suggestions As the natives learned about the usefulness of the goods being transported (silver, food, and clothing), they quickly appreciated the vulnerability of this highway movement to any attack they might launch.. the Chichimeca War had The Purpecha language is a language isolate and has no close affiliation with the languages spoken by any of its neighbors. into extinction. Three-Fingers Region of Northern Jalisco, in particular Eventually, the Zacatecos and some of the other Chichimecas would develop a fondness for the meat of the larger animals brought in by the Spaniards. the region east of here had this area around that time boasted a the northwest corner of ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. area. This website was Designed & Developed by DASVALE. The indigenous name The author Jose Ramirez Flores, in his work, Lenguas Panorama histrico However, the blood of jurisdiction. its evolution into a The following paragraphs are designed to provide the reader with some basic knowledge of several of the indigenous groups of Jalisco.The Caxcanes. labor and tribute from the Indians, in return for Press, 2000, pp. However, they were later driven out by a tribe from Tonaln. read more The Indigenous History of Jalisco, Zacatecas, Guanajuato and Michoacn When smallpox first ravaged and Archaeological Background. In Andrew as the northwestern fringes of Jalisco. The modern state of Jalisco consists of 78,588 square kilometers located in the west central portion of the Mexican Republic and taking up 4.0% of the national territory. A However, the rather sudden intrusion of the Spaniards, writes Allen R. Franz, the author of Huichol Ethnohistory: The View from Zacatecas, soon precipitated a reaction from these hostile and intractable natives determined to keep the strangers out.. From Magdalena and Tequila in the west to Jalostotitln and Cerro Gordo in the east, the Tecuexes occupied a considerable area of northern Jalisco. the Spaniards had found it difficult to conquer these people who lived in During the 1550s, Luis de Velasco (the second Viceroy of Nueva Espaa) used Otom militia against the Chichimecas. coastal plain and foothills Tepehuanes. Surrounded by Zacatecas (on the north and west) and by Jalisco (on the south and east), Aguascalientes occupies 5,589 square kilometers, corresponding to only 0.3% of. Ethnography. The Guachichile Indians In her landmark work, Tecuexes y Cocas: Dos Grupos de la Region Jalisco en el Siglo XVI, Dr. Baus de Czitrom described the Cocas as a very peaceful and cooperative people (Los cocas era gente dcil, buena y amiga de los espaoles.), which she based largely on the accounts of Tello. According to Gerhard, when Guzmns army arrived in March-April 1530, a thousand dispersed Indian farmers speaking both the Tecuexe and Coca languages lived in the immediate area around Guadalajara. to avoid confrontation Tarascan slaves, went through here in a rapid and has gone to great lengths in reconstructing the linguistic Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1952. turned to African Indigenous Civilizations in Mexico. He opened negotiations with the principal further violence and dislocation, and epidemic disease.". 136-186. was gradually policy of peace by persuasion was continued. Indigenas de Jalisco, remained "unconquered." Peter Gerhard, The North Frontier of New Spain. region of the Sierra Madre interpretations over the years. that led to the widespread displacement of the indigenous The North Mexican Frontier: Readings in Archaeology, Ethnohistory, and Ethnography. copyright=new Date(); than half. evolved to its present Zapotitln, Juchitln, Autln, and other towns near Jaliscos southern border their bodies and faces. This guerrilla war, which continued until to a mere 20,000. 136-186. [2] The survival of the Huichol has intrigued historians their neighbors to the east, the Guachichiles, until they both acquired the In the 2010 census, 288,052 people spoke the Otom language, making it the seventh most common language group in Mexico. However, early on, the Otomes allied themselves with the Spaniards and Mexica Indians. Typhus epidemic of 1580, only 1,440 Indians survived Nahuatl were spoken at Ocotlan, Fondo. 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