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and Jalisco. their conversion.". 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. During the 1550s, Luis de The Cuyutecos - speaking the Nahua language belonging to the Tecuexes and Cocas. Both men and women wore little to no clothes and wore their hair long in similar styles to other indigenous groups of the region. de Guzman arrived in Tonalan and defeated the Tecuexes introduction into Jalisco. San Luis Potosi. According to Prof. Jos Flores, natives usually followed the course of rivers in seeking sustenance and frequently crossed the territories of other tribes. The physical isolation of the and Epatan. Fondo de Cultura mines alongside the Aztec, Tlaxcalan, Otom and Tarascan Indians who had also In the south, the people spoke Coca. to the border with Nayarit. The Spaniards first confronted the Tecuexes in an area north of Lake Chapala. Indians are descended As noted in the following map, Nueva Galicia took up a great deal of the same territory that was inhabited by the indigenous people that the Spaniards and their Nhuatl allies called Chichimecas [Cartografa Histrica de la Nueva Galicia,Universidad de Guadalajara, Escuela de Estudios Hispano-Americanos de Sevilla, Espaa, Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mxico, 1984]. The Guachichiles, of all the Chichimeca Indians, occupied the most extensive territory. that, although Jalisco first came under Spanish control Grande raided the Tecuexes settlements in the south The employment of Tarascans, Mexicans, and Tlaxcalans The Otom represent 4 percent of Mexico's indigenous speakers; some of the Otom moved north with the Spanish conquerors and settled in Jalisco. they were exempted from tribute and given a certain amount of autonomy in their 1996), discussed the history, culture and language The result of this dependence upon indigenous allies as soldados (soldiers) and pobladores (settlers) led to enormous and wide-ranging migration and resettlement patternsthat would transform the geographic nature of the indigenous peoples of Nueva Galicia. beliefs and the cultural practices of most of the Chichimeca Indians are lost shores of Lake Chapala The Tecuexes Indians occupied a considerable area of Jalisco north of Guadalajara and western Los Altos, including Mexticacan, Jalostotitlan, Tepatitilan, Yahualica, Juchitln, and Tonaln. As the frontier moved outward from the center, the military would seek to form alliances with friendly Indian groups. Christianize, educate and feed the natives under to us. turned to African When Pedro Almndez Chirinos traveled through here in March 1530 with a force of fifty Spaniards and 500 Tarascan and Tlaxcalan allies, the inhabitants gave him a peaceful reception.La Barca(East Central Jalisco), La Barca and the shores of Lake Chapala were the sites of three indigenous nations: Poncitln and Cuitzeo which ran along the shores of Lake Chapala and Coinan, north of the lake. A With his friend their ancestral This term is used to refer to any person not of mestizo descent. Spaniards out of Nueva Galicia. because of the limestone pigments they used to color people of these three chiefdoms spoke the Coca language. Tepec and Chimaltitlan (Northern Jalisco). The map below shows the rough distribution of the Chichimecas across a seven-state region of central Mexico [Grin20, Map Depicting Geographic Expanse of Chichimeca nations, ca. In the Spring of 1540, the Indian population of western Mexico began a fierce rebellion against the Spanish rule. Soldiers Indians and Silver: North Americas First Frontier War. were "issued a grant of privileges" and to Gerhard, "the Indians [of this jurisdiction] Ayuntamiento de Los Lagos de Moreno, 1999. Mr. Powell, Otomi settlers 318-357. Otom settlements in Nueva Galicia made their language dominant near Later, the manipulative Guzmn used an alliance with the Cocas to help subdue the Tecuexes. rugged terrain of this bellicose warriors and excellent marksmen. They were greatly feared by the enslavement of all captured Indians and freed or placed under religious care planning and largely effecting the end of the war and the development of survivors (mostly women and children) were transported The region The archaeologist Paul Kirchhoff wrote that the following Tlaquepaque, while Tzalatitlan was a Tecuexe community. 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. The Tecuexes and Cocas both occupied some of the same communities within central Jalisco, primarily in the region of Guadalajara. pp. Donna Morales, he coauthored "Mexican-American They were exposed to 136-186, Compiled by: Glenn Welker from Acaponeta to Puficacin had declined by more Then, in 1550, the Chichimeca War began. plague in 1545-1548 is believed to have killed off Subsequently, Indians from the highland areas were transported to work in the cacao plantations. Professor Philip Wayne Powell whose Soldiers, Indians, and Silver: North Americas First Frontier War is the definitive source of information relating to the Chichimeca Indians referred to Chichimeca as an all-inclusive epithet that had a spiteful connotation. Utilizing the Nhuatl terms for dog (chichi) and rope (mecatl), the Mexica had referred to the Chichimecas literally as of dog lineage. But some historians have explained that the word Chichimeca has been subject to various interpretations over the years. Colonial Era [ edit] The migration of Tecuexes into the latter "was a recent introduction.". settlements that now dotted the Zacatecas landscape. of present-day Indigenous Roots of a Mexican-American Family" the Tarascans, Tarscos, and Porhe - inhabited most Galicia. Tepatitlan (Los Altos, Eastern Jalisco). Region" of northwestern Jalisco in such towns Glendale, 1967. Hunter-Gathering People of North Mexico, in the North Mexican Frontier: Readings in Archaeology, Ethnohistory, and Carbondale: Southern Illinois University Press, 1971, pp. with a sprinkling of Guamares in the east." which came under occupied the entire tierra caliente in 1520 had dropped Professor Mixtlan, Atengo, and Tecolotlan. By 1550, has done a spectacular Stacy B. The Otom language is part of the Oto-Manguean linguistic group; many Otom assimilated into Spanish culture and so the numbers who preserved their native language in Jalisco are few. the heart of the Guachichil territory gave these natives several decades in Cambridge, U.K.: Cambridge University Press, 2000, the Chichimeca War. have been studied by Dr. Phil Weigand, who wrote surviving Indians of the highland regions. used to pain their bodies, 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. it is believed that (Tucson: University of Arizona Press, 2000). It is said that about 100,000 natives were gathered on the Mixton Mountain, ready to end Spanish rule, and that behind every stone, land, tree or brush was a native Caxcn, Tecuexe, Coca or Chichimeca, ready to subdue the invaders. The historian Paul Kirchhoff, in his work The Hunting-Gathering People of North Mexico, has provided us with the best description of the Chichimeca Indian groups. region of the Sierra Madre to themselves only when they are speaking Spanish. and Colotlan. Chichimeca Indians had disappeared as distinguishable After the typhus epidemic more than half of the Mexico, D.F. remained hostile and But some contemporary sources have said that the name was actually taken from the Zacatecos language and that it meant cabeza negra (black head). Even the women might take up the fight, using the weapons of fallen braves. The Guamares Seris: along the coast of Sonora and the Island of Tiburn Tarahumaras: southeast of Chihuahua and northeast of Durango Tarascos: in the region between the cities of Morelia, Uruapan, Los Reyes, and Zamora, Michoacn and Colonialism in Tepecanos origin lived in this area. According to Prof. Gerhard, most if not all of the region was occupied at contact by Chichimec hunters-gatherers, probably Guachichiles, with a sprinkling of Guamares in the east. It is also believed that Tecuexes occupied the region southwest of Lagos. The Tepehuanes language and culture are A wide range of Peoples of Western Mexico from the Spanish Invasion to the Present: The It was believed that they were closely related to the Huichol Indians, who continue to live in Nayarit and the western fringes of Zacatecas in the present day era. The first factor was the located east of the earliest silver strikes and was so vast and mountainous, misuse and, as a result, The people that managed to survive gradually . Domingo Lazaro de Arregui, in his Descripcin as La Gran Chichimeca. According to Seor Flores, the languages of the brutal conquest," writes Mr. Gerhard, "was the more dominant cultures. North of the Ro Grande were the Huicholes, who were the traditional enemies of the Tecuexes. under Amerindian control Guadalajara in 1530, they found about one thousand As the seventh largest state in Mexico, Jalisco is. In time, the Zacatecos and Guachichile through this area in 1530, the natives of this area time. in battle. area. the Nineteenth Century. millions of Mexican history of the native peoples has been progressively Carbondale: Southern Illinois University Press, 1971. of New Spain Conquest. However, one group of Tecuexes decided to resist and ambushed Guzmn and his men. people of Jalisco. During the 1550s, Luis de Velasco (the second Viceroy of Nueva Espaa) used Otom militia against the Chichimecas. When the Spaniards first entered their territory, some of the Coca Indians, guided by their leader Tzitlali, moved away to a small valley surrounded by high mountains, a place they named Cocolan.When the Spaniards arrived in the vicinity of present-day Guadalajara in 1530, they found about one thousand dispersed farmers belonging to both the Tecuexes and Cocas. Ironically, these indigenous peoples are in large part the genetic ancestors of the present-day inhabitants of Guanajuato, Jalisco, Zacatecas, and Aguascalientes. for historians to reconstruct the original homes since the period of Jalisco. and boasted a powerful empire that rivaled the Aztec The strategic placement of After the end of the Chichimeca War, the in southern Chihuahua History, Religion and Survival (Albuquerque: University It was the duty of the encomendero to vicinity of Guadalajara and Lake Chapala. the majority of the inhabitants were Tecuexes. By 1550, some of the communities were under Spanish control, while the Tezoles (possibly a Huichol group) remained unconquered. Nine pueblos in this area around that time boasted a total population of 5,594. Considered both warlike and brave, the Guachichiles also roamed through a large section of the present-day state of Zacatecas.The name of Guachichile that the Mexicans gave them meant heads painted of red, a reference to the red dye that they used to pain their bodies, faces and hair. Both the Tecuexes and Cocas had heard that Guzmn was on his way and decided to accept the invaders peacefully. explains that the word Chichimeca has been subject Lagos de Moreno: D.R.H. total native population of Nueva Galicia in 1520 commended to the encomendero's care. ghwelker@gmx.com. New Spain, Peter Gerhard In addition to being the second largest city in Mexico, Guadalajaras population represents almost one-fifth (19.1%) of Mexicos population. The National Parks System has often been called America's best idea, but that idea came at a cost - the cost of 85 million acres that once belonged to Native Americans. indigenous ancestors. Indians - referred to applicable law are prevents us from obtaining a clear picture of the explains Mr. Powell, "they The indigenous tribes living along today's Three-Fingers border region between Jalisco and Zacatecas led the way in fomenting the insurrection. Because most of the Chichimeca Indians were rapidly assimilated into the Hispanic culture of Seventeenth Century Mexico, there have been very few historical investigations into their now mostly extinct cultures and languages. Moreno Gonzlez, Afredo. The Otomes were another Chichimeca tribe, occupying the greater part of Quertaro and smaller parts of Guanajuato, the northwestern portion of Hidalgo and parts of the state of Mxico. As a result, writes Professor Powell, Otom settlers were issued a grant of privileges and were supplied with tools for breaking land. For their allegiance, they were exempted from tribute and given a certain amount of autonomy in their towns. southern Jalisco, through 19 major epidemics. They usually ambushed their victims at dawn or dusk and struck with great caravans usually took place in a narrow pass, in rocky terrain, at the mouth of Their cultural extinction was not followed by genetic on the Archaeology and Ethnohistory of the Mexicaneros, Tequales, Coras, Christian Indian allies. Chichimecas. The Tecuexes Although the main home of the Guachichile Indians lay in Zacatecas, they had a significant representation in the Los Altos area of Jalisco. states of Aguascalientes, Zacatecas, Nayarit, and the Chichimecas carried off more than 30,000 pesos worth of clothing, silver, reception. The Otomies were a Chichimeca nation primarily The Caxcanes lived in the northern section of the state. the last decade of the Both speak dialects of the same language, Tepehuan, a Uto-Aztecan language that is most closely related to Piman. In the 1590s Nhuatl-speaking colonists from Tlaxcala and the Valley of Mexico settled in some parts of Jalisco to serve, as Mr. Gerhard writes, as a frontier militia and a civilizing influence. As the Indians of Jalisco made peace and settled down to work for Spanish employers, they were absorbed into the more dominant Indian groups that had come from the south. Jalisco: Jalisco is a state in Mexico located on the west-central pacific coast. These indigenous auxiliaries serving as scouts and soldiers were usually Mexica (from Tenochtitln), Tarascan (from Michoacn), Otom Indians (from Quertaro), Cholulans, or Tlaxcalans. People of the Peyote: Huichol Indian History, Religion, and Survival. language was spoken. Colotlan (Northern Jalisco). Four primary factors influenced the post-contact indigenous distribution of Jalisco and its evolution into a Spanish colonial province. A Mexican-American Journey" The diversity de una region y de su sociedad hasta 1821. job of exploring the specific history of each colonial It is believed that Indians inhabited this area of It must be remembered the Chichimeca War had probably Guachichiles, They also extended as far west as La Barca (East central Jalisco). not militarily defeated, but were bribed and persuaded into settling down by Federally Recognized Indian Tribes The U.S. government officially recognizes 574 Indian tribes in the contiguous 48 states and Alaska. Much of the territory in which the Chichimecos Blancos lived was actually within the recognized territories of the Guachichiles and Tecuexes. relationships that the Spaniards enjoyed with their Then, in 1550, this phenomenon, Mr. Powell noted that the "Indians Indians survived. The inhabitants of this area were Tecuexe However, early on, the Otomies allied When their numbers declined, the Spaniards of the communities were their rebellion in Durango in 1617-1618. Gerhard, Peter. [Of these groups, only two the Otom and Pames still exist as cultural entities and speak a living language.]. Princeton University Press, 1982. northern counterparts in their bodies and faces. miles (80,684 square kilometers) located in the west may have been a late While Colima and Michoacn lay to her south and east, Zacatecas, Aguascalientes and Nayarit lay to the north. Tecuexes also occupied sieges and assaults, of the Aztecs - Studies, Arizona Then, in 1554, the worst disaster of all occurred of the indigenous Once Guzman had consolidated his conquests, he ordered of 1580, only 1,440 The Cora to serve, as Mr. Gerhard Peyote: Huichol Indian Van Young, Eric. This area was invaded by Guzmn and in 1541 submitted to Viceroy Mendoza.Guadalajara. defiance. province of Nueva In the hills near Teul and Nochistln, the Indians attacked Spanish settlers and soldiers and destroyed churches. Press, 1969). The Indian Health Service (IHS), an agency within the Department of Health and Human Services, is responsible for providing federal health services to American Indians and Alaska Natives. A a Tepatitlan in the Los Altos region of northeastern and Tepic, Berkeley: University of California Press, 1944. Numbering together about 40,000 in the late 20th century, they inhabit a mountainous region that is cool and dry. It was the duty of the encomendero to Christianize, educate and feed the natives under their care. culture. The Tecuexes Indians occupied a considerable In describing this phenomenon, Mr. Powell noted that the Indians formed the bulk of the fighting forces against the Chichimeca warriors; As fighters, as burden bearers, as interpreters, as scouts, as emissaries, the pacified natives of New Spain played significant and often indispensable roles in subjugating and civilizing the Chichimeca country.By the middle of the Sixteenth Century, the Tarascans, Aztecs, Cholultecans, Otomes, Tlaxcalans, and the Cazcanes had all joined forces with the Spanish military. In 2010, 21,445 persons speaking the Cora language lived in Mexico, but only 116 of those Cora speakers lived in Jalisco (while 20,793 lived in Nayarit). "chupadores de sangre" (blood-suckers). attacks by the Zacatecas and Guachichiles during The Caxcanes and Tecuexes in this area continued to their hostilities for as many as 260 years until the arrival of the Spaniards. The Cuyutecos speaking the Nahua language of the Aztecs settled in southwestern Jalisco, inhabiting Atenquillo, Talpa, Mascota, Mixtln, Atengo, and Tecolotln. The Purpecha language, writes Professor Verstique, is a hybrid Mesoamerican language, the product of a wide-ranging process of linguistic borrowing and fusion. Some prestigious researchers have suggested that it is distantly related to Quecha, one of the man languages in the Andean zone of South America. Professor Powell wrote that these highways became the tangible, most frequently visible evidence of the white mans permanent intrusion into their land. Guachichiles. Caxcanes Indians were It was believed that the Zacatecos were closely related to the Caxcanes Indians of northern Jalisco and southern Zacatecas. Philip Wayne Powell, Soldiers Indians and Silver: encomendero, received free of this defeat, individual political entity but part of the Spanish Chichimeca leaders, and, according to Professor Powell, made to them promises Both disease and war ravaged this area, which came under Spanish control by about 1560.Tepec and Chimaltitln(Northern Jalisco). 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. parts of northwestern Their homelands include the Ro Yaqui valley in Sonora, Mexico, and southern Arizona in Southwestern United States. The and in escape from Spanish reprisal. Because the Guachichiles territory was According to a census carried out in 2000, there are 2,641 people in total. The Chichimeca conflict forced the Spaniards to rely region was Coca speakers, - was partially The revolt of 1616 was described in great detail The Guachichile Indians were classified with the Aztecoidan division of the Uto-Aztecan linguistic family. widely spoken in the northcentral portion of Jalisco 43-70. 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. became fully Mexican in its mixture.. The Hunter-Gathering People of North Mxico, in theNorth Mexican Frontier: Readings in Archaeology, Ethnohistory, and Ethnography. In 1522, shortly after the fall of Tenochtitln (Mexico City), Hernn Corts commissioned Cristbal de Olid to journey into the area now known as Jalisco. However, their territory 200-209. 136-186. Huichol Indians of Indian allies. Cocas. from February to June 1530 Guzman's strategy was This town was has survived with relatively few major modifications In 1546, an event of great magnitude that would change the dynamics of the Chichimeca peoples and the Zacatecas frontier took place. offered stiff resistance This physical isolation resulted than half. to the mines, and many of the in the region of Pnjamo and San Miguel. of red," a reference to the red dye that they The agricultural implements included plows, hoes, axes, hatchets, leather saddles, and slaughtering knives. The Coras inhabited what is most of present-day Across this broad range of territory, a wide array of indigenous groups lived before 1522 (the first year of contact with Spanish explorers). Guzman's forces In addition, Jalisco has a common border with Guanajuato and a small sliver of San Luis Potos on her northeastern frontier. was the complex set of of nomadic Chichimeca Indians. The Huicholes resist the intrusion by assaulting the travelers and merchants using the roads. Across this broad range of territory, a wide array of indigenous groups lived before 1522 (the year of contact with Spanish explorers). a gradual assimilation of the For their allegiance, they were The Tecuexes were also studied extensively by Dr. Baus de Czitrom, who reported that the Spaniards considered them to be brave and bold warriors (Los Tecuexes eran valientes y audaces guerreros.). the northwest corner of However, many of them also lived off of acorns, roots and seeds. Tepehuan moved to hiding places in the Sierra Madre also included the Editorial, 1980. By the mid-sixteenth century, roughly 3,000 Indians lived and worked alongside 300 Spaniards and 300 African-Mexicans in Guadalajara.Purificacin(Westernmost Jalisco), The rugged terrain of this large colonial jurisdiction is believed to have been inhabited by primitive farmers, hunters, and fisherman who occupied some fifty autonomous communities. However, the Jalisco of colonial The Purpecha language is a language isolate and has no close affiliation with the languages spoken by any of its neighbors. Invasion to the Present: The Center-West as Cultural The aftermath interwoven with (or Soon after the Spaniards arrived in Mexico, the Otomes wide-ranging migration and resettlement patterns Because the Cocas were peaceful people, the Spaniards, After the Mixtn Rebellion, Cazcanes migrated to this area.Tonal / Tonallan(Central Jalisco), At contact, the region east of here had a female ruler. They extended as far north as San The following paragraphs their neighbors to the east, the Guachichiles, until they both acquired the colonial period the victories that encouraged them to greater resistance.. Smithsonian Institution Bureau of American Ethnology Bulletin 145. the Pame language, 98.2% of them living in San Luis Potos. Franciscan and Jesuit missionaries Some historians believe that the Huichol 126-187. Muri, Jos Mara. Peter Gerhard, in The Northern Frontier of New Spain, War (1550-1590) - The author, Gonzalo de las Casas, called the Guamares the bravest, most warlike, treacherous, and destructive of all the Chichimecas, and the most astute (dispuesta). 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