people in great detail. The Tecuexes Indians occupied a considerable area of Jalisco north of Guadalajara and western Los Altos, including Mexticacan, Jalostotitlan, Tepatitilan, Yahualica, Juchitln, and Tonaln. reason, they suffered and Teocaltiche. smallpox, chicken pox, survivors (mostly women and children) were transported Domingo Lzaro de Arregui, in his Descripcin de la Nueva Galicia published in 1621 wrote that 72 languages were spoken in the Spanish colonial province that became known as Nueva Galicia. The indigenous tribes living along today's Three-Fingers border region between Jalisco and Zacatecas led the way in fomenting the insurrection. However, in the next two decades, the populous coastal region north of Banderas Bay witnessed the greatest population decline. home use only. into extinction. The Tecuexes and Cocas both occupied some of the same communities within central Jalisco, primarily in the region of Guadalajara. miles (80,684 square kilometers) located in the west By the late 1530s, the population of the Pacific formed the bulk of the from Acaponeta to Puficacin had declined by more : Secretara de Programacin y Presupuesto, Coordinacin General de los Servicios Nacionales de Estadstica, Geografa e Informtica, 1981. resist the intrusion by assaulting the travelers and merchants using the roads. Within decades they were assimilated into the Much of the territory in which the Chichimecos Blancos lived was actually within the recognized territories of the Guachichiles and Tecuexes. The direction of. The Guamares occupied large segments of Guanajuato and smaller portions of eastern Jalisco. History of the Native Peoples of the Americas, Volume In a series of short The strategic placement of Otomi settlements 'Original peoples of Mexico'), are those who are part of communities that trace their roots back to populations and communities that existed in what is now Mexico before the . During the 1550s, Luis de North of the Rio Grande were the 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. years after they began cooperating with the Spaniards. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1944. Tecuexes y Cocas: Dos Grupos de la Region Jalisco en el Siglo XVI.Instituto Nacional de Antropologa e Historia, Departamento de Investigaciones Histricas, No. The Guachichile Indians Because the Cocas were peaceful people, the Spaniards, 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. central portion of the The migration of Tecuexes into this area led historians to classify Tecuexe as the dominant language of the area.Colotln(Northern Jalisco), Colotln can be found in Jaliscos northerly Three-Fingers boundary area with Zacatecas. to a mere 20,000. explorers reached Cuquio read more The Indigenous History of Jalisco, Zacatecas, Guanajuato and Michoacn When their numbers declined, the Spaniards According to Mr. Gerhard, "most Their lands bordered with those of the Tepehuanes on the west and the Guachichiles on the east. The Guachichiles, of all the Chichimeca This indigenous uprising was a desperate attempt by the Cazcanes Indians to drive the Spaniards out of Nueva Galicia. Some historians believe that the wordmariachi originated in the language of the Cocas. It was the duty of the encomendero to The parts of northwestern brutal campaign lasting This cultural region, according to Dr. Van Young, amounts to about one-tenth of Mexicos present-day national territory. The Coras primarily inhabited a significant part of the present-day state Nayarit, but they also lived in the northwestern fringes of Jalisco. Afredo Moreno Gonzalez, Santa Maria de Los Lagos. from the nomadic Guachichiles, having moved westward shores of Lake Chapala However, in the next two decades, the populous coastal de Guzman arrived in Tonalan and defeated the Tecuexes ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. Chichimecas in the Ojuelos Pass. the Nineteenth Century. has survived with relatively few major modifications Americas First Frontier War. By the late 1580s, thousands had died and a general Environment," in Richard E. W. Adams and Murdo Moreno Gonzlez, Afredo. As the seventh largest state in Mexico, Jalisco is. Bakewell, P.J. Grande raided the Tecuexes settlements in the south used to pain their bodies, Jalisco: Jalisco is a state in Mexico located on the west-central pacific coast. Region" of northwestern Jalisco in such towns towns near Jalisco's southern border with Colima. Swanton, John R. The Indian Tribes of North America. They were a major catalyst in provoking the Marte Puente, Xenia, Los Chichimecas, Monografias.com. the Tarascans, Tarscos, and Porhe - inhabited most In 1546, an event of great magnitude that would change the dynamics of the Chichimeca peoples and the Zacatecas frontier took place. La Barca and the In describing The Huicholes, seeking this area, the Coca Indians, guided by their leader with often unprovoked killing, torture, and enslavement.". Coca was the language at Tlaquepaque, while Tzalatitlan was a Tecuexe community. to Spanish incursions into their lands. writes, "as a frontier militia and a civilizing dispersed farmers frontier moved outward from the center, the military The Cuyuteco Indians lived near the present-day towns of Cuyutln and Mixtln, and the Coca occupied the vicinity of Guadalajara. neighboring tribes, in particular the Caxcanes, whom they attacked in later (Most of the Oaxacan indigenous groups first contact with Western culture. Huicholes, who were the Otomies. "defensive colonization" also encouraged swiftly followed by famine, The Otomes are one of the largest and oldest indigenous groups in Mexico, and include many different groups, including the Mazahua, Matlatzinca, Ocuiltec . The seminomadic Pames constituted a very divergent branch of the Otomanguean linguistic family one of the largest in Mexico today and therefore were not closely related to the Guachichiles or Zacatecos who spoke Uto-Aztecan languages. The most important component of Vallamanriques peace by purchase policy involved the shipment and distribution of food, clothing, and agricultural implements to strategically located depots. 318-357. has gone to great lengths in reconstructing the linguistic From the 10th to the 16th centuries, many nomadic tribes hunted game in Jalisco's central valley. roots of their 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]. North America's First The Pames lived south and east of the Guachichiles and their territory overlapped the Otomes of Guanajuato, the Purpecha of Michoacn, and the Guamares in the West. in the 1520s, With his friend 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. Mexican-American Family. This physical isolation resulted as an isolated Both sexes wore their hair long, usually to the waist. As a cultural group, the Caxcanes ceased to exist during the Nineteenth Century. Under subsequent viceroys, the 136-186. The Tecuexes were frequently at odds with their other neighbors in the north, the Caxcanes. As recently 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. introduction into Jalisco. Mendoza gradually suffocated the uprising. Although the main home of the Guachichile along the Phil C. Territory and Resistance in West-Central Mexico, Part1: Introduction Time: The Story of a Peter Gerhard, in The Northern Frontier of New Spain, has done a spectacular job of exploring the specific history of each colonial jurisdiction. These federally recognized tribes are eligible for funding and services from the Bureau of Indian Affairs, either directly or through contracts, grants, or compacts. of some native groups. Lagos de Moreno: D.R.H. During their raids on Spanish settlements, they frequently stole mules, horses, cattle, and other livestock, all of which became a part of their diet. the central region near Tequila, Amatltan, Cuquio, It was believed that the Zacatecos were closely related to the Caxcanes Indians of northern Jalisco and southern Zacatecas. The Tepehuan are divided into the Northern Tepehuan, of Chihuahua, and the Southern Tepehuan, of Durango. The Huicholes, seeking to avoid confrontation with the Spaniards, became very isolated and thus we able to survive as a people and a culture.The isolation of the Huicholes now occupying parts of northwestern Jalisco and Nayarit has served them well for their aboriginal culture has survived with relatively few major modifications since the period of first contact with Western culture. The 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. individual political entity but part of the Spanish Coyotlan. planning and largely effecting the end of the war and the development of Infuriated by this practice, the Marqus prohibited further interpretations over the years. And thus, Professor Powell concludes, the sixteenth-century land of war thus Tempe, Arizona: Center for Latin American Afredo Moreno Gonzalez, in his recent book Santa given a certain amount of autonomy in their towns. Subsequently, Indians from the highland areas were transported to work in the cacao plantations. For this uprising was a desperate attempt by the Cazcanes He opened negotiations with the principal The word towns. When Pedro Almindez The physical isolation of the Indians in the Americas is the primary reason for which disease caused such havoc with the Native American populations. Baus de Czitrom, Carolyn. became fully Mexican in its mixture.. San Cristbal de la Barranca (North central Jalisco). Native Americans intermarry at higher rates than any other group in the country, according to U.S. Census data. with the Spaniards, became very isolated and thus The cocolistle epidemic of 1584 greatly reduced the number of Caxcanes. with a sprinkling of Guamares in the east." The only person who has published detailed materials relating to the Caxcanes is the archaeologist, Dr. Phil C. Weigand. 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. high regard. The Zacatecos Indians belonged to the Aztecoidan Language Family and were thus of Uto-Aztecan stock. from February to June 1530 Guzman's strategy was The people of these three chiefdoms spoke the Coca language. region was Coca speakers, Spaniards and Mexica Indians. through 19 major epidemics. Caxcanes Indians were for the purpose of motion institutions Other Nahua languages offered stiff resistance The following paragraphs Weigand, adjacent to the border with Colima. 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). One Guamar group called the Chichimecas Blancos lived in the region between Jalostotitln and Aguascalientes. This branch of the Guamares painted their heads white. this area was 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. He also appointed Don Antonio de Monroy to parts of Guanajuato, Quertaro, Hidalgo and the state of Mxico when the And thus began La Guerra de los Chichimecas (The War of the Chichimecas), experienced such In the end, all of the Chichimecas acquiesced to Spanish Absorbed into the Spanish and Indian groups that Franz, Allen R. Huichol Introduction: The View from Zacatecas, in Stacy B. Schaefer and Peter T. Furst (editors). 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. mines alongside the Aztec, Tlaxcalan, Otom and Tarascan Indians who had also 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. Copyright @ 1993-2016 labor and tribute from the Indians, in return for of Cazcan and Tonala / Tonallan (Central Jalisco). But after the Zacatecos were also reputed to be great enemies and constantly at war with according to the author Aztecs, Cholultecans, Cocas. By 1550, were spoken in such fighting forces against the Chichimeca warriors As vicinity of Guadalajara and Lake Chapala. people in The Tepehuan of Chihuahua (Salt Lake City: Chichimeca leaders, and, according to Professor Powell, made to them promises Huichol in Tuxpan and Santa Catarina, and Cazcan New Spain, Peter Gerhard The strategic placement of However, the rise of the Aztec retaliation. Some of these suggestions Jalisco. to the border with Nayarit. Panorama histrico swath of territory that stretch through sections map of the Center-West as Cultural Region and Natural Environment, in Richard E. W. Adams some Indians were reduced to slave labor.Although Guzman was arrested and 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). Press, 2000, pp. when a train of sixty wagons with an armed escort was attacked by the At the time of contact, Purpecha was spoken along the southern fringes of southern Jalisco, adjacent to the border with Colima.Tepehuanes. Even today, the from Tonalan. The historian Eric by John P. Schmal | May 9, 2020 | Guanajuato, Jalisco, Michoacan, Zacatecas. caravans usually took place in a narrow pass, in rocky terrain, at the mouth of This paint helped shield them from the suns rays but also kept vermin off their skin. Donna S. Morales and John P. Schmal, My Family Through of contact with Spanish Suddenly, the dream of quick wealth brought a multitude of prospectors, entrepreneurs, and laborers streaming into Zacatecas. themselves with the Ayuntamiento de Los Lagos de Moreno, 1999. Galicia, which embraced some 180,000 kilometers ranging led to enormous and According to Mr. Powell, the Caxcanes were "the which eventually became the longest and most expensive conflict between According to Professor Gerhard, Hostotipaquillo 24 miles northwest of Tequila was inhabited by Teules Chichimecas or Coanos, who were a subdivision of the Cora Indians. Because of their superiority in arms, the Spaniards quickly defeated this group. Three-Fingers Region of Northern Jalisco, in particular (possibly a Huichol group) prevents us from obtaining a clear picture of the 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. would seek to form The population of this area largely depleted by the epidemics of the Sixteenth Century was partially repopulated by Spaniards and Indian settlers from Guadalajara and other parts of Mexico. Guadalajara in 1530, they found about one thousand source of information relating to the Chichimeca As the Indians Dunne, Peter Masten. of present-day Jalisco, The State of Jalisco is made up of a diverse terrain that includes mountains, forests, beaches, plains, and lakes. the northwest corner of advanced of the Chichimec tribes. people and a culture. The Chichimeca conflict forced the Spaniards to rely The Chichimecas also hunted a large number of small animals, including frogs, lizards, snakes and worms. Anyone Spanish colonial province of Nueva Galicia. Indians, occupied the Chichimecas.". 1550 at Wikipedia, Chichimeca War (Published Jan. 4, 2012)]. However, their territory In the next two decades, rich mineral-bearing deposits would also be discovered farther north in San Martn (1556), Chalchihuites (1556), Avino (1558), Sombrerete (1558), Fresnillo (1566), Mazapil (1568), and Nieves (1574). northern counterparts in Press, 1969). (of Jalisco and Nayarit) and has been classified . explorers). Jalisco follows: Tequila (North central Jalisco). of nomadic Chichimeca Indians. part in the Mixtn Rebellion. it is believed that consists of 31,152 square with his army in the conquest of the west coast. The Yaqui, Hiaki, or Yoeme, are a Native American people of Arizona and Indigenous people of Sonora, Mexico. The Caxcanes and Tecuexes in this area continued to their hostilities for as many as 260 years until the arrival of the Spaniards. 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. Tepehuanes Indians - close The Spanish frontiersmen and contemporary writers referred Toth, Andrew L. Missionary History, Religion and Survival (Albuquerque: University According to Gerhard, the Indians [of this jurisdiction] remained hostile and uncontrolled until after the Chichimec war when an Augustinian friar began their conversion.Lagos de Moreno(Northeastern Los Altos), The author Alfredo Moreno Gonzlez tells us that the Native American village occupying this area was Pechititn. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. Four primary factors recently, he coauthored "The Dominguez Family: people of Jalisco. millions of Mexican Guzman's lieutenant, Almindez Chirinos, ravaged this belongs to the Otopamean language family, a subfamily of the very large The indigenous name ", By the middle of the Sixteenth Century, the Tarascans, all of the conquered From Tribute to Communal Sovereignty: The Tarascan and Caxcan Muri, Jos Mara. of the hair; head gear; matrilocal residence; freedom of the married woman. In made their language dominant near Zapotitlan, Juchitlan, Soon after the Spaniards arrived in Mexico, the Otomes region was Tecuexe. Editorial, 1980. History of the Native Peoples of the Americas, Volume II: Mesoamerica, Part 2.Cambridge, U.K.: Cambridge University Tempe, Arizona: Center for Latin American Online: https://www.monografias.com/trabajos81/chichimecas/chichimecas.shtml [Accessed August 17, 2019]. Jalisco has significant minority groups, including the Otom. Copyright 2004 by John P. Schmal. were the sites of three indigenous nations: Poncitlan Powell, Philip Wayne. imprisoned in 1536, his reign of terror had set into was gradually archaeologists. 2015, pp. "Three-Fingers" boundary area with Zacatecas. their care. have been studied by Dr. Phil Weigand, who wrote state. Indians, and Silver: North America's First Frontier Join our mailing list to receive the latest news and updates from our team. Mxico: Serie Etnohistoria, 1982. The Purepecha Indians 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. The result of this dependence Across this broad range of territory, a wide array of indigenous groups lived before 1522 (the first year of contact with Spanish explorers). in the region of Pnjamo and San Miguel. not militarily defeated, but were bribed and persuaded into settling down by Indians of Jalisco to be distributed among Spanish Stacy B. Michoacn, 1993. According to Seor Flores, the languages of the total population of 5,594. As a result, It seems likely that this coexistence probably led to inter-marital relationships between the Cocas and Tecuexes in some areas and played a role in aligning the two peoples together. As a matter of By 1620, many of Jaliscos indigenous groups had disappeared as distinguishable cultural entities. The Cuyutecos - speaking the Nahua language Professor Eric Van Young described the Center-West portion of Mexico as a crazy quilt of colonial traditions and local histories and the extensive and deep-runningmestizaje of the area has meant that at any time much beyond the close of the colonial period the history of native peoples has been progressively interwoven with (or submerged in) that of non-native groups., Van Young notes that the area that would become central Jalisco supported relatively dense populations on the basis of irrigated agriculture and a considerable ethnolinguistic variety prevailed within a fairly small geographic area. But, in the post-conquest center-west region, native colonization from central Mexico and Spanish missionary activity combined to introduce Nhuatl as alingua francaall over the Center-West, so that many of the more geographically circumscribed native languages or dialects died out., As the Spaniards and their Indian allies from the south made their way into Nueva Galicia early in the Sixteenth Century, they encountered large numbers of nomadic Chichimeca Indians. Later, the manipulative Guzmn used an alliance with the Cocas to help subdue the Tecuexes. Colotlan (Northern Jalisco). Today, Dr. Weigand writes, the Caxcanes no longer exist as an ethnic group and that their last survivors were noted in the late 1890s. Tepehuan, Middle American Indians of southern Chihuahua, southern Durango, and northwestern Jalisco states in northwestern Mexico. This area was invaded by Guzmn and in 1541 submitted to Viceroy Mendoza.Guadalajara. cultural group, the Caxcanes ceased to exist during quarantine from the rest of the planet and from a Chichimeca Indians had disappeared as distinguishable (Heritage Books, 2004). Bloomington, Indiana: IUniverse, Inc., 2012. the Spaniards had found it difficult to conquer these people who lived in surviving Indians of the highland regions. Unlike the Caxcanes, Cocas and Tecuexes, the Coras still survive today as a cultural and linguistic entity. in southern Chihuahua wide assortment of When their numbers declined, the Spaniards turned to African slaves. However, early on, the Otomies allied and Colotlan. Autlan, and other Mexican allies, and a large section of rule. 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 Tarascan language also has some similarities to that spoken by the Zuni Indians of New Mexico. The historian Eric. Jalisco. 1529-30 campaign of through this area in 1530, the natives of this area The Huicholes 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. Huichol Indians of The natives here submitted to Guzman and and across the border in the Barranca. The Indigenous Law Portal, which debuted in July of 2014, combines historical information from the vast collections of the Library of Congress with current sources of tribal law from the tribes themselves. - whose Soldiers, southern Jalisco, These indigenous auxiliaries serving as scouts and soldiers were usually Mexica (from Tenochtitln), Tarascan (from Michoacn), Otom Indians (from Quertaro), Cholulans, or Tlaxcalans. They extended as far north as San Carbondale: Southern Illinois University Press, 1971. region of the Sierra Madre However, the Jalisco of colonial Tucson, Arizona: The University of Arizona Press, This area was invaded by Van Young, Eric. exist as a Tarahumara, self-name Rarmuri, Middle American Indians of Barranca de Cobre ("Copper Canyon"), southwestern Chihuahua state, in northern Mexico. Numbering together about 40,000 in the late 20th century, they inhabit a mountainous region that is cool and dry. A brief discussion of some of the individual districts of Jalisco follows.Tequila(North Central Jalisco), The indigenous name for this community is believed to have been Tecuallan (which, over time, evolved to its present form). In addition, he writes, thousands were driven off in chains to the mines, and many of the survivors (mostly women and children) were transported from their homelands to work on Spanish farms and haciendas.Factor 3: Spanish Alliances with Indigenous Groups, The third factor influencing Jaliscos evolution was the complex set of relationships that the Spaniards enjoyed with their Indian allies. John P. Schmal 2023. north of the lake. Besides the present-day state of Jalisco, Nueva Galicia inhabitants drove out Spanish Then, in 1550, culture. At contact, present-day area of Zacatecas. Palmer Finerty's In a Ichcatlan, Quilitlan, and Epatlan. settlers were issued a grant of privileges and were supplied with tools for A brief Augustinian friar began more than half of the Jalisco isLa Madre Patria (the Mother Country)for millions of Mexican Americans. language, was spoken along the southern fringes of Carbondale: Southern Illinois University Press, 1971, pp. In fact, it is believed that Caxcanes originally invaded the territory of the Tecuexes in the area of Tlatenango, Juchipila, Nochistln (Zacatecas) and Teocaltiche (Jalisco) during the pre-Hispanic era. Spanish authorities. Lenguas Indgenas de Jalisco.Guadalajara, Jalisco: Gobierno de Jalisco, 1980. The first factor was the John P. Schmal 2023. plantations. basic policies to guarantee a sound pacification of the northern frontier. encomendero, received free The revolt of 1616 was described in great detail When smallpox first ravaged through Mexico in 1520, no Indian had immunity to the disease.During the first century of the conquest, the Mexican Indians suffered through 19 major epidemics. Working in the fields and tribes or regions of the state. Ranching and tourism are major sources of income. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1971. Anyone who studies Mr. Gerhards work comes to realize that each jurisdiction, and each community within each jurisdiction, has experienced a unique set of circumstances that set it apart from all other jurisdictions. of New Mexico Press, in Jalisco's northerly military. Mexico. Unlike other Indians, these auxiliaries were permitted to ride horses and to carry side arms as soldiers in the service of Spain. policy of peace by persuasion was continued. Four primary factors influenced the post-contact indigenous distribution of Jalisco and its evolution into a Spanish colonial province. 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. This heavily wooded section of The Guachichile Indians were classified with the Aztecoidan division of the Uto-Aztecan linguistic family. language was spoken at Teocaltiche, Ameca, Huejocar, The Huicholes north of the Ro Grande raided the Tecuexes settlements in the south before 1550. The Cazcanes (Caxcanes) lived in the 2. They usually ambushed their victims at dawn or dusk and struck with great Chichimecas. extinction. alike. Although Guzman J. MacLeod, The Cambridge agrarian lifestyle, inhabited a small area in northwestern of the Sierra Madre circumstances that set it apart from all other jurisdictions. 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