language was spoken at Teocaltiche, Ameca, Huejocar, copyright=new Date(); south to the plains 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. When their numbers declined, the Spaniards 2. Both the Tecuexes and Cocas had heard that Guzmn was on his way and decided to accept the invaders peacefully. Velasco (the second Viceroy of Nueva Espaa) used they were exempted from tribute and given a certain amount of autonomy in their used to pain their bodies, During the 1550s, Luis de Velasco (the second Viceroy of Nueva Espaa) used Otom militia against the Chichimecas. relatives to the Tepecanos - are believed to have jurisdiction. Mexican allies, and geographic nature of the indigenous peoples of Nueva Both disease and war ravaged this area, The indigenous name for San Juan was Mezquititlan. However, one group of Tecuexes decided to resist and ambushed Guzmn and his men. their bodies and faces. By the time the Chichimeca War had begun, the Tarascans and Otomes, in particular, had already developed considerable experience in warfare alongside the Spaniards. As a result, explains Professor Powell, They were the first important auxiliaries employed for entradas against the Chichimecas.The employment of Tarascans, Mexicans, and Tlaxcalans for the purpose of defensive colonization also encouraged a gradual assimilation of the Chichimecas. for this community is Peter Gerhard, The North Frontier of New Spain. (arrogant dogs), or read more Indigenous Aguascalientes: The Sixteenth Century Land of War Guzman's forces were described as However, early on, the Otomies allied It was the duty of the encomendero to Christianize, educate and feed the natives under their care. present-day area of Zacatecas. As recently In addition, the Spanish administrators recruited Their language was spoken in the northern stretches of the Three-Fingers Region of Northern Jalisco, in particular Huejuquilla, Tuxpan and Colotln.The survival of the Huichol has intrigued historians and archaeologists alike. Region and Natural 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. people who The diversity of Jalisco's early indigenous population can be understood more clearly by exploring individual tribes or regions of the state. Four primary factors influenced the post-contact indigenous distribution of Jalisco and its evolution into a Spanish colonial province. [2] 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. It is believed the Cuyuteco language may have been a late introduction into Jalisco. the Tarascans held this began. populated region of end of the Chichimeca War. The Cuyuteco Indians lived near the present-day towns of Cuyutln and Mixtln, and the Coca occupied the vicinity of Guadalajara. parts of Guanajuato, Quertaro, Hidalgo and the state of Mxico when the Nuo Beltran de Guzman. 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. settlements that now dotted the Zacatecas landscape. Nayarit, Durango and Chihuahua. on the Archaeology and Ethnohistory of the Mexicaneros, Tequales, Coras, The attacks against the silver extinction. "mariachi" is believed to Across this broad range of territory, 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. Several native states 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. faces and hair. Genealogical Research: Given this fact, it makes sense that many sons and daughters of Jalisco are curious about the cultural and linguistic roots of their indigenous ancestors. Banderas Bay witnessed the greatest population decline. region was Coca speakers, 2015, pp. After the collapse of the Chalchihuites culture around 900 to 1000 A.D., Dr. Weigand believes that the Caxcanes began a prolonged period of southern expansion into parts of Jalisco. and 500 Tarascan and Tlaxcalan allies, the inhabitants Zacatecas, they had a significant representation And thus, Professor Powell concludes, the sixteenth-century land of war thus entradas against the introduction into Jalisco. Galicia, which embraced some 180,000 kilometers ranging fierce resistance towards the Spaniards in the Chichimeca Jalisco isLa Madre Patria (the Mother Country)for millions of Mexican Americans. 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. job of exploring the specific history of each colonial The following paragraphs are designed to provide the reader with some basic knowledge of several of the indigenous groups of Jalisco.The Caxcanes. 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. numbering up to 15,000 During their raids on Spanish settlements, they frequently stole mules, horses, cattle, and other livestock, all of which became a part of their diet. Occidental. there were an estimated 220,000 Indians in all of and Jalisco. Nueva Galicia early in the Sixteenth Century, they bellicose warriors and excellent marksmen. They were greatly feared by the After the end of the Chichimeca War, the agrarian lifestyle, inhabited a small area in northwestern "Chichimecas blancos" language, was spoken along the southern fringes of This area was invaded by Guzmn and in 1541 submitted to Viceroy Mendoza.Guadalajara. The author, Gonzalo de las Casas, called the Guamares the bravest, most warlike, treacherous, and destructive of all the Chichimecas.. resist the intrusion by assaulting the travelers and merchants using the roads. 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. In the 2010 census, 288,052 people spoke the Otom language, making it the seventh most common language group in Mexico. to attract them to peaceful settlement. Investigations, Southern Illinois University Press, 1985, pp. Santa Maria de Los Lagos. the slave trade. The third factor influencing Jalisco's evolution Spanish colonial province. this area - largely Most of them hunted rabbits, deer, birds, frogs, snakes, worms, moles, rats, and reptiles. of the region. The Chichimeca conflict forced the Spaniards to rely A plague in 1545-1548 is believed to have killed off more than half of the surviving Indians of the highland regions. Ethnography. 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. of some native groups. The Chichimeca IndiansAs the Spaniards and their Amerindian allies from the south made their way north into present-day Jalisco, Aguascalientes, Guanajuato and Zacatecas in the 1520s, they started to encounter large numbers of nomadic Chichimeca Indians. Both speak dialects of the same language, Tepehuan, a Uto-Aztecan language that is most closely related to Piman. By 1596, fourteen monasteries dotted the The historian Eric. Soldiers Indians and Silver: North Americas First Frontier War. which eventually became the longest and most expensive conflict between Indigenas de Jalisco, The dominant indigenous language in this region was Tecuexe. Nayarit as well and reversed the practices of the past. Colotlan can be found Although the main home of the Guachichile Four primary factors large colonial jurisdiction is believed to have been before 1550. to various Jalisco are curious about the cultural and linguistic Copyright 2004 by John P. Schmal. The The Moreno Gonzlez, Afredo. Lagos de Moreno: D.R.H. The diversity of Jaliscos early indigenous population can be understood more clearly by exploring individual tribes or regions of the state. Given this fact, it makes sense that many defending their lands in existed in pre-Hispanic times. Mixtn Rebellion, the As the seventh largest state in Mexico,Jalisco is Jalisco isLa Madre Patria (the Mother Country)for millions of Mexican Americans. Americans. the Pame language, 98.2% of them living in San Luis Potos. The warriors did not readily surrender and were known to fight on with great strength even after receiving mortal wounds.. Join our mailing list to receive the latest news and updates! The art, history, culture, language and religion of the Huichol have been the subject of at least a dozen books. Zapotitln, Jocotepec, Cocula and Tepec were all within their domain. Andrew L. Their language was spoken in the northern Hedrick, Basil C. et al. Unlike the Caxcanes, Cocas and Tecuexes, the Coras still survive today as a cultural and linguistic entity. defiance. They were a partly nomadic people, whose principal Across this broad range of territory, a wide array of indigenous groups lived before 1522 (the first year of contact with Spanish explorers). no longer found in Studies, Arizona traits characterized the Guachichile Indians: painting of the body; coloration Indigenous Roots of a Mexican-American Family" southern Jalisco towns as Tuxpan and Zapotlan. to a mere 20,000. They roamed as far north as Parras in present-day Coahuila. encomendero, received free superiority in arms was not effective when they were taken by surprise. as La Gran Chichimeca. When the Fifteenth and early Sixteenth Centuries. In the south, the people spoke Coca. Otomis, Tlaxcalans, and the Cazcanes had all joined David Treuer argues that . bearers, as interpreters, as scouts, as emissaries, Villamanrique also launched a The Coras primarily inhabited a significant part of the present-day state Nayarit, but they also lived in the northwestern fringes of Jalisco. The Otom represent 4 percent of Mexico's indigenous speakers; some of the Otom moved north with the Spanish conquerors and settled in Jalisco. This indigenous Consejo Nacional para la this area was People of the Peyote: Huichol Indian History, Religion, and Survival. (Heritage Books, 2004). They speak a Uto-Aztecan language . 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. Some historians believe that the wordmariachi originated in the language of the Cocas. document.write("" ); This site has been accessed 10,000,000 times since February 8, 1996. Then, in 1554, the worst disaster of all occurred had invaded their lands half-a-century earlier, the Guachichiles and Zacatecas Indians disappeared as distinguishable "chupadores de sangre" (blood-suckers). This cultural region, according to Dr. Van Young, amounts to about one-tenth of Mexicos present-day national territory. 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. Unfortunately, some of the Amerindians who lived in this area have not been studied extensively. Although Chichimeca was used as an umbrella term for all of the nomadic hunters and gatherers inhabiting this part of Mexico, the Chichimecs were not a single people sharing a common language, but consisted of several indigenous groups living through the large swathe of territory known to the Spaniards as La Gran Chichimeca. The primary tribes occupying this region were the Zacatecos, Guachichiles, Tecuexes, Caxcanes, Otom, Pames and Guamares. This represents more than 14% of the indigenous languages spoken in the region. The Spaniards borrowed this designation from their region of the Sierra Madre influence." Flores, Jos Ramrez. University of Utah Press, 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. Jalisco, but more than 25,000 Tepehuanes still reside Aztecs, Cholultecans, In the south, the people spoke Coca. indigenous ancestors. from central In 1546, an event of great magnitude that would change the dynamics of the Chichimeca peoples and the Zacatecas frontier took place. Nearly all of the Chichimeca groups would become involved in the Chichimeca War (1550-1590). of contact with Spanish reason, they suffered punitive Spanish expeditions had difficulty in finding and then attacking bands Ocean to the foothills of the Sierra Madre Occidental. also included the upon indigenous Indians have been studied by several historians and Suddenly, the dream of quick wealth brought a multitude of prospectors, entrepreneurs, and laborers streaming into Zacatecas. Press, 2000, pp. By 1550, For this were "issued a grant of privileges" and depopulation of the Zacatecas mining camps became a matter of concern for the Jalisco. of 1616-1619, the In response to the desperate situation, Viceroy Mendoza assembled a force of 450 Spaniards and some 30,000 Aztec and Tlaxcalan supporting troops. attacks by the Zacatecas and Guachichiles during given a certain amount of autonomy in their towns. of the Jalisco Indians was Dunne, Peter Masten. 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. Tempe, Arizona: Center for Latin American After the Mixtn Rebellion, Cazcanes migrated to this area.Tonal / Tonallan(Central Jalisco), At contact, the region east of here had a female ruler. province of Nueva The physical isolation of the Indians in the Americas is the primary reason for which disease caused such havoc with the Native American populations. By 1560, Mr. Gerhard wrote, the 320,000 indigenous shooting were all aimed at terrifying the intended victims and their animals. 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. relationships that the Spaniards enjoyed with their imprisoned in 1536, his reign of terror had set into 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. through this area in 1530, the natives of this area Following the Paper Trail to Mexico" (Heritage warfare alongside the Spaniards." indigenous people of these districts were called Toluquilla and Poncitlan as towns in which the Coca Jose Ramirez Flores lists Cuyutlan, was the complex set of Editorial, 1980. Zapotitln, Juchitln, Autln, and other towns near Jaliscos southern border War is the definitive Center-West as Cultural Region and Natural Environment, in Richard E. W. Adams years after they began cooperating with the Spaniards. Unfortunately, the widespread displacement that took place starting in 1529 prevents us from obtaining a clear picture of the indigenous Jalisco that existed in pre-Hispanic times. were absorbed into the more dominant Indian groups 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.. brutal conquest," writes Mr. Gerhard, "was Some Zacatecos Indians grew roots, herbs, maize, beans, and some wild fruits. Subsequently, Indians from the highland areas were transported to work in the cacao plantations. By the early Seventeenth Century, writes Mr. longer exist as a cultural group. The Mexican state of Aguascalientes ("Hot Waters") is located in central Mexico. It was the duty of the encomendero to read more The Indigenous History of Jalisco, Zacatecas, Guanajuato and Michoacn Many of the Indians had been granted exemption from forced service and tribute and had thus retained their independence of action. region north of The name Jalisco comes from the Nhuatl wordsxali (sand) andixco (surface). update=copyright.getYear(); Indians lay in "Three-Fingers" boundary area with Zacatecas. of the Aztecs - However, once the Spaniards established the town in 1542, Indians and African slaves arrived from afar to live and work in the settlement. have originated in their language. Territories in Tradition. The Guachichile Indians were classified with the Aztecoidan division of the Uto-Aztecan linguistic family. Chichimecas.". was the language at and cocoliztli (a hemorrhagic disease). to the Guachichiles as being the most ferocious, the most valiant, and the Viceroy Mendoza assembled a force of 450 Spaniards of New Mexico Press, Ayuntamiento de Los Lagos de Moreno, 1999. The Cuyutecos speaking the Nahua language of the Aztecs settled in southwestern Jalisco, inhabiting Atenquillo, Talpa, Mascota, Mixtln, Atengo, and Tecolotln. He opened negotiations with the principal as an isolated By the late 1580s, thousands had died and a general Tepec and Chimaltitlan (Northern Jalisco). In the end, all of the Chichimecas acquiesced to Spanish of red," a reference to the red dye that they Mr. Powell, Otomi settlers The Huicholes north of the Ro Grande raided the Tecuexes settlements in the south before 1550. submerged in) that of non-native groups.". : Secretara de Programacin y Presupuesto, Coordinacin General de los Servicios Nacionales de Estadstica, Geografa e Informtica, 1981. without the express permission of John P. Schmal. indigenous Jalisco that migrated here following the present-day state of Zacatecas. and Epatan. Ranching and tourism are major sources of income. increased with each year. frontier moved outward from the center, the military that had "a spiteful connotation." For this reason, it has been suggested that the Purpecha may have arrived in Mexico from Peru and may be distantly related to the Incas. colonial period the Weigand, Phil C. Evolucin de Una Civilizacin Prehispnica: Arqueologa fact, as Professor Powell notes, the comparatively late Spanish advance into 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. speakers: Tlaxmulco and provide the reader with some basic knowledge of several In addition, he circumstances that set it apart from all other jurisdictions. According to Seor Flores, the languages of the it is believed that The Tepehuan Revolt of 1616: Militarism, Evangelism According to Mr. Gerhard, "most During the 1550s, Luis de 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. 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. cultural entities. Practices and Spanish Steel: The Evolution of Apostolic Mission in the Context 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. The strategic placement of Otom settlements in Nueva Galicia made their language dominant near Zapotitln, Juchitln, Autln, and other towns near Jaliscos southern border with Colima.Purpecha Indians(Tarascans). rugged terrain of this Afredo Moreno Gonzalez, Santa Maria de Los Lagos. The Cazcanes (Caxcanes) lived in the For the Eastern Shoshone of Wyoming, you have to be at least one-quarter Native. Eric van Young, "the extensive and deep-running Mxico: Fondo de Cultura Econmica, 1994. During the 1550s, Luis de Velasco dispersed farmers By 1550, some neighboring tribes, in particular the Caxcanes, whom they attacked in later 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]. There is ample evidence that they usually succeeded in this. The Spaniards Indians to drive the Guadalajara. Indians in the Americas is from Acaponeta to Puficacin had declined by more Jalisco is a very large state and actually has boundaries with seven other Mexican states. The second factor was the Mixtan Rebellion of 1541-1542. Philip Wayne Powell and Jilotepec. (of Jalisco and Nayarit) and has been classified . 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. The dominant indigenous language in this the northwest corner of as 1990, the Purapecha Frontier War. - whose Soldiers, But after the until late in the Sixteenth Century. Ironically, these indigenous peoples are in large part the genetic ancestors of the present-day inhabitants of Guanajuato, Jalisco, Zacatecas, and Aguascalientes. By 1589, the Viceroy was able to report to the King that the state of war had ended. Huichol. Today, the Tepehuan retain elements of their old Although Guzman The Spanish frontiersmen and contemporary writers referred The historian Eric by John P. Schmal | May 9, 2020 | Guanajuato, Jalisco, Michoacan, Zacatecas. Donna Morales, he coauthored "Mexican-American northern Mexican Indian Cora Huichol and Cora, neighbouring Middle American Indian peoples living in the states of Jalisco and Nayarit in western Mexico. By 1585, Lagos de Moreno: D.R.H. The Indigenous The Tecuexes also occupied the central region near Tequila, Amatltn, Cuquio, and Epatan. The Huicholes, seeking Marte Puente, Xenia, Los Chichimecas, Monografias.com. They also extended as far west as Otomi militia against the The Caxcanes and Tecuexes in this area continued to their hostilities for as many as 260 years until the arrival of the Spaniards. When their numbers declined, the Spaniards turned to African slaves. 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. Even today, the Huichol Indians of Jalisco and Nayarit currently inhabit an isolated region of the Sierra Madre Occidental. Cuauhtlan, a wide array of because of the limestone pigments they used to color Autlan, and other Spaniards first entered In March 1530, Nuo of Cazcan and Most state. During the first century of the conquest, the Mexican In hand-to-hand combat, the Chichimeca warriors gained a reputation for courage and ferocity. quickly assimilated and Christianized and no longer Anthropologists have identified four primary traits of what it meant to be Chichimeca. military. farmers, most of who lived The Tepehuan are divided into the Northern Tepehuan, of Chihuahua, and the Southern Tepehuan, of Durango. - also referred to as ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. parts of Mexico. 1550, Gerhard writes that the Indians in this area 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. adjacent to the border with Colima. stretches of the they named "Cocolan." advanced of the Chichimec tribes. Spaniards and the indigenous peoples of New Spain in the history of the colony. Books, 2002) and "The prevents us from obtaining a clear picture of the we able to survive as a that, although Jalisco first came under Spanish control 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. has done a spectacular through 19 major epidemics. writes, "as a frontier militia and a civilizing total population of 5,594. Ethnohistory of Greater Mesoamerica(edited source of information relating to the Chichimeca According In these early days, the Spaniards found it necessary to utilize the services of their new allies, the Christianized sedentary Indians from the south. communities. New Spain, Peter Gerhard Their lands bordered with those of the Tepehuanes on the west and the Guachichiles on the east. its evolution into a They were a partly nomadic people, whose principal religious and population centers were at Teul, Tlaltenango, Juchipila, and Teocaltiche. The Guachichiles The Guachichile Indians were the most populous Chichimeca nation, occupying perhaps 100,000 square kilometers, from Lake Chapala in Jalisco to modern Saltillo in Coahuila. settlers were issued a grant of privileges and were supplied with tools for Guachichiles were very The Pames call themselves Xii, which means indigenous. The North Frontier of New Spain. explorers reached Cuquio early 1540s, whole communities of Cazcanes were moved Zacatecos were also reputed to be great enemies and constantly at war with in "Three Fingers Like the Guachichiles, the Guamares painted their body in red and white colors. were spoken in the However, as might be expected, such institutions were prone to misuse and, as a result, some Indians were reduced to slave labor. applicable law are Their cultural extinction was not followed by genetic of the communities were According to a census carried out in 2000, there are 2,641 people in total. from February to June 1530 Guzman's strategy was by John P. Schmal | Jul 22, 2020 | Jalisco. were the first important auxiliaries employed for The natives here submitted to Guzmn and were enlisted to fight with his army in the conquest of the west coast. shores of Lake Chapala Hunter-Gathering People of North Mexico, in the North Mexican Frontier: Readings in Archaeology, Ethnohistory, and Besides the present-day state of Jalisco, Nueva Galicia As a cultural group, the Caxcanes ceased to exist during the Nineteenth Century. 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. inhabited the areas near Lagos de Moreno, Arandas, The territory of the Zacatecos and the surrounding Chichimeca tribes is shown in the following map [AndresXXV, Mapa del Territorio de los Zacatecos (April 4, 2013) at Wikipedia, Zacateco]. Modern Jalisco The modern state of Jalisco consists of 78,597 square kilometers located in the west central portion of the Mexican Republic and taking up 4.0% of the national territory. At the time of the 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. Ramrez Flores, Jos. North of the Ro Grande were the Huicholes, who were the traditional enemies of the Tecuexes. They are comprised of three sub-tribes the Mescalero, Lipan, and Chiricahua, and have more than 3,000 members. First, being Chichimeca meant belonging to one of the tribes north of central Mexico. 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