México. Después desto, a los mexicanos, que quedaban a la postre, les habló su dios, diciendo que tampoco habían de permanecer en aquel valle, sino que habían de ir más adelante, para descubrir más tierras. Y fuéronse hacia el poniente. Y cada una destas familias ya dichas, antes que se partiesen, hizo sus sacrificios en aquellas siete cuevas, por lo cual todas las naciones desta tierra, gloríandose, suelen decir que fueron criados en aquellas siete cuevas, y que dallá salieron sus antepasados, lo cual es falso, porque no salieron de allí, sino que iban allí a hacer sus sacrificios cuando estaban en el valle ya dicho. Y ansí venidos todos a estas partes, y tomada la posesión de las tierras, y puestas las mojoneras entre cada familia, los dichos mexicanos prosiguieron su viaje hacia el poniente. Y según lo cuentan los
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\nAfter this, the god of the Mexicans, who were the last ones remaining, spoke to them, saying that they were not to stay in that valley either, but that they should keep going farther in order to discover more lands. And they went off toward the west. And each one of these families1 performed their sacrifices in those seven caves before departing. And this is why all the nations of this land often say, glorifying themselves, that they were raised in those seven caves, and that their ancestors came from there; and this is false, because they did not come from there but instead would go there to perform their sacrifices when they were staying in that valley just mentioned. And so, once they had all come to these regions, taken possession of the lands, and set the boundaries between each family, these Mexicans continued their journey toward the west. And according to what the elders say,
\nSee n183.↩
ie chalca: njman ie vexotzinca, tlaxcalteca: ceceiaca oalpeuhtimanque, oalmocuepque in njcan, ie vncan y (in ie mjtoa) Mexica tlalpa:\nauh in mexica qujnnotz in jnteouh qujmjlhuj: oc nachcan tivi:\nnjman iatiaque, in tonatiuh icalaqujampa: auh injc ompeuhque y, in ie mochintin: mochintin ontlatlatlauhtitiaque in chicomoztoc.\nIc ipampa in mochintin: ic mochachamaoa, in nepapan tlaca, in qujtoa: ca chicomoztoc iocoleque, ca chicomoztoc oalqujzque: ca amo chicomoztoc oalqujxooac: çan vncan tlatlatlauhtiloia, in chicomoztoc, in jquac ixtlaoacan onooaca. Auh njman ic oalhujlooac, oalnecuepaloc, in njcan ic vncan y, tlalmaceoaloco, nequaquaxochtiloco.
\nAuh in mexica ic nepa itztiaque in tlaltemoto: auh in jnnenonotzal vevetque: qujl canjn oalmocuepato in jto[caioca]
\n","citation_key":"citation_anderson_nahuatl_transcription","citation":{"en":["Nahuatl by Anderson & Dibble 1953–1982"],"es":["Náhuatl por Anderson & Dibble 1953–1982"]}},{"id":"b56fad90-0a49-41a6-898c-6f8a0721b5d5","choice":{"en":["Nahuatl-to-English by Anderson & Dibble 1953–1982"],"es":["Náhuatl-al-inglés por Anderson & Dibble 1953–1982"]},"type":"translation","type_label":{"en":["nahuatl translation"],"es":["traducción al náhuatl"]},"column":"nahuatl","language":{"en":["English"],"es":["Inglés"]},"language_code":"eng","subtitle":"(Anderson & Dibble 1953–1982)","markdown":"the Chalca, then the Uexotzinca, the Tlaxcalteca. Each one set forth; they returned here to this place (as was already mentioned), the land of the Mexica.\n\nAnd the god of the Mexica spoke to them; he said to them: “We go still farther.”\n\nThen they went to the east. And as they departed, all of them—all—went to make offerings at Chicomoztoc.\n\n[It is] for this reason that all the different people glorify themselves; they say that they were created at Chicomoztoc, that from Chicomoztoc they came forth. But there was no emerging from Chicomoztoc; [it was] merely that offerings were made at Chicomoztoc when they lived in the desert. And thereupon there was departing, there was returning. Here and there [the people] were granted land; boundaries were established.\n\nBut the Mexica traveled farther on; they went seeking land. And according to the traditions of the old people, it is said that","html":"the Chalca, then the Uexotzinca, the Tlaxcalteca. Each one set forth; they returned here to this place (as was already mentioned), the land of the Mexica.
\nAnd the god of the Mexica spoke to them; he said to them: “We go still farther.”
\nThen they went to the east. And as they departed, all of them—all—went to make offerings at Chicomoztoc.
\n[It is] for this reason that all the different people glorify themselves; they say that they were created at Chicomoztoc, that from Chicomoztoc they came forth. But there was no emerging from Chicomoztoc; [it was] merely that offerings were made at Chicomoztoc when they lived in the desert. And thereupon there was departing, there was returning. Here and there [the people] were granted land; boundaries were established.
\nBut the Mexica traveled farther on; they went seeking land. And according to the traditions of the old people, it is said that
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