a Chichimeca, an indigenous inhabitant of the North of Mexico; an ancestor of the Mexica; or, someone considered a barbarian
huehue Aculmiztli chichimecatl teuhctlato ynteyacancauh catca yn aculhuaque. yn cuhuatl ychan tlaca. auh yehuatl in quauhtzonyotl mochihuaco yn tlahtocatlacamecayotica yn vmpa cohuatl ychan. = Huehue Acolmiztli Chichimecatl was [then] a subordinate ruler and leader of the Acolhuaque and people of Coatl Ichan. And he became the lineage [head] of the line of rulers of Coatl Ichan. (central Mexico, early seventeenth century)
yn manel Otontzintli ynmanel chichimecatl yn amo yximachoni yn amo maviztililoni yn ça ça vel tlapaltzitzintin yn motoliniani = although it be a [simpleminded] little Otomí or a [wild savage] Chichimec who is unknown and dishonorable, who are just really ordinary fellows, the poor.
Tlā cuēl! Tlā xihuāllauh, Tlātlāhuic Chīchīmēcatl = Let it be soon! Come, Red Chichimec [i.e., the ax].
(Atenango, between Mexico City and Acapulco, 1629)
oncan in quiminque ce covatl cenca tomahuac ce chichimecatl = There they shot a very thick snake with arrows; it was a Chichimeca who shot it.
In Ocotelulco, in 1598, we see a person named Chichimecatzin. (See the examples from Spanish sources.)
Auh in axcan niconmaquilitiuh yn nicauhtzin ytepanco opeua Chichimecatzin yn occecapal ytepanco Basqual = Y agora se la doy a mi hermano menor, a la linde de Chichimecatzin, y por otra parte a la linde de Pascual
auh çeiohual quimitaque chichimecuicaia, quiahualoa imomos = Toda la noche se les vió cantando sus cantos chichimecas, dando vueltas alrededor de su altar (Mexico City, c. 1572)