"He Speaks Like an Eagle" was the third ruler of Tlatelolco (see the Florentine Codex); and the conqueror of Quauhtinchan in the year 10 Rabbit (1407?); he took the daughter (Tepexochillama) of the ruler of Quauhtinchan (who was Teuhctlecozauhqui) prisoner to Tlatelolco and made her his wife; and their child, Quauhtomicicuil, became tlatoani (Quauhtinchan, s. XVI)
Quauhtlatoa appears in the Codex Mendoza on fol. 19r. The speech scroll in the glyph of his name is turquoise. (sixteenth century, central Mexico)
Quauhtlatoa, ic ei tlatocat in tlatilulco cempoalxiujtl ipan caxtolli omej xiujtl = Quauhtlatoa [was] the third, and ruled Tlatilulco for thirty-eight years. (sixteenth century, central Mexico)