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Xochipilteca.
Headword:
Xochipilteca.
Principal English Translation:
an indigenous group that fought in the Mixtón War, a rebellion in Nueva Galicia in the sixteenth century; possibly also the people who represented the deity Xochipilli in special fiestas (?); and, a common surname today in Mexico
Attestations from sources in English:
On a reference in Nahuatl to the Xochipilteca in the Mixtón War, see the Anales de Tepeaca.
Attestations from sources in Spanish:
auh nohuiya[n] n[roro] chimalicuiloloc yva[n] quaquachicti miyeq'[ui]ntin nezque auh in Tepeyacac unpa motecato in xochipilteca [Tachado: y oncan quina] Tepeyacac = Y en todas partes se pintaron los escudos y aparecieron muchos quaquachicti y en Tepeyacac se fueron a colocar los xochipilteca. (ca. 1582, México)