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the place where the vanguard merchants, who were seeking trade goods and helping expand the empire, had to turn back; they could not enter the province of Anahuac; only the Mexica of Tenochtitlan and Tlatelolco and their companions from Cuauhtitlan and Churubusco could penetrate beyond Tochtepec
Tochtepec, a place that was recognized as a gateway to the province of Anahuac, had a house that belonged to the Tlatelolca, where the vanguard merchants were invited to a banquet. They would arrive bearing gifts, such as chocolate beaters (acacuahuitl), that were borne on the backs of human carriers.