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Rh though the aim and destination were divulged to but a few, owing to the distrust still entertained of the Tezcucans.

On the Tecama Plain, four miles from Tezcuco, a hostile force approached, probably by accident. After routing them the army encamped. The following day they proceeded to Xaltocan, a prominent