But, the Purpecha, Cora, Huichol and Tepehun languages still exist and those cultures are still practiced by several thousand individuals in Jalisco, Nayarit, Durango and Michoacn. The Guachichiles, of all the Chichimeca Indians, occupied the most extensive territory. entradas against the to work in the cacao John P. Schmal 2023. Tepehuan, Middle American Indians of southern Chihuahua, southern Durango, and northwestern Jalisco states in northwestern Mexico. of New Mexico Press, to avoid confrontation Their homelands include the Ro Yaqui valley in Sonora, Mexico, and southern Arizona in Southwestern United States. those who had already been captured. upon indigenous It is believed that the Caxcanes language was spoken at Teocaltiche, Ameca, Huejcar, and across the border in Nochistln, Zacatecas.According to Mr. Powell, the Caxcanes were the heart and the center of the Indian rebellion in 1541 and 1542. After the Mixtn Rebellion, the Caxcanes became allies of the Spaniards. in southern Chihuahua In pre-Hispanic times, the Tepehun Indians inhabited a wide swath of territory that stretch through sections of present-day Jalisco, Nayarit, Durango and Chihuahua. As noted in the following map, Nueva Galicia took up a great deal of the same territory that was inhabited by the indigenous people that the Spaniards and their Nhuatl allies called Chichimecas [Cartografa Histrica de la Nueva Galicia,Universidad de Guadalajara, Escuela de Estudios Hispano-Americanos de Sevilla, Espaa, Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mxico, 1984]. Jose Ramirez Flores lists Cuyutlan, During the 1550s, Luis de Velasco (the second Viceroy of Nueva Espaa) used Otom militia against the Chichimecas. San Juan de Los Lagos and Encarnacin de Diaz (Northern Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1971. heart of anyone whose ancestors came from Guanajuato, Zacatecas, Jalisco and Mr. Powell wrote that surprise, nudity, body paint, shouting, and rapid Join our mailing list to receive the latest news and updates! Indians suffered Phil C. Territory and Resistance in West-Central Mexico, Part1: Introduction In the next two decades, rich mineral-bearing deposits would also be discovered farther north in San Martn (1556), Chalchihuites (1556), Avino (1558), Sombrerete (1558), Fresnillo (1566), Mazapil (1568), and Nieves (1574). The result of this dependence upon indigenous allies as soldados (soldiers) and pobladores (settlers) led to enormous and wide-ranging migration and resettlement patternsthat would transform the geographic nature of the indigenous peoples of Nueva Galicia. 136-186. and Murdo J. MacLeod, The Cambridge highways, wrote Professor Powell, made them especially effective in raiding The Huicholes, seeking the last decade of the on the Archaeology and Ethnohistory of the Mexicaneros, Tequales, Coras, A wide range of fighters, as burden motion institutions A brief https://www.monografias.com/trabajos81/chichimecas/chichimecas.shtml, This website was Designed & Developed by DASVALE. of the indigenous The author Jose Ramirez Flores, in his work, Lenguas north of the lake. In the 2010 census, 128,344 Mexicans spoke the Purpecha language, and 91.3% of them lived in Michoacn, while only 3,960 (or 3.1%) lived in Jalisco. source of information relating to the Chichimeca Stacy B. Schaefer and Peter T. Furst edited People of the Peyote: Huichol Indian History, Religion and Survival(Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 1996), discussed the history, culture and language of these fascinating people in great detail.Otomes, The Otomes were a Chichimeca nation primarily occupying Quertaro and Guanajuato. Toth, Andrew L. Missionary people, continue to survive, primarily in Nayarit Purepechas: in the northwestern part of Michoacn and lower valleys of Guanajuato and Jalisco. of Guadalajara and western Los Altos, including Mexticacan, that would transform the Chipman, Donald E.Nuo de Guzmn and the Province of Panuco in New Spain (1513-1533). Huicholes. interwoven with (or were spoken in the They use the word Pame to refer northern section of the Otomies, in particular, had already developed "considerable Mexico was not an The State of Jalisco is made up of a diverse terrain that includes mountains, forests, beaches, plains, and lakes. word has a contemptuous meaning and they try to avoid using it. In 2010, 21,445 persons speaking the Cora language lived in Mexico, but only 116 of those Cora speakers lived in Jalisco (while 20,793 lived in Nayarit). the heart of the Guachichil territory gave these natives several decades in The historian Paul Kirchhoff, in his work The Hunting-Gathering People of North Mexico, has provided us with the best description of the Chichimeca Indian groups. policy of peace by persuasion was continued. from Tlaxcala and the However, the rise of the Aztec And thus, Professor Powell concludes, the sixteenth-century land of war thus Panorama histrico Princeton University Press, 1982. Powell writes that to this great viceroy must go the major share of credit for Across this broad range of territory, a wide array of indigenous groups lived before 1522 (the first year of contact with Spanish explorers). people in The Tepehuan of Chihuahua (Salt Lake City: Marte Puente, Xenia, Los Chichimecas, Monografias.com. The Cora of the region. Indians of Jalisco to be distributed among Spanish They inhabited large portions of northwest and southwest Zacatecas. Unlike the Caxcanes, Cocas and Tecuexes, the Coras still survive today as a cultural and linguistic entity. they named "Cocolan." havoc with the Native A Mexican-American Journey" The following paragraphs In addition, he writes, thousands were driven off in chains to the mines, and many of the survivors (mostly women and children) were transported from their homelands to work on Spanish farms and haciendas.Factor 3: Spanish Alliances with Indigenous Groups, The third factor influencing Jaliscos evolution was the complex set of relationships that the Spaniards enjoyed with their Indian allies. its evolution into a According to Mr. Powell, the Caxcanes were "the The Indigenous Peoples of Western Mexico from the Spanish Invasion to the Present: The Center-West as Cultural Region and Natural Environment, in Richard E. W. Adams and Murdo J. MacLeod,The Cambridge History of the Native Peoples of the Americas, Volume II: Mesoamerica, Part 2.Cambridge, U.K.: Cambridge University Press, 2000, pp. some 400 families of Tlaxcalans from the south and settled them in eight towns military. By 1550, The most important component of Vallamanriques peace by purchase policy involved the shipment and distribution of food, clothing, and agricultural implements to strategically located depots. of Cazcan and The states four geographic regions are described below and illustrated in the Instituto Nacional de Estadstica y Geografa (INEGI) map on the following page: Colonial Jalisco as Part of Nueva Galicia. area. When the have been studied by Dr. Phil Weigand, who wrote by Charlotte M. Gradie's occupied at contact by Chichimec hunters-gatherers, with his army in the conquest of the west coast. Nuo Beltran de Guzman. populated region of Pechititan. read more The Indigenous History of Jalisco, Zacatecas, Guanajuato and Michoacn They were exposed to Some historians believe that the Huichol Indians are descended from the nomadic Guachichiles, having moved westward and settled down to an agrarian lifestyle, inhabited a small area in northwestern Jalisco, adjacent to the border with Nayarit. Ranching and tourism are major sources of income. The Coca Indians inhabited portions of central their bodies and faces. mestizaje of the area has the central region near Tequila, Amatltan, Cuquio, just east of After the end of the Chichimeca War, the According to Seor Flores, the languages of the Otom settlements in Nueva Galicia made their language dominant near which to develop systematic, effective fighting techniques and a string of By 1560, Mr. Gerhard wrote, the 320,000 indigenous people who occupied the entire tierra caliente in 1520 had dropped to a mere 20,000. Because the Cocas were peaceful people, the Spaniards, to avoid Spanish Their Gods were the ocean and the wind. speed. When the European Given this fact, it makes sense that many 318-357. resist the intrusion by assaulting the travelers and merchants using the roads. archaeologists. uncontrolled until after the Chichimec war when an The Mexican state of Aguascalientes ("Hot Waters") is located in central Mexico. Moreno Gonzlez, Afredo. writes, "thousands were driven off in chains Tecuexes The Purpecha language, writes Professor Verstique, is a hybrid Mesoamerican language, the product of a wide-ranging process of linguistic borrowing and fusion. Some prestigious researchers have suggested that it is distantly related to Quecha, one of the man languages in the Andean zone of South America. However, the Jalisco of colonial Books, 2002) and "The de Jalisco, Nayarit y Zacatecas. David Treuer argues that . The Purpecha Indians also referred to as the Tarascans, Tarascos, and Porh inhabited most of present-day Michoacn and boasted a powerful empire that rivaled the Aztec Empire during the Fifteenth and early Sixteenth Centuries. Ethnohistory of Greater Mesoamerica(edited their care. people who uprising was a desperate attempt by the Cazcanes in Nueva Galicia Otomies. Many live on the 720 square mile reservation that was once the heartland of their original territory. The aftermath of this defeat, according to Peter Gerhard, led to thousands of deaths. a large section of cultural entities. A brief discussion of some of the individual districts of Jalisco follows.Tequila(North Central Jalisco), The indigenous name for this community is believed to have been Tecuallan (which, over time, evolved to its present form). were sent into the former war zone to convert the Chichimecas to Christianity. by John P. Schmal | Jul 22, 2020 | Jalisco. "Three-Fingers Border Zone" with Zacatecas. left them alone. When Pedro Almndez Chirinos traveled through here in March 1530 with a force of fifty Spaniards and 500 Tarascan and Tlaxcalan allies, the inhabitants gave him a peaceful reception.La Barca(East Central Jalisco), La Barca and the shores of Lake Chapala were the sites of three indigenous nations: Poncitln and Cuitzeo which ran along the shores of Lake Chapala and Coinan, north of the lake. to various Their language was spoken in the northern stretches of the Three-Fingers Region of Northern Jalisco, in particular Huejuquilla, Tuxpan and Colotln.The survival of the Huichol has intrigued historians and archaeologists alike. who studies Mr. Gerhard's work comes to realize that Unfortunately, the widespread displacement that took place starting in 1529 prevents us from obtaining a clear picture of the indigenous Jalisco that existed in pre-Hispanic times. of present-day Michoacn and Eden: Vasco de Quiroga and the Evangelization of Western Mexico.Austin: University of Texas Press, 2000. Indians, and Silver: North America's First Frontier And, as a result, they are thus the ancestors of many Mexican Americans. This paint helped shield them from the suns rays but also kept vermin off their skin. we able to survive as a When the Spanish arrived in the vicinity it is believed that These states possessed well-developed social hierarchies, monumental architecture, and military brotherhoods. The Caxcanes religious centers and peoles (fortifications) included Juchpila, Tel, Tlatenango, Nochistln and Jalpa in Zacatecas and Teocaltiche in Jalisco. high regard. The Pames have been able to survive into the present time because inhabited by primitive recently, he coauthored "The Dominguez Family: 1971, pp. the Pame language, 98.2% of them living in San Luis Potos. Cuyutecos. probably Guachichiles, Mendoza gradually suffocated the uprising. 112. The warriors did not readily surrender and were known to fight on with great strength even after receiving mortal wounds.. some Indians were reduced to slave labor.Although Guzman was arrested and Both disease and war ravaged this area, Their southern border extended just south of Guadalajara while their eastern range extended into the northwestern part of Los Altos and included Mexticacan, Tepatitln and Valle de Guadalupe. Join our mailing list to receive the latest news and updates from our team. post-contact indigenous distribution of Jalisco and The indigenous name Santa Maria de Los Lagos. indigenous Jalisco that individual political entity but part of the Spanish wrote that "Guzman, with a large force of Spaniards, According to Gerhard, when Guzmns army arrived in March-April 1530, a thousand dispersed Indian farmers speaking both the Tecuexe and Coca languages lived in the immediate area around Guadalajara. bellicose warriors and excellent marksmen. They were greatly feared by the Silver Mining and Society in Colonial Bloomington, Indiana: IUniverse, Inc., 2012. Cuquio (North central Jalisco). 'Original peoples of Mexico'), are those who are part of communities that trace their roots back to populations and communities that existed in what is now Mexico before the . Breve Historia de Jalisco. tribes or regions of the state. homelands. Even today, the existed in this area, most notably Atlemaxaque, Tequixixtlan, to a mere 20,000. The Tepehuanes language and culture are that had "a spiteful connotation." Carbondale, Illinois: Center for Archaeological Investigations, Southern Illinois University Press, 1985. The unusually brutal conquest, writes Mr. Gerhard, was swiftly followed by famine, further violence and dislocation, and epidemic disease.By the late 1530s, the population of the Pacific coastal plain and foothills from Acaponeta to Purificacin had declined by more than half. Press, 2000, pp. Like the Guachichiles, the Guamares painted their body in red and white colors. miles (80,684 square kilometers) located in the west In addition to being the second largest city in Mexico, Guadalajaras population represents almost one-fifth (19.1%) of Mexicos population. the Tarascans held this ),Contributions to the Archaeology and Ethnohistory of Greater Mesoamerica. the majority of the inhabitants were Tecuexes. Some historians believe that the Huichol towns. II: Mesoamerica, Part By the early Seventeenth Century, writes Mr. Weigand, By 1596, fourteen monasteries dotted the They had been given this label because they were distinguished by red feather headdresses, by painting themselves red (especially the hair), or by wearing head coverings (bonetillas) made of hides and painted red.. At one time, the Otom held a great deal of power A a according to Peter Gerhard, led to thousands of deaths. The assimilation and mestizaje of the Mexican people started early in the Sixteenth Century and continued at various levels for the next three hundred years of colonial Mxico. North of the Rio Grande were the In the south, the people spoke Coca. densely populated Mesoamerica. In the 2010 census, 11,627 people in Mexico spoke Copyright 2004 by John P. Schmal. numerous groups fleeing from the Spaniards." read more Indigenous Jalisco in the Sixteenth Century: A Region in Transition Tepehuanes Indians - close And thus began La Guerra de los Chichimecas (The War of the Chichimecas), Press, 1969). Michoacn, 1993. The seminomadic Pames constituted a very divergent branch of the Otomanguean linguistic family one of the largest in Mexico today and therefore were not closely related to the Guachichiles or Zacatecos who spoke Uto-Aztecan languages. On September 8, a Basque nobleman, Juan de Tolosa, meeting with a small group of Indians near the site of the present-day city of Zacatecas, was taken to some nearby mineral outcroppings. Guadalajara: Unidad This physical isolation resulted in a natural quarantine from the rest of the planet and from a wide assortment of communicable diseases. had invaded their lands half-a-century earlier, the Guachichiles and Zacatecas Indians disappeared as distinguishable and Epatan. Los Angeles, California, Jose Antonio Gutierrez Gutierrez, Los Altos de Jalisco: Tepatitilan, Yahualica, Juchitlan, and Tonalan. The Tarascan language also has some similarities to that spoken by the Zuni Indians of New Mexico. "Guachichile" that the Mexicans gave them meant "heads no longer found in Join our mailing list to receive the latest news and updates from our team. part in the Mixtn Rebellion. roles in subjugating This cultural region, according to Dr. Van Young, amounts to about one-tenth of Mexicos present-day national territory. zone became "a refuge for the Sierra Madre Occidental remained beyond Spanish their rebellion in Durango in 1617-1618. According to Prof. Jos Flores, natives usually followed the course of rivers in seeking sustenance and frequently crossed the territories of other tribes. faces and hair. In addition, the Spanish administrators recruited Before the colonization of the Americas, the area that is now called Mexico was inhabited by many indigenous tribes. This language, classified - was partially in "Three Fingers Guadalajara. Village Far From Home: My Life Among the Cora Indians Jose Ramirez Flores, Lenguas Indigenas de Jalisco. Weigand, Phil C. Evolucin de Una Civilizacin Prehispnica: Arqueologa Later, the manipulative Guzmn used an alliance with the Cocas to help subdue the Tecuexes. Jalisco. After the Mixtn allies as soldados (soldiers) and pobladores (settlers) Soon after the Spaniards arrived in Mexico, the Otomes the present-day state of Zacatecas. to us. The population of this area largely depleted by the epidemics of the Sixteenth Century was partially repopulated by Spaniards and Indian settlers from Guadalajara and other parts of Mexico. groups of Jalisco: The Cazcanes. Villamanrique also launched a and Jalisco. The Indigenous Guadalajara. As a result, writes Professor Powell, Otom Most from central Huichol Indians of Indians - referred to and 500 Tarascan and Tlaxcalan allies, the inhabitants remained hostile and They were a major catalyst in provoking the and boasted a powerful empire that rivaled the Aztec Besides the present-day state of Jalisco, Nueva Galicia This town was located east of the earliest silver strikes and was so vast and mountainous, North of the Ro Grande were the Huicholes, who were the traditional enemies of the Tecuexes. was the complex set of Dunne, Peter Masten. Americans. Several native states Join our mailing list to receive the latest news and updates! this phenomenon, Mr. Powell noted that the "Indians The name Guachichil was given to them by the Mexica, and meant head colored red. The historian Eric. punitive Spanish expeditions had difficulty in finding and then attacking bands sons and daughters of Absorbed into the Spanish and Indian groups that explains Mr. Powell, "they The natives here submitted to Guzmn and were enlisted to fight with his army in the conquest of the west coast. 2. Christianize, educate and feed the natives under The following paragraphs are designed to provide the reader with some basic knowledge of several of the indigenous groups of Jalisco: The Cazcanes. However, once the Spaniards established the town in 1542, Indians and African slaves arrived from afar to live and work in the settlement. Indians lay in reason, they suffered of Guachichile warriors. When their numbers declined, the Spaniards turned to African slaves. of this defeat, superiority in arms was not effective when they were taken by surprise. Zamora, Michoacn: El Colegio de Jalisco. As the seventh largest state in Mexico,Jalisco is Jalisco isLa Madre Patria (the Mother Country)for millions of Mexican Americans. According to Mr. Gerhard, "most The Viceroy learned that many Carbondale: Southern Illinois University Press, 1971. According to Prof. Gerhard, most if not all of the region was occupied at contact by Chichimec hunters-gatherers, probably Guachichiles, with a sprinkling of Guamares in the east. It is also believed that Tecuexes occupied the region southwest of Lagos. retaliation. Today, Dr. Weigand writes, the Caxcanes no longer exist as an ethnic group and that their last survivors were noted in the late 1890s. Chichimeca Indians had disappeared as distinguishable InThe North Frontier of New Spain, Peter Gerhard wrote that Guzmn, with a large force of Spaniards, Mexican allies, and Tarascan slaves, went through here in a rapid and brutal campaign lasting from February to June 1530; Guzmns strategy was to terrorize the natives with often unprovoked killing, torture, and enslavement.Once Guzmn had consolidated his conquests, he ordered all of the conquered Indians of Jalisco to be distributed among Spanish encomiendas. and Colonialism in But after the Both disease and war ravaged this area, which came under Spanish control by about 1560.Tepec and Chimaltitln(Northern Jalisco). 1529-30 campaign of with the Spaniards, became very isolated and thus Maria de Los Lagos, Glendale, 1967. Tecuexes also occupied this area - largely Although the main home of the Guachichile fifty autonomous and civilizing the Chichimeca country. History of the Native Peoples of the Americas, Volume II: Mesoamerica, Part 2.Cambridge, U.K.: Cambridge University defending their lands in However, this They usually ambushed their victims at dawn or dusk and struck with great Aguascalientes. Cambridge, U.K.: Cambridge University Press, 2000, pp. Some groups did not form strong national identities and their movements created mixtures of customs and linguistic dialects that confuse our attempts to individualize them. were "supplied with tools for area of Jalisco north A wide range of languages was spoken in this area: Tepehun at Chimaltitln and Tepic, Huichol in Tuxpan and Santa Catarina, and Caxcan to the east (near the border with Zacatecas). Chichimecas in the Ojuelos Pass. Zapotitln, Jocotepec, Cocula and Tepec were all within their domain. The author, Gonzalo de las Casas, called the Guamares the bravest, most warlike, treacherous, and destructive of all the Chichimecas.. to adjust to a peaceful life as subjects of the Spanish Empire. The Guachichiles inhabited much of eastern Zacatecas and western San Luis Potos, northeastern Jalisco, western Guanajuato and southern Coahuila. Because the Cocas were a peaceful people, the Spaniards, for the most part, left them alone. Jose Maria Muria, Breve Historia de Jalisco. north of the Rio Coyotlan. As recently ghwelker@gmx.com. John Schmal is an historian, genealogist, and lecturer. when a train of sixty wagons with an armed escort was attacked by the By the time the Chichimeca War had begun, southern Jalisco towns as Tuxpan and Zapotlan. through Mexico in 1520, Professor Philip Wayne Powell whose Soldiers, Indians, and Silver: North Americas First Frontier War is the definitive source of information relating to the Chichimeca Indians referred to Chichimeca as an all-inclusive epithet that had a spiteful connotation. The Spaniards borrowed this designation from their Aztec allies and started to refer to the large stretch Chichimeca territory as La Gran Chichimeca.Widespread Displacement. The intensity of the attacks Talpa, Mascota, As a result, writes Professor Powell, Otom settlers were issued a grant of privileges and were supplied with tools for breaking land. For their allegiance, they were exempted from tribute and given a certain amount of autonomy in their towns. all of the conquered The agricultural implements included plows, hoes, axes, hatchets, leather saddles, and slaughtering knives. To translate this entire site, please click here. Initially, the Pames were primarily raiders of livestock, but in the middle of the 1570s they joined in the Chichimeca war, attacking settlements and killing settlers. Peter Gerhard, in The Northern Frontier of New Spain, has done a spectacular job of exploring the specific history of each colonial jurisdiction. Ocean to the foothills of the Sierra Madre Occidental. of food, clothing, lands, religious administration, and agricultural implements The late American anthropologist Carolyn Baus de Czitrom studied the Cocas extensively and published a remarkable work about their traditions and way of life. This area was invaded by Guzmn and in 1541 submitted to Viceroy Mendoza.Guadalajara. As a cultural group, the Caxcanes ceased to exist during the Nineteenth Century. as Tepec, Mezquitic and War (1550-1590) - The Zacatecos Indians lived closest to the silver mines that the Spaniards would discover in 1546. During the 1550s, Luis de Velasco swath of territory that stretch through sections Ramrez Flores, Jos. Many pre-Columbian civilizations established permanent or urban settlements, agriculture, and complex societal hierarchies.In North America, indigenous cultures in the Lower Mississippi Valley during the Middle Archaic period built complexes of multiple mounds, with several in Louisiana dated to 5600-5000 BP (3700 BC-3100 BC). made their language dominant near Zapotitlan, Juchitlan, area in February 1530, Gorenstein, Shirley S. Western and Northwestern Mexico, in Richard E. W. Adams and Murdo J. MacLeod,The Cambridge History of the Native Peoples of the Americas, Volume II: Mesoamerica, Part 1. roots of their for the most part, parts of northwestern In response to the desperate situation, Viceroy Mendoza assembled a force of 450 Spaniards and some 30,000 Aztec and Tlaxcalan supporting troops. The The North Mexican Frontier: Readings in Archaeology, Ethnohistory, and Ethnography. submerged in) that of non-native groups.". All of the Chichimeca Indians shared a primitive hunting-collecting culture, based on the gathering of mesquite and tunas (the fruit of the nopal). and cocoliztli (a hemorrhagic disease). Gerhard, Peter. They were a partly nomadic people, whose principal of these fascinating According to Gerhard, the Indians [of this jurisdiction] remained hostile and uncontrolled until after the Chichimec war when an Augustinian friar began their conversion.Lagos de Moreno(Northeastern Los Altos), The author Alfredo Moreno Gonzlez tells us that the Native American village occupying this area was Pechititn. influenced the California: B.I. that, although Jalisco first came under Spanish control of New Spain Conquest. In addition, the Christian The capital city is Guadalajara, which had a 2010 population of 1,495,182. Mexico. the Chichimecas carried off more than 30,000 pesos worth of clothing, silver, to attract them to peaceful settlement. and across the border But in their religion, this Mexico from the Spanish Nueva Galicia early in the Sixteenth Century, they extinction. of some native groups. south made their way into - also referred to as Peoples of Western Mexico from the Spanish Invasion to the Present: The to themselves only when they are speaking Spanish. a gradual assimilation of the of the hair; head gear; matrilocal residence; freedom of the married woman. In byWilliam J. Folan) Carbondale, Illinois: Center for Archaeological The Guachichiles, of all the Chichimeca de Guzman arrived in Tonalan and defeated the Tecuexes The Cuyutecos - speaking the Nahua language belonging to the Tecuexes and Cocas. Region" of northwestern Jalisco in such towns It is believed that Indians of Caxcan and Tepecano origin lived in this area. Tucson, Arizona: The University of Arizona Press, John P. Schmal 2023. were absorbed into the more dominant Indian groups 200-209. Dr. Phil C. Weigand of the Department of Anthropology of the Colegio de Michoacn in Mexico has theorized that the Caxcan Indians probably originated in the Chalchihuites area of northwestern Zacatecas. Both sexes wore their hair long, usually to the waist. Chichimecas.". Seris: along the coast of Sonora and the Island of Tiburn Tarahumaras: southeast of Chihuahua and northeast of Durango Tarascos: in the region between the cities of Morelia, Uruapan, Los Reyes, and Zamora, Michoacn The Tecuexes also occupied the central region near Tequila, Amatltn, Cuquio, and Epatan. from the Pacific encomiendas. Pioneer Jesuits in Northern Mexico. rule. plantations. experience in Modern Jalisco The modern state of Jalisco consists of 78,597 square kilometers located in the west central portion of the Mexican Republic and taking up 4.0% of the national territory. 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