[204] _Ixtlilxochitl_, _Hist. Chich._, 294. Brasseur de Bourbourg, by a misconstruction of his authorities, calls him Tlacochcalcatl. _Codex Chimalpopoca_, in _Brasseur de Bourbourg_, _Hist. Nat. Civ._, iv. 93. See _Sahagun_, _Hist. Conq._, 16. [205] ‘Una gordura monstruosa.... Fue necesario que Cortés detuviesse la risa de los soldados.’ _Solis_, _Hist. Mex._, i. 175. [206] ‘Se hizo el alojamento en el patio del Templo mayor.’ _Herrera_, dec. ii. lib. v. cap. viii. [207] For the reigns of their kings, see _Torquemada_, i. 278-80. Robertson, _Hist. Am._, ii. 31, wrongly assumes the Totonacs to be a fierce people, different from Cempoalans. [208] ‘Toda aquella provincia de Cempoal y toda la sierra comarcana á la dicha villa, que serán hasta cinquenta mil hombres de guerra y cincuenta villas y fortalezas.’ _Cortés_, _Cartas_, 53. ‘Cien mil hõbres entre toda la liga.’ _Gomara_, _Hist. Mex._, 57. ‘En aquellas tierras de la lengua de Totonaque, que eran mas de trienta pueblos.’ _Bernal Diaz_, _Hist. Verdad._, 31. The province appears to have extended from Rio de la Antigua to Huaxtecapan, in the north of Vera Cruz, and from the sea to Zacatlan, in Puebla. Patiño assumes Mixquhuacan to have been the capital, but this must be a mistake. [209] Gomara relates that the army remained at Cempoala fifteen days, during which frequent visits were made by the lord, Cortés paying the first return visit on the third day, attended by fifty soldiers. He describes briefly the palace, and how Cortés, seated by the side of the lord, on icpalli stools, now won his confidence and adhesion. _Hist. Mex._, 51-3; _Tapia_, _Rel._, in _Icazbalceta_, _Col. Doc._, ii. 561; _Herrera_, dec. ii. lib. v. cap. x. Bernal Diaz declares Gomara wrong, and insists that they proceeded on their way the following day. _Hist. Verdad._, 31; _Clavigero_, _Storia Mess._, iii. 26-7. [210] For illustrated description of barranca ruins, see _Native Races_, iv. 439 et seq. [211] Ávila, who had command, was so strict as to lance Hernando Alonso de Villanueva for not keeping in line. Lamed in the arm, he received the nickname of el Manquillo. _Bernal Diaz_, _Hist. Verdad._, 31. The riders were obliged to retain their seats, lest the Indians should suppose that the horses could be deterred by any obstacles. _Gomara_, _Hist. Mex._, 53. [212] _Vetancvrt_, _Teatro Mex._, pt. iii. 117. Others suppose that he came merely to persuade the cacique to join Cortés. _Clavigero_, _Storia Mess._, iii. 27. [213] Four men. _Ixtlilxochitl_, _Hist. Chich._, 289. ‘Twenty men,’ says Gomara, _Hist. Mex._, 54, who does not refer to the arrival of Cempoala’s lord.