The Annals of the CakchiquelsArana Xajilá, Francisco Hernández
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The Annals of the Cakchiquels
Arana Xajilá, Francisco Hernández
Cakchikel Indians; Cakchikel literature; Guatemala -- History -- To 1821
_Then the Revolt Took Place at Iximche._
99. Vae xa vuleuh ri ru xe [c]haoh xtiquer Akahal vinak qui [c]ulel
Tukuchee; xax [c]ot cavex Akahal vinak cuma Tukuchee; cani [c]a xchapo
ri x[t]açin ri vinak tok x[c]ot avex, tzam Chi[c]ib xban vi oher ruma
vinak.
99. A question of land was the real cause of the struggle, when the
Akahals strove with the Tukuches, because the harvests of the
Akahals had been destroyed by the Tukuches. Those who beat the
persons injuring the harvests were seized at the point of Chiqib,
the place where this took place among those men of old.
100. Xa[c]a [t]ana vinakil quichin ahaua Cablahuh Tihax, Oxlahuh [c]ij
ruma Tukuchee, ruma Akahal vinak, ha[c]a tan cahaual Tukuchee ri Cay
Hunahpu ru bi, atzih vinak Cavek, he navipe ri ahaua [c]iria Yyu,
Tox[c]om Noh qui bi; xa[c]a xret vachih ru [t]a[t]al ri ahauh Cay
Hunahpu, xa [c]iy ral ru[c]ahol, xa[c]a maqui xya Akahal vinak chi camic
chirichin ruma Ahpopço[c,]il Ahpopxahil, camel tah Akahal vinak chu
[c]ux Cay Hunahpu; quere[c]a xebe vi chirih ahauh Cablahuh Tihax,
Oxlahuh [c,]ij ruma Cay Hunahpu, xax ru[c]in vi [c]a xcako ruvach chire
Ahpopço[c,]il Ahpopxahil, xata ruyon xahauar xraho ahauh. Tok xnimatah
[c]a [c]haoh cuma ahaua, ha ahauh Cay Hunahpu ki xahoon ru banic yuhuh,
ha [c]ari ahauh Cay Hunahpu kitzih labal ru[c]ux, xax maqui chivi xraho
ahauh xelahibex ruvach cuma ahaua, Oxlahuh [c,]ij, Cablahuh Tihax, xa
nima tahinak chic ahauh, tok xelahibex ruvach, he maqui yuhuh cahoom
ahaua al[c]ahol, pokon xquina; quere[c]a kitzih xibin ri quichin ahaua
xuna Cay Hunahpu xax maqui chivi xraho x[t]il.
100. The judges in this affair were the kings Cablahuh Tihax and
Oxlahuh tzy, for the Tukuches; and for the Akahals, the Tukuche
chief called Cay Hunahpu, the head chief Cavek, and the chiefs
Qiriayu and Toxqomnoh. One could see in Cay Hunahpu the demeanor of
supreme power, and he had many vassals; but the Ahpopzotzils and
the Ahpopxahils refused to deliver up to him the Akahals to be
slain. For already in his heart Cay Hunahpu had resolved to destroy
the Akahals. For this reason there was a revolt against Cablahuh
Tihax and Oxlahuh tzy, by the instigation of Cay Hunahpu; for this
chief disliked the Ahpopzotzil and the Ahpopxahil, and would have
liked to rule alone. Thus the revolt spread among the chiefs. The
chief Cay Hunahpu desired the revolt; for this chief Cay Hunahpu
had resolved in his heart the revolt, and he could not be satisfied
until he had forced the kings Oxlahuh tzy and Cablahuh Tihax to
humble themselves that he might become great. Then these princes
did humble themselves, that there should not be a conflict between
their people, and they grieved deeply. Thus did Cay Hunahpu
frighten these two kings; but he could not be satisfied without
using violence.
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