1911 Encyclopædia Britannica/Cakchiquel

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CAKCHIQUEL, a tribe of Central American Indians of Mayan stock, inhabiting parts of Guatemala. Their name is said to be that of a native tree. At the conquest they were found to be in a much civilized condition.

See D. G. Brinton, Annals of the Cakchiquels.