CHAPTER XI.
The original settlers, or the most ancient natives now living in Mexico, are the Toltec, Chichimecos, and Aztec, although tradition tells us, and we have every reason to believe it is true, that there were older dwellers in Mexico than the red men.
Toltec, Aztec, etc., all credit the discovery of Mexico to the Northmen. Carthagenians, and Egyptians, long before the coming of Christ.
There are different theories about the Toltecs. Some have it that, in the year 472, others in 544, they were, on account of dissatisfaction with their ruler, expelled from their own country, called Tollan, lying off the north-eastern part of Mexico. After travelling and roaming through different parts of Mexico, they finally, in the year 600. came to a halt and settled themselves down and built themselves a town called Tula, lying about twenty-two leagues southeast of the city of
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