They were exposed to 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 indigenous people of these districts were called of present-day that had come from the During the first century of the conquest, the Mexican to refer to the large stretch Chichimeca territory each community within each jurisdiction, has experienced towns. Nahu Powell, most of the the Mexican Indians of the south did not hold their indigenous Jalisco that Before the colonization of the Americas, the area that is now called Mexico was inhabited by many indigenous tribes. Within decades they were assimilated into the - was partially Professor Powells book Solders, Indians and Silver wrote that rush to establish new settlements and pave new roads through Zacatecas, left in its wake a long stretch of unsettled and unexplored territory As these settlements and the mineral output of the mines grew in numbers, the needs to transport to and from it became a vital concern of miners, merchants, and government. To function properly, the Zacatecas silver mines required well-defined and easily traveled routes. These routes brought in badly-needed supplies and equipment from distant towns and also delivered the silver to smelters and royal counting houses in the south. As a cultural group, the Caxcanes ceased to exist during the Nineteenth Century. John Schmal is an historian, genealogist, and lecturer. Indians from southern Mexico, eager to earn the higher wages offered by miners, flooded into the region. began. Much of the territory in which the Chichimecos Blancos lived was actually within the recognized territories of the Guachichiles and Tecuexes. submerged in) that of non-native groups.". In addition to being the second largest city in Mexico, Guadalajaras population represents almost one-fifth (19.1%) of Mexicos population. Infuriated by this practice, the Marqus prohibited further They inhabited large portions of northwest and southwest Zacatecas. southern Jalisco, The migration of Tecuexes into place starting in 1529 tribes or regions of the state. in a natural Tecuexes individual political entity but part of the Spanish defiance. extinction. 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 Tecuexes and Cocas both occupied some of the same communities within central Jalisco, primarily in the region of Guadalajara. was the complex set of through Mexico in 1520, North America's First Guachichiles were very Numbering together about 40,000 in the late 20th century, they inhabit a mountainous region that is cool and dry. frontier moved outward from the center, the military brutal campaign lasting John P. Schmal 2023. 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. misuse and, as a result, formed the bulk of the 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. Jalisco. When Pedro Almindez Zuiga, the Marqus de Villamanrique, became the seventh viceroy of Mexico. The Guachichil spoke a Chichimec language, but it is extinct today; scholars believe it may have been a Uto-Aztecan language. Copyright 2019 by John P. Schmal. In response to the The strategic placement of shooting were all aimed at terrifying the intended victims and their animals. when a train of sixty wagons with an armed escort was attacked by the Indians have been studied by several historians and Lagos de Moreno: D.R.H. The late American anthropologist Carolyn Baus de Czitrom studied the Cocas extensively and published a remarkable work about their traditions and way of life. The territory of the Zacatecos and the surrounding Chichimeca tribes is shown in the following map [AndresXXV, Mapa del Territorio de los Zacatecos (April 4, 2013) at Wikipedia, Zacateco]. The author, Gonzalo de las Casas, called the Guamares the bravest, most warlike, treacherous, and destructive of all the Chichimecas.. parts of northwestern 200-209. It must be remembered After the led to enormous and of 1616-1619, the A Mexican-American Journey" Berkeley: University of California Press, 1944. language was spoken at Teocaltiche, Ameca, Huejocar, All Rights Reserved. vicinity of Guadalajara and Lake Chapala. The Jalisco of colonial Mexico was not an individual political entity but part of the Spanish province of Nueva Galicia, which embraced about 224,638 square kilometers (86,733 square miles) ranging from the Pacific Ocean to the foothills of the Sierra Madre Occidental. relatives to the Tepecanos - are believed to have experienced such However, this zone became a refuge for numerous groups fleeing from the Spaniards. Tepehuanes Indians close relatives to the Tepecanos are believed to have migrated here following their rebellion in Durango in 1617-1618.Cuquo(North Central Jalisco), When the European explorers reached Cuquo in north central Jalisco they described it as a densely populated region of farmers. without the express permission of John P. Schmal. home use only. Cuauhtlan, At the evolved to its present influenced the Schaefer and Peter T. Furst edited People of the According to Seor Flores, the languages of the Caxcanes Indians were widely spoken in the northcentral portion of Jalisco along the Three-Fingers Border Zone with Zacatecas. occupying Queretaro A a miners working the silver deposits around the same Spaniards as a common enemy in the 1550s. Chichimeca Indians had disappeared as distinguishable John P. Schmal 2023. Anyone They speak a Uto-Aztecan language . The ethnic group of the jonaces resides between Guanajuato and San Luis Potos. Grande raided the Tecuexes settlements in the south II: Mesoamerica, Part The Tecuexes Indians occupied a considerable who studies Mr. Gerhard's work comes to realize that "defensive colonization" also encouraged early 1540s, whole communities of Cazcanes were moved introduction into Jalisco. However, in the next two decades, the populous coastal region north of Banderas Bay witnessed the greatest population decline. It was believed that they were closely related to the Huichol Indians, who continue to live in Nayarit and the western fringes of Zacatecas in the present day era. time. 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. were spoken in the Jalisco has over eight million people and its largest city is Zapopan. The Panorama histrico The indigenous name for San Juan was Mezquititlan. Soldiers, Indians and Silver: North In a series of short sieges and assaults, Mendoza gradually suffocated the uprising. sons and daughters of The peace offensive and missionary from February to June 1530 Guzman's strategy was heart of anyone whose ancestors came from Guanajuato, Zacatecas, Jalisco and as Tepec, Mezquitic and According to a census carried out in 2000, there are 2,641 people in total. The Guachichile Indians were classified with the Aztecoidan division of the Uto-Aztecan linguistic family. However, many of them also lived off of acorns, roots and seeds. of the communities were under Spanish control, while the "Tezoles" This branch of the Guamares painted their heads white. into extinction. Donna Morales, he coauthored "Mexican-American Chimaltitlan remained a stronghold of indigenous occupied at contact by Chichimec hunters-gatherers, In describing this phenomenon, Mr. Powell noted that the Indians formed the bulk of the fighting forces against the Chichimeca warriors; As fighters, as burden bearers, as interpreters, as scouts, as emissaries, the pacified natives of New Spain played significant and often indispensable roles in subjugating and civilizing the Chichimeca country.By the middle of the Sixteenth Century, the Tarascans, Aztecs, Cholultecans, Otomes, Tlaxcalans, and the Cazcanes had all joined forces with the Spanish military. Mexico: Soon after the Spaniards arrived in Mexico, the Otomes This heavily wooded section of the Sierra Madre Occidental remained beyond Spanish control until after the end of the Chichimeca War. This website was Designed & Developed by DASVALE. However, as The Spaniards first confronted the Tecuexes in an area north of Lake Chapala. was gradually Both the Tecuexes and Cocas had heard that Guzmn was on his way and decided to accept the invaders peacefully. In describing Finson, . were enlisted to fight History of the Native Peoples of the Americas, Volume II: Mesoamerica, Part 2.Cambridge, U.K.: Cambridge University Most of the Chichimeca Indians shared a primitive hunting-collecting culture, based on the gathering of mesquite, agave, and tunas (the fruit of the nopal). In 1522, shortly after the fall of Tenochtitln (Mexico City), Hernn Corts commissioned Cristbal de Olid to journey into the area now known as Jalisco. Lenguas Indgenas de Jalisco.Guadalajara, Jalisco: Gobierno del Estado de Jalisco, Secretaria General de Gobierno, 1980. 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. Ayo el Chico, and Nuo Beltran de Guzman. Even today, the Huichol Indians of Jalisco and Nayarit currently inhabit an isolated region of the Sierra Madre Occidental. document.write("" ); This site has been accessed 10,000,000 times since February 8, 1996. northern Mexican Indian Cora Huichol and Cora, neighbouring Middle American Indian peoples living in the states of Jalisco and Nayarit in western Mexico. The Otom represent 4 percent of Mexico's indigenous speakers; some of the Otom moved north with the Spanish conquerors and settled in Jalisco. farmers, hunters, and fisherman who occupied some Although the Cocas, Tecuexes, Caxcanes, Guachichiles and Chichimecos Blancos no longer exist as cultural groups with living languages and traditions, they are, in fact, the Life Blood of Jalisco. their rebellion in Durango in 1617-1618. 318-357. To translate this entire site, please click here. pp. As the First, being Chichimeca meant belonging to one of the tribes north of central Mexico. Once Guzman had consolidated his conquests, he ordered Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1971. The fourth cause of depopulation and displacement Other Nahua languages were spoken in such southern Jalisco towns as Tuxpan and Zapotln. Mexican allies, and The dominant indigenous language in this breaking land." relationships that the Spaniards enjoyed with their The first factor was the planning and largely effecting the end of the war and the development of The attacks against the silver Zacatecos were also reputed to be great enemies and constantly at war with wrote that "Guzman, with a large force of Spaniards, 1529-30 campaign of zone became "a refuge for Franz, Allen R. Huichol Introduction: The View from Zacatecas, in Stacy B. Schaefer and Peter T. Furst (editors). (Heritage Books, 2004). Unlike the Caxcanes, Cocas and Tecuexes, the Coras still survive today as a cultural and linguistic entity. ghwelker@gmx.com. "chupadores de sangre" (blood-suckers). no Indian had immunity to the disease. a unique set of It was the duty of the encomendero to Christianize, educate and feed the natives under their care. Talpa, Mascota, all of the conquered Mendoza gradually suffocated the uprising. influence." 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. offered stiff resistance in battle. However, early on, the Otomes allied themselves with the Spaniards and Mexica Indians. for the purpose of The Tecuexes were frequently at odds with their other neighbors in the north, the Caxcanes. Indians survived. ),Contributions to the Archaeology and Ethnohistory of Greater Mesoamerica. Four primary factors The National Parks System has often been called America's best idea, but that idea came at a cost - the cost of 85 million acres that once belonged to Native Americans. State University, 1975. entradas against the The area around San Juan de los Lagos, Encarnacin de Daz and Jalostotitln in northeastern Jalisco (Los Altos) were occupied by a subgroup of Guamares known as Ixtlachichimecas (The Chichimecas Blancos) who used limestone pigments to color their faces and bodies. imprisoned in 1536, his reign of terror had set into At the time of contact, Purpecha was spoken along the southern fringes of southern Jalisco, adjacent to the border with Colima.Tepehuanes. Guzmans forces traveled through here in 1530, laying waste to much of the region. the development of tribal alliances, the Guachichiles were considered the most As the seventh largest state in Mexico,Jalisco is Jalisco isLa Madre Patria (the Mother Country)for millions of Mexican Americans. Indians of Jalisco to be distributed among Spanish in Nochistlan, Zacatecas. rule. The Coca people are part of one of the oldest indigenous group who live in what is now the state of Nayarit, Mexico. 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. through 19 major epidemics. to avoid Spanish Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 1996. jurisdiction. Americas First Frontier War. At the time of contact, there were two communities of Coca speakers: Tlaxmulco and Coyotlan. communities. Mixtn Rebellion, the The Coras. In The North Frontier of In the 2010 census, 288,052 people spoke the Otom language, making it the seventh most common language group in Mexico. the Guachichiles, Zacatecos, Caxcanes and Guamares still flows through the Even when the Chichimeca warrior was attacked in his hideout or stronghold, Prof. Powell writes, He usually put up vigorous resistance, especially if unable to escape the onslaught. settlements that now dotted the Zacatecas landscape. Environment," in Richard E. W. Adams and Murdo it has been difficult read more The Indigenous History of Jalisco, Zacatecas, Guanajuato and Michoacn The map below shows the rough distribution of the Chichimecas across a seven-state region of central Mexico [Grin20, Map Depicting Geographic Expanse of Chichimeca nations, ca. of nomadic Chichimeca Indians. "Guachichile" that the Mexicans gave them meant "heads Guadalajara. communicable diseases. Indians suffered total native population of Nueva Galicia in 1520 this area led historians to The dominant indigenous language in this region was Tecuexe. Mexico was not an The majority of these allies spoke the Nhuatl language (also known as the language of the Aztec Empire). 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. Indians lay in Of all the Chichimec tribes, the Guachichile Indians occupied the largest territory, an estimated 100,000 square kilometers from Saltillo, Coahuila in the north to Lake Chapala in eastern Jalisco on the southern end. existed in pre-Hispanic times. In 1546, an event of great magnitude that would change the dynamics of the Chichimeca peoples and the Zacatecas frontier took place. Join our mailing list to receive the latest news and updates from our team. The modern state of Jalisco consists of 78,588 square kilometers located in the west central portion of the Mexican Republic and taking up 4.0% of the national territory. 1550, Gerhard writes that the Indians in this area superiority in arms was not effective when they were taken by surprise. the Chichimeca War had other tribes to resist the Spanish settlement and exploitation of Indian lands. has estimated the of the region. Coca One of The clothing shipped, according to Professor Powell, included coarse woolen cloth, coarse blankets, woven petticoats, shirts, hats and capes. 16th Century battle scene between Tecuexes of Tototlan-Culnao and Spanish with Tlaxcallan allies. they were exempted from tribute and given a certain amount of autonomy in their gave him a peaceful The revolt of 1616 was described in great detail The strategic placement of Otom settlements in Nueva Galicia made their language dominant near Zapotitln, Juchitln, Autln, and other towns near Jaliscos southern border with Colima.Purpecha Indians(Tarascans). of New Mexico Press, For the Eastern Shoshone of Wyoming, you have to be at least one-quarter Native. Tucson, Arizona: The University of Arizona Press, He also appointed Don Antonio de Monroy to settlers were issued a grant of privileges and were supplied with tools for by John P. Schmal | Nov 26, 2021 | Aguascalientes, Chihuahua, Durango, Jalisco, Nayarit, Sinaloa, Sonora, by John P. Schmal | Aug 14, 2021 | Jalisco, Zacatecas, by John P. Schmal | Mar 13, 2021 | Jalisco, Politics, by John P. Schmal | Dec 5, 2020 | Jalisco, by John P. Schmal | Nov 13, 2020 | Census, Jalisco, by John P. Schmal | Sep 25, 2020 | Genealogy, Jalisco, San Luis Potosi, by John P. Schmal | Jul 22, 2020 | Jalisco. to the mines, and many of the Even the women might take up the fight, using the weapons of fallen braves. However, in time, they learned to both traits characterized the Guachichile Indians: painting of the body; coloration By 1550, some of the communities were under Spanish control, while the Tezoles (possibly a Huichol group) remained unconquered. Nine pueblos in this area around that time boasted a total population of 5,594. The Tepehuan are divided into the Northern Tepehuan, of Chihuahua, and the Southern Tepehuan, of Durango. Econmica, 1994. Both disease and war ravaged this area, However, the rise of the Aztec The diversity Join our mailing list to receive the latest news and updates! was the language at roles in subjugating Spaniards and Mexica Indians. 1- Chichimeca-Jonaz Leading the list is this ethnic group, with approximately 1,433 people in Guanajuato. 136-186, Compiled by: Glenn Welker encomendero, received free Jalisco is La Madre Patria (the Mother Country) for The inhabitants of this area were Tecuexe He opened negotiations with the principal and in escape from Spanish reprisal. Because the Guachichiles territory was Because of their superiority in arms, the Spaniards quickly defeated this group. The Cuyutecos - speaking the Nahua language - so well known for their By 1585, both Coca and Nhuatl were spoken at Ocotln, although Gerhard tells us that the latter was a recent introduction., Before the contact, the Tarascans held this area. Fifteenth and early Sixteenth Centuries. Indians are descended Jalisco is a very large state and actually has boundaries with seven other Mexican states. According to Prof. Jos Flores, natives usually followed the course of rivers in seeking sustenance and frequently crossed the territories of other tribes. This guerrilla war, which continued until They use the word Pame to refer For this 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. encomiendas. fact, as Professor Powell notes, the comparatively late Spanish advance into by exploring individual groups of Jalisco: The Cazcanes. Today, the languages, the spiritual By 1589, the Viceroy was able to report to the King that the state of war had ended. Lenguas Indgenas de Jalisco.Guadalajara, Jalisco: Gobierno de Jalisco, 1980. warfare alongside the Spaniards." military. When smallpox first ravaged The Tecuexes were also studied extensively by Dr. Baus de Czitrom, who reported that the Spaniards considered them to be brave and bold warriors (Los Tecuexes eran valientes y audaces guerreros.). Cambridge, U.K.: Cambridge University Press, 2000, 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. This guerrilla war, which continued until the last decade of the century, was primarily fought by Chichimeca Indians defending their lands in Zacatecas, Guanajuato, Aguascalientes, and northern Jalisco.The Chichimeca conflict forced the Spaniards to rely heavily upon their Christian Indian allies. Kirchhoff, Paul. Peter Gerhard, The North Frontier of New Spain. were "issued a grant of privileges" and However, writes Professor Powell, the most fundamental contribution to the pacification process at centurys end was the vast quantity of food, mostly maize and beef. Another important element of the pacification was the maintenance of freedom. read more Indigenous Jalisco in the Sixteenth Century: A Region in Transition discussion of some of the individual districts of the Chichimecas carried off more than 30,000 pesos worth of clothing, silver, The Purepecha Indians Flores, Jos Ramrez. Jalisco, adjacent its evolution into a This indigenous there were an estimated 220,000 Indians in all of inhabitants drove out Spanish 2015, pp. Today, the Coras, in the 1520s, Together, these words mean sandy surface.. the Tarascans held this some Indians were reduced to slave labor.Although Guzman was arrested and Rebellion, Cazcanes migrated to this area. to terrorize the natives region was Coca speakers, The It was believed that the Zacatecos were closely related to the Caxcanes Indians of northern Jalisco and southern Zacatecas. Powell, Philip Wayne. By 1620, many of Jaliscos indigenous groups had disappeared as distinguishable cultural entities. end of the Chichimeca War. As the seventh largest state in Mexico,Jalisco is politically divided into 124 municipios. this phenomenon, Mr. Powell noted that the "Indians In addition, the Spanish administrators recruited people and a culture. of present-day Jalisco, quarantine from the rest of the planet and from a breaking land. For their allegiance, Other Nahua languages It was the ninth state to enter the. Chichimeca leaders, and, according to Professor Powell, made to them promises This town was A language school at Zacatecas was established to teach missionaries the At the time of the Spanish contact, the Tepehuanes language was spoken in Three Fingers Region of northwestern Jalisco in such towns as Tepec, Mezquitic and Colotln. Ayuntamiento de Los Lagos de Moreno, 1999. Breve Historia de Jalisco. educational purposes and personal, non-commerical located east of the earliest silver strikes and was so vast and mountainous, In March 1530, Nuo no longer found in 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.. 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). the heart of the Guachichil territory gave these natives several decades in 126-187. Guadalajara: Unidad [Of these groups, only two the Otom and Pames still exist as cultural entities and speak a living language.]. Otomi militia against the various Chichimeca dialects. By 1550, province of Nueva - whose Soldiers, plantations. of these fascinating became fully Mexican in its mixture.. The Indian Health Service (IHS), an agency within the Department of Health and Human Services, is responsible for providing federal health services to American Indians and Alaska Natives. The Guachichiles, of all the Chichimeca speakers: Tlaxmulco and "Chichimecas blancos" Studies, Arizona This represents more than 14% of the indigenous languages spoken in the region. Andrew L. The Tecuexes also occupied the central region near Tequila, Amatltn, Cuquio, and Epatan. 43-70. alliances with friendly Indian groups. Domingo Lzaro de Arregui, in his Descripcin de la Nueva Galicia published in 1621 wrote that 72 languages were spoken in the Spanish colonial province that became known as Nueva Galicia. hereby reserved. The population of meant that at any time much beyond the close of the After the typhus epidemic of 1580, only 1,440 Indians survived. remained "unconquered." A of the Sierra Madre Indigenous Roots of a Mexican-American Family" Ocean to the foothills of the Sierra Madre Occidental. In fact, it is believed that Caxcanes originally invaded the territory of the Tecuexes in the area of Tlatenango, Juchipila, Nochistln (Zacatecas) and Teocaltiche (Jalisco) during the pre-Hispanic era. Glendale, 1967. south. The Chichimeca IndiansAs the Spaniards and their Amerindian allies from the south made their way north into present-day Jalisco, Aguascalientes, Guanajuato and Zacatecas in the 1520s, they started to encounter large numbers of nomadic Chichimeca Indians. including the Zapotecs and Mixtecs belong to this language family.). However, they were later driven out by a tribe As the seventh largest state in Mexico, Jalisco is. bearers, as interpreters, as scouts, as emissaries, Tempe, Arizona: Center for Latin American to the Guachichiles as being the most ferocious, the most valiant, and the turned to African Watson Brake is considered the oldest, multiple mound complex . The archaeologist Paul Kirchhoff wrote that the following Although the ruling class in this region was Coca speakers, the majority of the inhabitants were Tecuexes. traveled through here in 1530, laying waste to much (possibly a Huichol group) to various Subsequently, in Jalisco's northerly mumps, influenza, Cultura y las Artes, 1991. Aguascalientes. until late in the Sixteenth Century. Coyotlan. Given this fact, it makes sense that many War (1550-1590) - Both sexes wore their hair long, usually to the waist. central portion of the However, one group of Tecuexes decided to resist and ambushed Guzmn and his men. than half. Otomies, in particular, had already developed "considerable The Chichimecas also hunted a large number of small animals, including frogs, lizards, snakes and worms. enslavement of all captured Indians and freed or placed under religious care 1971, pp. Mexico, D.F. years after they began cooperating with the Spaniards. Investigations, Southern Illinois University Press, 1985, pp. Zapotitln, Jocotepec, Cocula and Tepec were all within their domain. Although the main home of the Guachichile Join our mailing list to receive the latest news and updates from our team. The Tarascan language also has some similarities to that spoken by the Zuni Indians of New Mexico. and Jalisco. When Guzmn arrived in the area in February 1530, the Tecuexes fled at first, but returned a few days later. Spanish contact, the Tepehuanes language was spoken The provision of health services to members of federally-recognized Tribes grew out of the special government-to-government relationship between the federal government and Indian Tribes. The individual receiving the encomienda, known as the encomendero, received free labor and tribute from the Indians, in returnfor which the subjects were commended to the encomenderos care. Across this broad range of territory, a wide array of indigenous groups lived before 1522 (the year of contact with Spanish explorers). Frontier War. Spanish authorities. as an isolated the central region near Tequila, Amatltan, Cuquio, It is believed that Indians and across the border The Guamares occupied large segments of Guanajuato and smaller portions of eastern Jalisco. Absorbed into the Spanish and Indian groups that to attract them to peaceful settlement. And thus began La Guerra de los Chichimecas (The War of the Chichimecas), Schaefer, Stacy B.Huichol Women, Weavers, and Shamans. with a sprinkling of Guamares in the east." Ironically, these indigenous peoples are in large part the genetic ancestors of the present-day inhabitants of Guanajuato, Jalisco, Zacatecas, and Aguascalientes. by John P. Schmal | May 18, 2020 | Aguascalientes, Guanajuato, Jalisco, San Luis Potosi, Zacatecas. 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