Editing Carlos Ometochtzin

{{See also|Mexican Inquisition}}

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'''Carlos Ometochtzin''' ([[Nahuatl language|Nahuatl]] for "Two Rabbit"; {{IPA-nah|oːmeˈtoːtʃ.tsin|pron}}) or '''Ahuachpitzactzin''',<ref>Rafael García Granados, Rafael. "111 Ahuaxpitctzatzin". Diccionario Biográfico de Historia Antigua de Méjico. Mexico: Instituto de Historia. pp. vol. 1, (1952) pp. 34–37.</ref> or '''Chichimecatecatl''' ([[Nahuatl language|Nahuatl]] for "Chichimec lord," is also known simply as '''Don Carlos of Texcoco''', was a member of the [[Acolhua]] [[nobility]]. His date of birth is unknown. In dispute is how old he was when he was executed by an [[Mexican Inquisition|episcopal Inquisition]]. He is known to history for his resistance to Christian evangelization.<ref>Smith, Kevin Paul. "Here I stand!: Don Carlos of Texcoco, the Inquisition, and the end of Aztec resistance, 1539," Master's thesis, University of California Santa Barbara 2003.</ref><ref>Patricia Lopes Don, ''Bonfires of culture : Franciscans, indigenous leaders, and the Inquisition in early Mexico, 1524-1540''. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press 2010.</ref> He was [[execution by burning|burnt at the stake]] on November 30, 1539 at the order of Bishop [[Don (honorific)|Don]] [[Juan de Zumárraga]], the first [[Catholicism|Catholic]] [[bishop]] of [[New Spain]], for continuing to practice the [[Aztec religion|pre-Hispanic religion]]. The main source of information on Don Carlos is the record of his inquisition trial, published in 1910 by the Mexican archives.<ref>Luis González Obregón. ''Proceso inquisitorial del cacique de Texcoco (1539)''. Mexico: Archivo General de la Nación, 1910.</ref>

[[Image:Juan de Zumarraga.jpg|thumb|right|Juan de Zumárraga, the first archbishop of Mexico City, who investigated Don Carlos. There is no known image of Don Carlos himself.]]

[[File:Oztoticpac_Lands_Aztec_1540_milcocolli_tlahuelmantli.jpg|thumb|right|[[Oztoticpac Lands Map of Texcoco]], part of a lawsuit to gain title to lands of Don Carlos after his execution]]

Don Carlos was a grandson of the famous [[Texcoco (altepetl)|Texcocan]] ruler [[Nezahualcoyotl (tlatoani)|Nezahualcoyotl]] through his son [[Nezahualpilli]]. He held significant lands in the Texcoco region in the [[Aztec codices|Aztec codex]] known as the [[Oztoticpac Lands Map of Texcoco]], from ca. 1540 just after his execution.

==Map of Texcoco==

The pictorial on native paper (''amatl'') from [[Texcoco (altepetl)|Texcoco]] ca. 1540 is held by the manuscript division of the [[Library of Congress]], measuring 76 x 84&nbsp;cm. The contents are both pictorial and alphabetic text in [[Nahuatl]] in red and black ink. The glosses indicate it deals with lands that Texcocan lord [[Ixtlilxochitl I]] may have given to Don Carlos with litigation over the lands' ownership.

The Oztoticpic Lands map was likely created between 1540 and 1544, as part of an effort to reclaim land held by Don Carlos. The map indicates a palace held by Don Carlos in Oztoticpac. In the schematic cadastrals of particular pieces of land, the map shows [[Nahua peoples|Nahua]] families who farmed the land as well as the measurements of the plots. A number of these properties were rented by tenants with standard glyphic representations of the rents. The names of the pieces of land are indicated with toponymic glyphs. The Oztoticpac Lands Map has been linked to another indigenous pictorial, the Humboldt Fragment VI held by the [[Berlin State Library]]. One of the most interesting and important features of the map is depictions of fruit trees, both European and local, many of them grafted. Pears, quince, apple, pomegranates, peaches, and grapevines are shown Income from the sale of fruit would have increased the value of the property. The importation of European fruit trees is part of the [[Columbian Exchange]], but what is especially significant is that not just the trees were integrated into local horticulture, but the practice of grafting to increase the health and yield of the plants.<ref>Howard F. Cline, "The Oztoticpac Lands Map of Texcoco, 1540," in ''The Quarterly Journal of the Library of Congress'', April 1966, pp. 77-115. Cline also cites a lawsuit by Pedro de Vergara against the Holy Office of the Inquisition in the Archivo General de la Nación, Inquisición vol 139, expediente 11, fols 60-72v over trees owned by the late Don Carlos, executed by the Inquisition in 1539.</ref><ref>Howard F. Cline, "The Oztoticpac Lands Map of Texcoco, 1540," in ''A la Carte: Selected Papers on Maps and Atlases,'' Washington, DC: Library of Congress 1972, pp. 5-33.</ref>

==Further reading==

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*[[Howard F. Cline|Cline, Howard F.]] "The Oztoticpac Lands Map of Texcoco, 1540," in The Quarterly Journal of the Library of Congress, April 1966, pp.&nbsp;77–115. Republished in ''A la Carte: Selected Papers on Maps and Atlases'', Washington, DC: Library of Congress 1972, pp.&nbsp;5–33.

*Castaño, Victoria Ríos.『Not a Man of Contradiction: Zumárraga as Protector and Inquisitor of the Indigenous People of Central Mexico.』Hispanic Research Journal 13, no. 1 (2012): 26-40.

*Don, Patricia Lopes. ''Bonfires of Culture: Franciscans, Indigenous Leaders, and the Inquisition in Early Mexico, 1524-1540''. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press 2010.

*Don, Patricia Lopes. "The 1539 inquisition and trial of Don Carlos of Texcoco in early Mexico." [[Hispanic American Historical Review]] 88, no. 4 (2008): 573-606.

*Don, Patricia Lopes.『Carnivals, triumphs, and rain gods in the new world: A civic festival in the city of México‐Tenochtitlán in 1539.』[[Colonial Latin American Review]] 6, no. 1 (1997): 17-40.

*Garagarza, Leon Garcia. "The 1539 Trial of Don Carlos Ometochtli and the Scramble for Mount Tlaloc." Mesoamerican Memory: Enduring Systems of Remembrance (2012).

*García Garagarza, León. "The 1539 Trial of Don Carlos Ometochtli and the Scramble for Mount Tlaloc." In ''Mesoamerican Memory: Enduring Systems of Remembrance'', eds. Amos Megged and Stephanie Wood, 193-214. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press 2012.*

*Greenleaf, Richard E. "Persistence of native values: the inquisition and the Indians of colonial Mexico." ''The Americas'' 50, no. 3 (1994): 351-376.

*Greenleaf, Richard E. "The Mexican Inquisition and the Indians: sources for the ethnohistorian." The Americas 34, no. 3 (1978): 315-344.

*Lee, Jongsoo, and Galen Brokaw. ''Texcoco: prehispanic and colonial perspectives''. University Press of Colorado, 2014.

*Medrano, Ethelia Ruiz, translated by Russ Davidson. "Don Carlos de Tezcoco and the Universal Rights of Emperor Carlos V." ''Texcoco: Prehispanic and Colonial Perspectives''. University Press of Colorado (2014).

*Smith, Kevin Paul. "Here I stand!: Don Carlos of Texcoco, the Inquisition, and the end of Aztec resistance, 1539," Master's thesis, University of California Santa Barbara 2003.

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