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CHIMALPAIN QUAUHTLEHUANITZIN, the Indian name of Domingo or Juan Bautista Antón Muñon, who was a descendant of the caciques of Amecamecan, and flourished in the latter part of the 16th century. He was of pure Indian descent, received a good education, taught at the Franciscan College of Santiago Tlatelolco of Mexico, devoted himself to the study of the old Mexican and other neighboring nations, and wrote several historical works in the Nahuatl and Spanish languages.
His principal works are "Historia mejicana antigua, que comprende los sucesos y sucesión de reyes hasta el año 1526"; "Crónica de Méjico desde el año 1068 hasta el de 1597 de la era vulgar"; "Apuntamientos de sucesos desde 1064 hasta 1521"; "Relaciones originales de los reinos de Aculhuacan, Mejico y otras provincias desde muy remotos tiempos"; and "Relación de la conquista de Méjico por los espanoles."
Edited Appletons Encyclopedia by John Looby, Copyright © 2001 StanKlos.comTM