... to the next. Legend has it that they came from an Island called Aztlan. Sometime during the 12th & 13th century the Aztecs straggled into the Valley of Mexico, led by their chief Tenoch. They were a poor, ragged people who survived on vermin, snakes, and stolen food. They were hated and rejected by all the surrounding inhabitants of the valley, for their barbarous and uncultured habits. They were driven from one location to another. Early in the 14th century, Tenoch lead his people to a place of refuge on a swampy island in Lake Texcoco. When they reached their destination, they were to look for an eagle perched on a cactus, growing from a rock or cave surrounded by water. The city they built was called Tenochtitlán, the city of Tenoch. In the beginning stages of Tenochtitlán, development, Aztec life was very difficult in their undesirable location. Tenochtitlán ...

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