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153:, an idea plainly rejected by his father and the rest of the lords. Chichimecatecuhtli, still a political enemy of the youngster, discovered Xicotencatl's intention to carry on his plans and had him arrested and brought to the Tlaxcaltec senate. Xicotencatl tried to convince his father and the rest, for which he was attacked in a subsequent brawl in the senate and only escaped being executed due to the Elder's intervention.
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100:Bernal Díaz del Castillo
218:, Centro INAH Tlaxcala.
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285:La conquista de México
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151:Cuitlahuac
141:After the
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143:Sad Night
136:Tepeyanco
94:Biography
394:Tlatoque
178:Xaltocan
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