Chalcans vs Chalcese - What's the difference?
chalcans | chalcese | Synonyms |
(obsolete) The people of Chalco.
*1782: review of Storia antica del Messico, in The Critical Review: Or, Annals of Literature, vol. 54, p. 144
*:In order to provide victims for the ?olemn coronation of their kings, the Mexicans u?ed to quarrel with ?ome neighbouring nation, and ?laughter their pri?oners. This was now the fate of the Chalche?e .
*1818: R. H. Bonnycastle, Spanish America , vol. 1, p. 111
*:Itzcoatl died in 1436, at an advanced age, and Montezuma was called to the throne; one of the first acts of his reign was to build an immense temple, and he was no sooner placed on the imperial seat, than he was called to a war between the Chalcese and the Tezcucans
*1827: John Ranking, Historical Researches on the Conquest of Peru, Mexico, Bogota, Natchez, and Talomeco , p. 308
*:The Chalchese immediately fell on the Mexicans, and they were all destroyed.