Guachichil
Sign in to saveThe Guachichil, Cuauchichil, or Quauhchichitl are an exonym for an Indigenous people of Mexico. Prior to European contact, they occupied the most extensive territory of all the Indigenous Chichimeca tribes in pre-Columbian central Mexico.
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It is catalogued under topics including Guachichil, History of Coahuila and History of Guanajuato.
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10 sectionsContents
- History
- War tactics
- Colony and conquest
- Tribes and territories
- Origin of name
- Language
- See also
- References
- Sources
- Further reading
The Guachichil, Cuauchichil, or Quauhchichitl are an exonym for an Indigenous people of Mexico. Prior to European contact, they occupied the most extensive territory of all the Indigenous Chichimeca tribes in pre-Columbian central Mexico.
The Guachichiles settled a large region of Zacatecas; as well as portions of San Luis Potosí, Guanajuato, and northeastern Jalisco; south to the northern corners of Michoacán; and north to Saltillo in Coahuila.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Guachichil” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.