THE INDIANS SPEAK OTO - MANGUEAN LANGUAGES OF MEXICO. THEY HAVE THREE VARIETIES OF THEIR LANGUAGE. TO0DAY THEY HAVE 28,000 PEOPLE.
FROM MIXTEC CODICES TO ABOUT 1000 A.D. THE MIXTEC KING WAS A RECOGNIZED LEADER. AMUZGO PUEBLOS EXISTED SINCE THEN AS WELL. IN 1450 THEIR AREA BECAME UNDER AZTEC DOMINATION. ON TWO PAINTED DEERSKINS IN 1550 THERE IS A GLYPH WITH THE NAME OF A TOWN AMUZGO OR COTTON SEED.
AFTER HACIENDAS WERE ESTABLISHED IN THE AREA, THE INDIGENOUS POPULATION SUFFERED THE CONSEQUENCES OF NEW ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES. CATTLE RAISING LED TO DESTRUCTION OF LAND AND A SYSTEM OF FORCED LABOR FOR SUGARCANE.
IN 1563 XOCHISTLAHUCA WAS MADE THE CAPITAL OF THE AMUZCO REGION IN 1563. MOST TOWNS SUFFERED EPIDEMICS. BY 1849 THE AMIZGO FOUND THEMSELVES IN SMALL HAMLETS TO BE NEAR CULTIVATED LANDS. THEY LIVED IN SQUARE ADOBE HOUSES WITH TWO TILE ROOFS.
MARRIAGE TAKES PLACE WITH A NEGOTIATOR WHO COMES TO THE BRIDE'S HOUSE AND TELLS OF THE GROOM'S INTENTION. THE PROPOSAL IS USUALLY ACCEPTED. THE ENGAGEMENT IS PUBLICALLY ANNOUNCED AND THE DAY A CATHOLIC WEDDING WILL TAKE PLACE. THIS PROCESS HAS LOST FORCE AS THE COUPLES FACE MODERNIZATION. GIRLS AND WOMEN PRESUME NEARLY ALL DOMESTIC CHOICES. BOYS WORK IN HUNTING AND GATHERING.
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