Don Alonso and the other chiefs explained to the newcomers that in order to render the agreement binding in the eyes of the Christian authorities, the people needed to build a thatch-roofed temple where they could honor the Christian god; a priest would soon come from Tepeaca to bless their endeavor. The grateful settlers called their new village Amozoc and promised themselves they would never abandon it. Their resolve was to cost them dearly when the Franciscans later ordered everybody to leave the countryside and move to the town of Cuauhtinchan. It was the people of Amozoc, stubbornly
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