Huitzingarit (c. 1500 – c. 1570), later baptized as Martín Santiago, was the last principal chief of the indigenous settlement of Huitzquilic, present-day
San Martín de Hidalgo,
Jalisco
Jalisco (, , ; Nahuatl: Xalixco), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Jalisco ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Jalisco ; Nahuatl: Tlahtohcayotl Xalixco), is one of the 31 states which, along with Mexico City, comprise the 32 Federal En ...
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He was a member of the
Tepenahuales, a group of Nahua Aztecs who were on their way to Zacatula (
Colima) when they decided to settle the San Martín de Hidalgo area. The first
Spanish conquistadores came in 1540, during his time as chief, and humbly he and his people seceded their town and possessions to the Spanish newcomers. For his nobleness, the Spanish named him Captain and gave him a part of the portion of the land seceded.
Today, in honor of the chief, there is a street in San Martín de Hidalgo called "Martín Huitzingarit"
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Nahua people
People from Jalisco