Xalostotitlan

Xalostotitlan was an independent señorío in the Los Altos highlands, ruled by families of mixed Tecuexe and Caxcan descent over several tributary towns.

In 1530 Pedro Almíndez Chirino accepted its chiefs’ submission for Nuño de Guzmán. The town joined Tenamaxtli’s Mixtón rebellion in 1541, burning its chapel and retreating into the hills above Nochistlan. After Viceroy Antonio de Mendoza spared the survivors, friar Miguel de Bolonia refounded the town as Jalostotitlan in 1544.