Corachol

Corachol, also called Cora-Huichol or Coran, is a branch of the Uto-Aztecan family of west-central Mexico. Its surviving languages are Huichol, spoken by the Wixaritari, and Cora, spoken by the Nayeri. Both stand closest to the Nahuan languages.

The Wixaritari trace their origins to the Guachichil country of San Luis Potosi and took refuge among the Tepecano in the Bolanos Canyon, rising with them against the Spanish in 1592 and 1702. The Cora kept missionaries out of their mountains: a Spanish expedition failed in 1716, and only in 1722 did a large force bring them under colonial rule.

The Mixton War of 1540 to 1542 saw the Caxcanes and their allies try in vain to drive back the Spaniards of Nueva Galicia. The long Chichimeca War followed; the scattered Zacateco, Guachichil and kindred bands left little more than wordlists.