Xiconaque

The Xiconaques were an Indigenous people of the country between Nochistlán and the region later known as Lagos de Moreno. Spanish accounts associate them with the Zacateco and Caxcan peoples of the northern highlands. In 1531 a local leader named Xiconaque assisted the expedition of Pedro Almíndez Chirino, guiding the Spaniards north and introducing them to Zacateco communities. The encounter preceded the growth of Spanish mining settlements and the long conflicts that followed their advance into the region.

The later city of Aguascalientes lies here.