Xihutla

Xihutla was the name recorded for the valley around the Bay of Banderas on the Pacific coast. A 1584 account by Lázaro Blanco interpreted it as a place where grass grows. Before the Spanish arrival the valley was inhabited by people of the Banderas cultural tradition. Chronicles relate that Francisco Cortés de San Buenaventura encountered armed inhabitants at Tintoque during his expedition through the region.