La Relación de Michoacán – or “Chronicle of Michoacán” – is an exhaustive literary work about the Purépecha people and their history.
Many of our guests at Hotel Mansión Iturbe ask us, “What’s beyond what we see in Pátzuaro? What is the history of the Purépechas (indigenous)? How did they live? What were their customs?” “[f. 39v] Montezuma sent ten ambassadors from Mexico to meet the supreme governor Zuangua [in Ihuatzio or Tzintzuntzan]. But the ambassadors were detained on the way [by an official] at Taximaroa [at the border between what is now the State of Mexico and the State of Michoacán]. The official in Taximaroa asked the ambassadors what they wanted. They said they wished to meet with Zuangua. The official at Taximaroa sent a representative to the supreme governor Zuangua, who sent the ambassador back to Taximaroa with instructions to treat the ambassadors well, and allow them to proceed safely.” (Excerpt from La Relación de Michoacán) La Relación de Michoacán is a critical part of the history of the pre-colombian latinoamericans. Alt...