AVX TLAHUICOLE July 5, 2014 – Uncategorized Hobson’s choice. Six of one and half a dozen of the other. Between a rock and a hard place. Between the sword and the wall. All of these phrases describe situations in which no matter what action is taken,the outcome is not favorable. Tlahuicole (tla-whee-COE-lay) was a warrior in Tlaxcala before the Spaniards came to Mexico and he found himself in just such a dilemma. This is his story. Imagine: you are a young man born in the year 1497 in the Otomi people’s area of the territory of Tlaxcala. Your home state is the smallest in what will some day be Mexico, but it is in a strategic location….a natural crossroads from one side of the country to the other. Aztecs control the lands all around you: their greedy eyes coveting your fields,their thirsty weapons eager for your blood,their priests hungry for your soul.
AVX TLAHUICOLE July 5, 2014 – Uncategorized Hobson’s choice. Six of one and half a dozen of the other. Between a rock and a hard place. Between the sword and the wall. All of these phrases describe situations in which no matter what action is taken,the outcome is not favorable. Tlahuicole (tla-whee-COE-lay) was a warrior in Tlaxcala before the Spaniards came to Mexico and he found himself in just such a dilemma. This is his story. Imagine: you are a young man born in the year 1497 in the Otomi people’s area of the territory of Tlaxcala. Your home state is the smallest in what will some day be Mexico, but it is in a strategic location….a natural crossroads from one side of the country to the other. Aztecs control the lands all around you: their greedy eyes coveting your fields,their thirsty weapons eager for your blood,their priests hungry for your soul.