Francisco Tenamaztle

Tenamaztle faces Viceroy Antonio de Mendoza at the bottom left. The death of golden-haired Pedro de Alvarado is pictured at the top left.

Francisco Tenamaztle (fl. 1540s–1550s), also Tenamaxtlan, Tenamaxtli or Tenamaxtle, was a leader of the Caxcan Indigenous peoples in Mexico during the Mixtón War of 1540–1542.[1] He was later put on trial in Spain. With the support of Bartolomé de las Casas he defended the justice of his cause by appealing to King Carlos I.

  1. ^ The Mixton War Accessed 2011-04-20