Otomi

Antiguamente dizen los naturales fue muy poblada de gente en mucha cantidad, y al presente tiene mill y seyscientos tributarios por tasaçion, sin la gente menuda; dizen los naturales que murieron munchos dellos de vna enfermedad que se recresio, un año antes del descubrimiento desta Nueua España: no esta fundado en pueblo formado, sino de casas derramadas: es la gente del dicho pueblo gente pulida y de buenos entendimientos, biben siempre de labranças; la lengua que hablan es la mejicana y muy pocos dellos la otomi y popoluca.

The natives say that in ancient times the town had a great many people. Now it has 1,600 tributaries by the official count, not counting the children and others under them. The natives say that many of them died of a sickness that broke out a year before the discovery of this New Spain. The town is not laid out in streets; its houses are scattered. Its people are well mannered and intelligent, and they have always lived by farming. They speak Mexican, and a very few speak Otomi and Popoluca.