They were armed with bows, clubs, throwing darts, and each one wore a banderilla with multicolored feathers in his hand and on his face.

He proposed to avoid fighting, since he calculated that each Spaniard would have to confront a thousand Aborigines, but one of his captains, Angel de Villafana, persuaded him to fight, under four royal banners and others of crimson and apricot On one side the cross and on the other the image of the Purísima.

Instead of attacking they gathered together, dragged their flags and placed them at the foot of the holy and old priest Juan de Villa Diego, bearer of the banner, and surrendered their arms before Cortes, declared themselves his vassals and celebrated with songs, dances and the sound of boleros and atabales.

In November 1847 the indigenous people raised a large army when they heard news of the American invasion.

In this place, Rojas raised an army of 2000 indigenous people who fought against the conservative chief Francisco Tovar.

On 1 April 1944, by decree number 4955, it was elevated to category of municipality with the name it takes today.

Soils are mostly Eutric Regosol or Feozem Háplico, with Luvisol and Litosol in some areas.

Its hydrological resources are provided by the rivers Las Juntas, El Tuito (Jalisco), Horcones and Tecolotlán.