He also writes that he had more than 500 wives and concubines and consequently a large number of children, including Xicotencatl II and the wife of Jorge de Alvarado - Doña Lucía.

Chronicler Francisco Cervantes de Salazar records that while Maxixcatl was open to allying with the Spanish, Xicotencatl's son Xicotencatl II was skeptical, holding their presence as too dangerous:[3] "...does Maxixcatzin deem these people gods, who seem more like ravenous monsters thrown up by the intemperate sea to blight us, gorging themselves on gold, silver, stones, and pearls; sleeping in their own clothes; and generally acting in the manner of those who would one day make cruel masters … There are barely enough chickens, rabbits, or corn-fields in the entire land to feed their bottomless appetites, or those of their ravenous ‘deer’ [the Spanish horses].

"[4]: 353 After this speech, members of the council were divided on how to proceed, and Temilotecatl suggested a synthesized plan of allowing Xicotencatl II and some Otomi troops to ambush Cortés, the outcome of the attack to determine the course of action.

Bernal Castillo records Xicohtencatl I's speech on the matter: "Our wizards and soothsayers and priests have told us what they think about the persons of these Teules, and that they are very valiant.

"[5]The Tlaxcaltec handed over 300 slave women, which were freed, baptized and assigned by Cortés as handmaidens for his concubine and advisor La Malinche.

), a collection of Nahuatl songs probably compiled in the last third of the 16th century for Bernardino de Sahagún,[9] and concerns the flower wars conducted between Tlaxcala and the states of the Aztec Triple Alliance.