Tabscoob

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Tabscoob also Taabscoob was Halach Huinik (highest ranking prince) of the Chontal Maya in Potonchán at the time of the Spanish conquest .

In 1513 Tabscoob is said to have victoriously led a campaign against the neighboring Xicalango, which rivaled Potonchán.

On June 8, 1518, Juan de Grijalva landed in what would later become Tabasco , which may have borrowed its name from Tabscoob. Tabscoob and Grijalva met peacefully, and gifts were exchanged. So Grijalva should be green jerkin have passed velvet to Tabscoob. When asked to submit to Charles V , Tabscoob is said to have replied that the Chontal Maya lived happily and did not need another master.

After Hernán Cortés landed in Tabasco the following year , the Battle of Centla took place on March 14, 1519 , in which the Spaniards were victorious over the Chontal-Maya led by Tabscoob and Potonchán was conquered. As a result, on March 15, 1519, Tabscoob handed over twenty female slaves along with some valuables as a token of respect. Malinche was among them .

literature

  • Bernal Díaz del Castillo : Historia verdadera de la conquista de la Nueva España. Pp. 78-81
  • Gil y Sáenz Manuel: Compendio Histótico, Geográfico y Estadístico del Estado de Tabasco. 1979, pp. 77-80

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