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I am a direct ancester to the Princess Xochitl, and named after her and so is my grandmother, great great grandmother and on up the line. It is pronounced So-Chee OR So-chill in spanish, In aztec it is pronounced Zoe-Chee-Tul. The name means flower in Aztec. The princess Xochitl was the daughter of the aztec emporior. She was suppose to marry a warrior her father approved of but She was also the mistress of Cortez. Corteze's Conquistadors were killing the aztecs in thier search for gold. The princess made a deal with Cortez in exchange for her family's life. She got the aztec warriors drunk and had sex with them. When the Warriors pasted out drunk, Cortez's army slaughtered them in thier sleep. Her misdeed was discovered by the warrior she was suppose to marry (he was gone when the slaughter happened). He became angry and jealous and killed her. During the american/mexican revolution, the american goverenment granted land around the Larado area to Xochitl's tribe in exchange for staying out of the war. Her tribe, my ancesters lived there up until 20 years ago when the american goverenment took back the land. We are now fighting in court to get it back. The name Xochitl means flower on the grape vine, is the Holiday of flowers on the aztec calendar, and is the goddess of Wine and love.

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If she had not done what she did, I would not excist. Her blood still runs strong to this day

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