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| | Ixpilotzama, (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03) |
 | | One of the survivors, Gonzalo Guerrero, was saved from a life of servitude and possible human sacrifice through the intervention of the Maya noblewoman who is sometimes referred to as Princess Nicte-Ha (Water Lilly), and she is also known as Ixpilotzama. |
 | | Guerrero read Cortés's letter and reportedly responded, "Brother Aguilar, I am married and have three children and they consider me their chief and captain during times of war; go with God, for my face is tattooed and my ears are pierced. |
 | | The inscription on the plaque reads: "Gonzalo de Guerrero, of Palos de Noguera, Spain, seaman, who in 1511 shipwrecked near this beach, married the Mayan Princess Xzamil and thus founded the first Euro-American family." Another version of this statue is on the Prolongación Montejo in Merida. |
| www.hope.edu /latinamerican/Ixpilotzama,.html (451 words) |
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