The Caxcan were a partly nomadic people. The Caxcan were at constant target by the Zacatecos and Guachichiles due to their alliance with the Spaniards after the Mixtón Rebellion. The Zacatecos (or Zacatecas) were an indigenous people inhabiting part of northern Mexico, one of the peoples called Chichimecas by the Aztecs Of all the Chichimeca natives the Guachichiles occupied the most extensive territory After the conquest of Mesoamerica, the Spaniards sent various expeditions to explore La Gran Chichimeca. During the rebellion they were described as "the heart and the center of the Indian Rebellion". They were famously led by Tenamaxtli. Their principal religious and population centers were at Teul, Tlaltenango, Juchipila, and Teocaltiche. Teúl de González Ortega is a municipality in the south of the state of Zacatecas, Mexico History Prior to Spanish conquest and colonization of El The municipality of Tlaltenango de Sánchez Román is located in the southwestern portion of the Mexican state of Zacatecas.