Ratzamut

On the 1st Akbal they halted, still burning the roads, which made twice that they burned them, after which they established the town of Iximche, on the Ratzamut; they founded the town of Iximche; then settled there our ancestors Huntoh, Vukubatz, Chuluc and Xitamal

The Annals of the Cakchiquels Daniel Garrison Brinton 1868

The capital city of the Cakchiquels is referred to by Xahila as “Iximche on the Ratzamut.”

The Annals of the Cakchiquels Daniel Garrison Brinton 1868

_Ratzamut_, literally “the beak of the wild pigeon,” was the name given to the small and almost inaccessible plain, surrounded on all sides by deep ravines, on which Iximche was situated.

The Annals of the Cakchiquels Daniel Garrison Brinton 1868

During this revolt, a contest between the Cakchiquels takes place, the close of which finds the latter established in their final stronghold, the famous fortress of “Iximche on the Ratzamut” (82-85).

The Annals of the Cakchiquels Daniel Garrison Brinton 1868