Cactus Plant in Usa

The Cactus is a plant best known in America, but said that Mexico is undoubtedly the country where more abundant. This beautiful plant with its oval-shaped green leaves and red flowers appear in the Aztec shield and then in the coat of arms of the Republic of Mexico. For the year 1519, when reached the expanoles Valley of Mexio, the Aztecs already it had become a powerful nation. Despite some cruelties of their religion, the Aztecs were not wild. Their city Tenochtitlan, one of the most beautiful in the world, had temples, schools, hospitals, palaces, parks and gardens zoologicos. Had strict rules for youth. Some rules were: obey and honour their parents, respect and obedcer to the gods, be honest, tell the truth and not to eat quickly at the table.

There was living once in the north of Mexico a tribe of Indians, the Aztecs. Close to 800 A.D. its gods spoke to them saying: Go on the south where they will find a new bigger and nice ground than the one that here they inhabit. One day they will see there a beautiful eagle placed in an unknown plant. The bird will have a snake in the peak. In that place build a big city.

Obeying the orders(tenure) of its gods, the Aztecs went out of its grounds and went towards the south. Long and difficult was the trip that lasted many centuries. Finally in the year 1300, the first Aztecs came to the big vale of Mexico, surrounded with high mountains. In the center the lake Texcoco was meeting its big and small islands. This is our ground the supreme priest announced. Here we will live until our gods indicate us by means of a sign where we have to build our big city. All the ground about the lake was occupied by many other tribes, pacific and hard-working. For that reason the newly arrived persons had to settle in one of the big islands of the lake. With the Aztecs there had come its god of the war, God of sun. They were venerating it more than to other gods, although he was a tyrant without compassion. Every day was demanding for gifts of human hearts. That's why, the Aztecs were doing war without ceaser with the only object to do(do) prisoners destined for the sacrifico. Like that was that scarcely the travelers had come to its new ground, when the ruel gave it began shouting: Let's fight against our neighbors. I cannot live without blood and without death. The Aztecs always faithful to its gods, hurried to obey the terrible orders(tenure) of its favorite god. Day by day, there were battles between they and its neighbors who earlier had lived in peace and contentments. Far, to the north, the good sister of the god was living with its husband and its kid Copil. They belonged to a pacific tribe.