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The Tarascos were an interesting nation who lived in the province of Michoacan, due west of the valley of Mexico.

From American Hero-Myths A Study in the Native Religions of the Western Continent by Brinton, Daniel Garrison

Taranchi, the, 311 Tarascan language, the, 345 Tarascos, the, 395 Tardenoisian industry, the, 13 "Tartars," the, 292 n.,

From Man, Past and Present by Haddon, Alfred Court

Besides these, there were, on the territories now comprehended within the Mexican republic, the Tarascos who inhabited Michoacan, an independent sovereignty;—the barbarous Ottomies; the Olmecs; the Xicalancas; the Miztecas, and Zapotecas.

From Mexico, Aztec, Spanish and Republican Vol. 1 of 2 A Historical, Geographical, Political, Statistical and Social Account of That Country From the Period of the Invasion by the Spaniards to the Present Time; With a View of the Ancient Aztec Empire and Civilization; A Historical Sketch of the Late War; And Notices of New Mexico and California by Mayer, Brantz

Near Charapendo on the slopes of the Sierra de los Tarascos and at Coalcomán it apparently reaches its lowest altitudinal limits.

From The Amphibians and Reptiles of Michoacán, México by Duellman, William E.

We do not know whether the myth of the Four Brothers prevailed among the Tarascos; but there is hardly a nation on the continent among whom the number Four was more distinctly sacred.

From American Hero-Myths A Study in the Native Religions of the Western Continent by Brinton, Daniel Garrison