It was a peculiar relation; not like that of a servant.

One finds such things in Mexico.

The conquered race were of as good strain as their conquerors; the blood of Montezuma was as blue as the best of the Castilian.

There were many intermarriages; and there are many instances of the survival of traditions and records; though the records are often symbolic, and would have no meaning to persons not initiated.
But they have been sufficient to perpetuate ties of a personal nature through generation after generation; and the alliance between Kamaiakan and Inez was of this kind.

His forefathers, I imagine, were priests, and priests were a mighty power in Tenochtitlan.