example of this is the Battle of Tepetchia, where many jumped to their deaths in the Sumidero Canyon.

Indigenous resistance was weakened by continual warfare with the Spaniards and disease. By 1530, almost all of the indigenous peoples of the area had been subdued, with the exception of the Lacandons in the deep jungles, who actively resisted until 1695. However, the two main groups, the Tzotzils and Tzeltals