was named president of the Council for the Protection of the Impoverished. He managed to find a place among the Emperor's inner circle and lobbied extensively to improve the lives of the marginalized, especially his fellow indigenous Mexicans. The council is recorded to have received 272 complaints in 4,800 pages, dealing with issues such as working conditions, land, and water issues. Aside from reviewing such complaints the council also opened a maternity hospital and an orphanage. Chimalpopoca kept Maximilian briefed on the council's activities. In spite of its progressive efforts, the Empire would begin to falter, and after a last stand in Queretaro, the Emperor would be captured by liberal forces in May, 1867. He would be tried and executed on June 19. The liberals sought Chimalpopoca, and he escaped by hiding in the basement of his home. All of his properties were confiscated by the government of the restored republic. Published works Silabario de idioma mexicano (1849) Epítome o modo fácil de aprender el idioma nahuatl o lengua mexicana (1869) References External links 1877 deaths Linguists from Mexico Linguists of Mesoamerican languages Mexican Mesoamericanists Translators from Nahuatl 19th-century Mesoamericanists Year of birth unknown 19th-century translators Mexican monarchists