Historia de la nación Chichimeca was completed by 1640. Of the original manuscripts produced, multiple titles were used. Evidence suggests the work was once part of a larger text, or perhaps was never completed. The final chapter recounts the sites of Tenochtitlan from the Texcoco version of Conquest enacted by the author. In 1891, Alfredo Chavero published and commented on Ixtlilxóchitl's books as historical works.