1893.] '^^* [Brinton. 



17. Mux. — " This name," says Pineda, " indicates the approach 

 of cold." This suggests a derivation from the Tzental g'mwc &«, 

 to cover one's self; which is confirmed by the similar meaning of 

 the Cakchiquel month-name, Pariche, which see. 



18. Yax quin. — From yax^ green or new ; quin., day or season. 

 Pineda remarks that it is the season of Easter, thus showing 

 that the Tzental year began about April 1. 



THE CAKCHIQUEL MONTHS. 



The names of the Cakchiquel months are furnished by several 

 old authorities, as by Father Varea in his Vocabulario, MS., and 

 Father Goto in his similar work.* There are also extant several 

 native Cakchiquel Calendars, a careful copy of one of which, 

 bearing the date 1685, is in my possession. 



The names of both the Cakchiquel and Quiche months, with 

 proposed translations, were published by Seiior Gavarrete in his 

 school Geography of Guatemala, edition of 1868, but this por- 

 tion is omitted in all other editions of that work.f 



There is considerable confusion in the Spanish authorities 

 about the sequence of the Cakchiquel and Quiche months ; for 

 this reason I have not followed any of them, but have adopted 

 the sequence as given in the Calendars in my possession com- 

 posed and written by the natives themselves. 



Months of the Cakchiquel Calendar. 



*Both these MSS. are in the Library of the American Philosophical Society, Philadel- 

 phia, 

 t Geografia de la Repu.blica de Guatemala, p. 82. Segunda Edicion (Guatemala, 1868). 

 PROC. AMER. PHILOS. SOC. XXXI. 142. 2 L. PRINTED NOV. 21, 1893. 



