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obviously derived from the Sacred Mushroom, the object of odium theologicum among 
Spaniards of the 16th century. R.G.w. 
_ BASALENQUE, D1EGo. Ms lexicon: Vocabulario . . . Espaftol-Matlatzinca and 
Matlatzinca-Espafiol. See entries under hongo que emborracha and chohui. 
Biblioteca Nacional de Mexico, 1642; also in John Carter Brown Library, 
Providence, R. I. 
This dictionary securely places the use of the Sacred Mushroom among the 
Matlatzinca Indians, to the west of Mexico City. R.G.W. 
. BENAVENTE, FRAY ToRIBIO DE. See MOTOLINIA. 
Cérpova, JUAN DE. Vocabulario en Lengua Capoteca. Mexico City, 1578. 
See entries under honguillo and xetas. 
This dictionary shows that the Sacred Mushrooms were known among the 
Zapotecs. R.G.W. 
Covarrusias, GASPAR DE. “Relacién de las Minas de Temazcaltepec”’. 
(1579) Papeles de Nueva Espafia, Geografia y Estadistica. Madrid: Pran- 
cisco del Paso y Troncoso, 1906. Ser 2, Vol VII, p 20. 
In the annual tribute paid by these Matlatzinca-speaking people to their overlord 
there is included a shipment of the Sacred Mushrooms. R.G.W. 
DurAn, Dieco. Historia de las Indias de Nueva-Espaiia y Islas de Tierra 
Firme. México: J. M. Andrade y F. Escalante, 1867-1880. 2v. See Vol I, 
Chap liv, p 431. 
The Sacred Mushrooms were consumed at the celebrations attending the inaugura- 
tion of Moctezuma, years before the Conquest of Mexico by Cortés in 1519. R.G.W. 
GILBERTI, MATURINO. Tarascan lexicon. 1559. See entry under hongo. 
This lexicon places the use of the Sacred Mushroom in Tarascan country, in 
Michoacan. R.G.W. 
Hearing before the Holy Office of the Inquisition in the case of Gonzalo 
Pérez. (1629) Ms. Archivos Generales de la Nacién, Mexico City. Vol 340, 
PP 354-359. 
An episode that takes place in Tarascan country involving the use of mushrooms. 
R.G.W. 
HERNANDEZ, FRANCISCO. Opera: Historia Plantarum Novae Hispaniae. 
(Ms written before 1577) Madrid: Ibarra, 1790. 3v. See Vol II, Bk IX, 
Chap 9s. 
This 16th-century Spanish botanist describes the sacred mushrooms but unfortu- 
nately his picture of them, which he mentions in his text, is lost. R.G.w. 
Kakchiquels, Annals of the. Anonymous Kakchiquel Text. English version 
translated by Delia Goetz (from Spanish version translated by Adriin 
Recinos). Oklahoma: University of Oklahoma Press, 1953. Also see Annals 
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