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which war was waged. In all probability these youths died in battle 

 before they could succeed to political positions. 



With her back to Skull Temple we now see our heroine Six 

 Monkey, who was probably the younger sister of these boys. Fac- 

 ing her is an old priest named Ten Lizard, who afterward appears 

 as her protector. The third line of text begins with day 4 Wind in 

 the year 4 House, approximately 8 years after the previous date. 

 Next we see Ten Eagle defending his city against a certain Three 

 Lizard, in a war which may have involved the inheritance of a 

 tragic youth named Two Rain; his history is dealt with elsewhere. 

 Above, in the fourth line of text, Six Monkey consults with two old 

 priests, one being Ten Lizard and the other Six Vulture ; and it may 

 be that the latter foretells her death in the year 5 Reed, some 14 

 years hence. At any rate, we see footprints which take her head 

 downward into the underworld on that future date. But the foot- 

 prints continue, and we next see Six Monkey striding along. 



In the top section of page 6 she is seated with a youth named 

 Eleven Wind (wrongly recorded here as Ten Wind) in conversa- 

 tion with the ugly old Lady Nine Herb before Skull Temple. Be- 

 hind the pair is an assortment of jewels, apparently brought as 

 presents. The date is the day 10 Wind in the year 10 Reed, about 8 

 years before the prophesied death of Lady Six Monkey. Apparently 

 the conversation concerns the marriage of Six Monkey and Eleven 

 Wind. A round dance is also pictured in connection with this date 

 and on the day 7 Flower of the 3^ear 12 House we see Eleven Wind 

 and Six Monkey bathing together in accordance with the marriage 

 rite (see pi. 2, lower right hand corner). 



The next row has more presents and we see Ten Lizard at the same 

 place which Ten Eagle had defended giving instructions to two men 

 named Two Flower and Three Crocodile. The year is 13 Rabbit and 

 the day 9 Snake. The two men set out on an embassy which concerns 

 Six Monkey for the former carries her head and hieroglyph as his 

 burden. Arriving before two towns these ambassadors are insulted 

 by young chieftains named Six Lizard and Two Crocodile. I say 

 " insulted ", for the speech scrolls which come out of the mouths of 

 the boys are tipped with flint knives, a logical ideograph for cutting 

 words. 



It is clear that our heroine Six Monkey did not brook such undip- 

 lomatic reception for her representatives. We see her in the top sec- 

 tion of page 7 addressing the old lady Nine Herb about war. A 

 shield-and-spear symbol of war lies on the ground between them and 

 bark of Skull Temple are two soldiers ready for the fray. Above, 

 Six Monkey has one of the miscreant chieftains by the hair and the 

 other is seated before the combined hieroglyph of the two towns in 



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