INDEX. 



Aboriginal relics from a mound at Kantunile, G7. 



Aboriginal writing, 47 rt se.q. 



Affinity between Landa's signs and the Palenquean 



glyphs, 61. 

 Alphabetic writing of Central Americans; different 



opinions, 47 et seg. 

 Altar in the Temple of the Cross, 21, 23. 

 American Indians derived from the Jews, theory, 40. 

 Angrand, L., report on the drawings of J.-F. de Wal- 



deck, 11, 12. 

 Analtes, 53. 

 Antiquity of ruins of Central America and Yucatan, 



65 et seq. 

 Aqueduct at Palenque, 16. 

 Arniin, restoration of the Palace and Temple of the 



Three Tablets at Palenque, 6.5. 

 Astarte, Syrian goddess, figured with a cross, 40. 

 Aubin, M., on the Mexican system of writing ; Itzcoatl 



(Obsidian Serpent), 51 ; designates Maya charac- 

 ters as calculiform, 57. 

 Aztecs, prayer to the cross, 43. 



Bancroft, H. H., "The Native Races of the Pacific 

 States," cit. 5, 8, 9, 11, 12, 24, 46, 53, 76 ; tradition 

 relative to Votan, 7 ; his appreciation of the works 

 and drawings of Stephens and Catlierwood, 12 ; on 

 the superstructure of the Temple of the Cross, 24 ; 

 on the occurrence of the cross, 46 ; on Brasscur's 

 translation of the Code.x Troano, 55 ; account of a 

 statue of a horse worshiped by the Itzas of Lake 

 Peten, 68 ; on Yucatec structures, 75. 



Baradere, H., takes Dupaix's manuscript and drawings 

 to Paris, 10. 



Berendt, Dr. C. H., his valuation of Stephens's works, 

 13; opinion concerning sculptured horses' heads in 

 Yucatan; on the equine statue of the Itzas, OS; 

 discovers the site of an ancient town (Cintla) ; ac- 

 count of excavations made there, 69, 70; " Eemarks 

 on the Centres of Ancient Civilization in Central 

 America," cit. 70. 



Bernasconi, A., ordered to explore the ruins of Palen- 

 que, 8. 



Berthoud,H., prints the English translation of Del r.io's 



report on Palenque, 8. 

 Bertrand, A., experiments in sculpturing stone, ."57. 

 Bird-serpent, 44. 

 Bollaert, W., attempts to translate a part of the Dresden 



Codex; letter to De Rosny, .56. 

 Books among Central Americans, 50. 



Brasseur de Bourbourg, Abbe, on the founding of 

 Palenque, according to tradition ; Votan, 6 ; on 

 the discovery of the ruins of Palenque, 7 ; histrans- 

 lation of the reports of Calderon and Bernasconi, 

 8; edits "Monuments Anciens du Mexique," 11 ; 

 his appreciation of Stephens's and Catherwood's 

 labors, 12, 13 ; explanation of the word Otoluni, 

 15; discovers a copy of Diego do Landa's manu- 

 script and translates it, 47 ; " Histoire des Nations 

 Civilisees du Mexique etc.," cit. 6, 51, 52 ; attempts 

 to interpret Central American manuscripts, 53; 

 " ManuscritTroano. Etudes surleSysteme Graphi- 

 que et la Languo des Mayas," 54; possibility that 

 Maya manuscripts may be found in the coffins of 

 priests, 60. 



Brinton, Dr. D. G., " The Myths of the New World," 

 cit. iZ, 44, 45; his views respecting the cross, 43, 

 44, 45 ; significance of its Mexican name (Tonaea- 

 quahuitl) ; represents the god of rain and health, 

 43 ; interpretation of the Palenque Group of the 

 Cross, 44; hostile to the phallic theory, 45; "The 

 Ancient Phonetic Alphabet of Yucatan," cit. 52, 

 59 ; his later view as to the character of Landa's 

 alphabet, 62. 



Cabrera, Dr. P. F., " Teatro Critico Americano," 8. 



Calderon, J. A., explores the ruins of Palenque, 7, 8. 



Catlin, G., 2. 



Cannibalism, 4.5. 



Castafieda, L., draughtsman of Dupaix ; his drawings 

 and their publication, 9, 10. 



Catherwood, F., draughtsman, accompanies Stephens on 

 his travels; estimate of his drawings by Bancroft 

 and Brasseur, 12; his representation of the Group 

 of the Cross, 4, 31, 34, 35, 36. 



Central America, aboriginal writing in, 47 et scq.; pre- 

 Toltecan civilization in, .58. 



Central American glyphs and manuscripts, attempts to 

 interpret them, 53 ct jiassim. 



Central American ruins, notes on; Stephens on their 

 antiquity, 65. 



Cerros. Sec Mounds. 



Champoton, 52. 



Chalchihuitlicue, 44. 



Charencey, Count H. do, attempts to interpret Central 

 American characters, 53 ; " Eccherches sur Ic Codex 

 Troano," cit. 55; tries to interpret Palenquean 

 o-lyphs; "Essai de Dechift'rement d'un Fragment 

 d'lnscription Palenqueenne ;" bases his decipher- 

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