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INDEX. 



mcnt of the glyplis on Del Rio's illustratioas, 59 ; 

 on the meaning of the glyphs on the Tablet of the 

 Cross, C4. 

 Charnay, D., explores American ruins; bis atlas of pho- 

 tographs, among them that representing the Palen- 

 quo Cross; his work " Citeset Euines Amcricaines," 

 13; cit. 21, 23, 27, 29, 83 ; describes the slabs com- 

 posing the Group of the Cross ; error on his part, 

 27 ; sees tablets from the Temple of the Cross in 

 the village of Santo Domingo, 28 ; photograph of 

 the cross at Palenque, 33, 34, 35, 3G, 38. 

 Chichen-Itza, time of occupancy, 73. 

 Clavigero, Abbe, mentions crosses ; " History of Mexi- 

 co," cit. 41 ; quotes Mexican names, 51. 

 Codex Mexicanus No. 2 ; Brasseur's attempted trans- 

 lation, 54. 

 Codex Peresianus. See Codex Mexicanus No. 2. 

 Codex Troano, found by Brasseur at Madrid ; edited by 

 him under the auspices of the Scientific Mexican 

 Commission as " Manuscrit Troano. Etudes sur le 

 Systeme Graphique et la Langue des Mayas;" ap- 

 pearance described, 54 ; remarks on Brasseur's trans- 

 lation by Bancroft and Charencey, 55. 

 Cogolludo, refers to crosses in Yucatan, 41, 43 ; " His- 

 toria de Yucathan," cit. G8 ; time of occupancy of 

 Tihoo, 73. 

 Copan, cross at, 41 ; glyphs on monolithic idols or statues 



at, 64; age of ruius, 64, 75. 

 Cozumel, Island of; temple; cross found there, 40, 43 ; 

 small temple ; its antiquity according to Stephens, 

 66 ; village, described by Juan Diaz, 70. 

 Cross, on Egyptian sculptures and paintings ; on coins 

 representing Astarte, the Syrian goddess ; among 

 ancient nations generally ; meaning of the emblem ; 

 appears to relate to the creative energy of nature ; 

 seen by Grijalva on the Island of Cozumel, 40; 

 mentioned by Ilerrera, Gomara, Cogolludo, Martyr, 

 Palacio, Ruiz and Garcilasso de la Vega, 41 ; Dr. 

 J. G. Miiller's views and theories ; employed as a 

 symbol by Hindoos, Egyptians, Syrians and Phrani- 

 cians ; decorated the liead of the Ephesian goddess ; 

 appears in connection with sun-gods ; venerated in 

 America; Stephens's denial ; a phallic symbol, 42; 

 Dr. Brinton's views ; in the temples of Cozumel and 

 Palenque ; worshiped by Aztecs and Toltecs ; in the 

 temples of Popayan and Cundinamaroa ; called Ton- 

 acaquahuitl by the Mexicans ; represented the god 

 of rains and health ; worshiped in Yucatan, 43 ; 

 carried by the Aztec goddess of rain and by Quet- 

 zalcoatl ; formed by the Muyscas in sacrifices, 44 ; 

 opinions of Squier, Bancroft, and Valentini, 46. 

 Cundinamarca, cross in temple of, 43. 

 Cuzamil. See Cozumel. 

 Cuzco, cross preserved at, 42. 

 Cuzcas, 74. 



Diaz del Castillo, Bernal, " Historia Verdadera de la 

 Conquista de la Nueva-Espana," cit. 66, 68, 69. 



Diaz, Juan, describes Grijalva's expedition, 66, 70; on 

 buildings in Yucatan, 70. 



Dresden Codex, mentioned, 43; called a Mexican man- 



uscript by Humboldt ; reproduced by Kingsbo- 

 rough ; its Palenquean character ; description and 

 history, 53 ; attempts to decipher it, 54, 56 ; frag- 

 ment reproduced by Stephens, 64. 

 Dupaix, Capt. William, sees the slabs forming the Tab- 

 let of the Cross in their original places in the Tem- 

 ple of the Cross, 3, 25 ; explores the ruins of Palen- 

 que ; accompanied by Luciano Castaiieda ; a copy 

 of his manuscript report published by Kings- 

 borough, 9; his manuscripts and drawings taken to 

 Paris and published in "Antiquites Mexicaines," 

 10; account of the Temple of the Cross, 17 ; state- 

 ment concerning two stone slabs with human figures 

 in bas-relief in the Temple of the Cross, 27. 



Egyptian sculptures and paintings, cross represented in, 



40. 

 Equine statue, worshiped by the Indians of Lake Pe- 



ten, 68. 

 Estacheria, Don Jose, causes explorations of Palenque, 



7,8. 



Fejervary, M. de, manuscript of, 43, 45, 54. 

 Fcrgusson, J., " Rude Stone Monuments," cit. 37. 

 Feathered Serpent. See Quetzalcohuatl. 

 Flattening of the head among the Mayas, 38. 



Garcilasso de la Vega, account of a cross preserved at 

 Cuzco; his "Royal Commentaries of Peru," cit. 

 41, 42. 



Galindo, Col. Juan, letter on Palenque addressed to the 

 Geographical Society of Paris and published in 

 " Antiquites Mexicaines;" letter to the President of 

 the American Antiquarian Society, 10; description 

 of the Temple of the Cross, 19 ; on the position of 

 two sculptured stone slabs in the Temple of the 

 Cross, 27. 



Gerolt, Baron von, solicits a plaster cast of the Smith- 

 sonian tablet for the Prussian government, 2. 



Glyphs, Central American, eflforts to interpret them, 

 53; on the Palenque tablets; difficulties encoun- 

 tered in deciphering them, 57; Charencey's at- 

 tempts ; insufficiency of Landa's key, 59 ; analysis 

 showing their affinity to Landa's signs ; their gen- 

 eral purport, 61, 62, 63 ; on monolithic statues at 

 Copan, 64. 



Gomara, Francisco Lopez de, on crosses in Yucatan, 

 40 ; " Hispania Victrix etc.," cit. 41. 



Grijalva, Juan de, sees a cross on the Island of Cozumel, 

 40; his expedition described by Juan Diaz, 66, 70. 



Group of the Cross, 31 et seq.; tablets composing it; 

 outline plate in part a reproduction of Catherwood's 

 design ; dimensions of the slabs, 31 ; representations 

 after Del Rio, "Waldeck, and Charnay, 33 ; the 

 Smithsonian tablet the complemental portion ; com- 

 parison of the designs, 34; on its significance, 37; 

 Dr. Brinton's explanation, 44 ; the Fejervary man- 

 uscript, 45 ; glyphs selected for decipherment by 

 Charencey, 59. 



Gucumatz, 44. 



