INDEX. 



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Herrera, Antonio dc, flattening of the head among the 

 Mayas, 38 ; temple and cross on the IsUmd of Coz- 

 umel ; crosses in other parts of the island and in 

 Yucatan, 40, 41 ; " Historia General etc.," cit. 41. 



Honduras, cross in, 41. 



Horse, statue of, worshiped by the Itzas, 08. 



Human sacrifices, 38, 39. 



Humboldt, A. von, on crosses in America ; " Kritisehe 

 Untersuchungen etc.," cit. 43; on the Mexican 

 system of writing, 51 ; the Dresden Codex, S3. 



Hunab-ku, 59. 



Huaca, 4L'. 



Itzamna. See Zamn.a. 



Itzas, worship the statue of a horse ; their migration, 



68. 

 Itzcoatl, 51, 52. 



Ixtlilxochitl, " Histoire des Chichimeques," cit. 44. 

 Izanial, remarks on buildings of, by Landa, 72; by 



Lizana, 74. 



Jews, the ancestors of the American Indians, theory ; 



Kingsborough a supporter of this view, 40. 

 Juarros, Domingo, description of Palenque; "History 



of the Kingdom of Guatemala," cit. 7. 



Kantunilc, relics from a mound at, 07. 



Kingsborough, Lord, publishes Dupaix's report, 9; at- 

 tempts to prove the descent of the Mexicans from 

 the Jews, 40; reproduces the Dresden Codex, 53. 



Klemm, Dr. G., on the Dresden Code.x ; "AUgemeine 

 Cultur-Geschichte der Menschheit," cit. 53. 



Kues, 74. 



Kukulkan, 44, .59. 



Lafitau, " Moeurs des Sauvages Ameriquains," cit. 40. 



Landa, Bishop Diego de ; " Relation des Choses de 

 Yucatan," cit. 37, 47, 48, 49, 53, GO, 74; flattening 

 of the head among the Mayas, 38 ; human sacrifices, 

 38, 39; baptismal rites, 38; Maya alphabet, 47, 48, 

 49; on Maya writing; destruction of Maya books, 

 48; Maya calendar, signs of the days and months, 

 47, 60 ; on buildings in Yucatan, 71 ; on buildings 

 at Izamal, Tihoo and Chichen-Itza, 72. 



Languages, mutability of. See Lyell. 



Las Casas, Bishop, " Historia Apologetica de las Indias 

 Occidentales ;" on books, chroniclers, and methods 

 of writing in New Spain and other parts, 50, 51. 



Lenoir, A., " Antiquites Mexicaines," cit. 10,19,20, 

 24, 33. 



Lizana, account of Yucatan, 73 ct seq. ; buildings at 

 Izamal, 74. 



Lyell, Sir Charles, on the mutability of languages ; 

 "Antiquity of Man," cit. 57. 



McCulloh, Dr. J. H., " Kesearches," cit. 40. 



McQuy, Dr., brings a copy of Del Kio's report to Lon- 

 don, 8. 



Martyr, Peter, refers to crosses in Yucatan, 41. 



Matile, Dr. G. A., makes a cast of the Smithsonian 

 tablet, 2; he identifies it, 3. 



Maya alphabet. See Landa and Yucatec alphabet. 



Maya calendar. See Landa and Yucatec calendar. 



Mayas, probably the builders of Palenque; flattening of 

 heads, 38 ; human sacrifices, 38, 39. 



Mendieta, Geronimo de, "Historia Eclestiastiea Indi- 

 ana, cit. 52. 



Mexican system of writing, L.as Casas on, .50; Aubin 

 and Humboldt, 51. 



Mexicans, Jewish descent, theory, 40. 



Mexico, aboriginal writing in, 47 ei seq.; crosses in, 

 41. 



Mills, Clark, makes a cast of the Smithsonian tablet, 2. 



Morelet, Arthur, visits Palenque ; his work in part trans- 

 lated by Mrs. M. F. Squier, and published as 

 "Travels in Central America," 13; cit. 25, 30, 38, 

 69 ; observations concerning the Stone of the Cross, 

 25; on the buildings and sculptures of Palenque, 

 36; account of the equine statue worshiped by the 

 Itzas, 08; on the size of the Island of Peten, 69. 



Mounds at Kantunile ; at the hacienda Xuyum, 67. 



Miiller, Dr. J. G., observations on the cross; a nature- 

 symbol; employed as such by Hindoos, Egyptians, 

 Syrians and Phcenicians ; decorated the head of 

 the Ephesian goddess ; appears in connection with 

 sun-gods ; a symbol of the rain-god in America, 42 ; 

 on Stephens's denial ; occurs in the Dresden Codex 

 and the Fejervary manuscript; originally a phallic 

 symbol ; " Geschichte der Amerikanischen Urre- 

 ligionen," cit. 43 



Muyscas, 44. 



National Institute for the Promotion of Science, receives 

 the tablet now in the Smitlisonian Institution and 

 a letter from Consul Charles Kussell, 1. 



Obsidian Serpent, 51. 



Ordonez yAguiar, Ramon de, his manuscript, 0; causes 



an exploration of Palenque; his report, 7. 

 Otolum, name of a small river, 15. 

 Otula. See Otolum. 



Palace at Palenque, 10. 



Palace and Temple of the Tliree Tablets at Palenque, 

 restoration after Armin, 05. 



Palacio, Licentiate Dr. Don Diego Garcia de, on a 

 cross at Copan, 41; ruins of Copan, 75; "Carta 

 dirijida al Rey de Espaiia, etc.," translations, 75. 



Palenqiie, explorations of, 5 et seq.; name; location; 

 aboriginal name not known ; probably in a ruinous 

 state at the time of the conquest, 5; tradition rela- 

 tive to origin ; manuscript of Ramon de Ordonez y 

 Aguiar; Votan, 6; discovery of the ruins accord- 

 ino- to Juarros, Stephens and Brasseur ; Ordonez 

 causes an exploration; explorations of Calderon 

 and Bernasconi, made by order of Don Jose Esta- 

 cheria, 7,8; their reports in part translated by 

 Brasseur de Bourbourg; exploration by Captain 

 Antonio del Rio ; his report; translation and pub- 

 lication of the same, 8 ; exploratioaa by Captain 

 "William Dupaix ; a copy of his repo'-t published by 



