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INDEX. 



Lord Kingsboroutrh, tt; fiis mfimiscript and draw- 

 ings taken to Paris by H. BaradOre and published ; 

 letter on Palenque by Colonel Juan Galindo, ad- 

 dressed to the Geographical Society of Paris ; ex- 

 ploration by Jean-Frederic de Waldeck, 10 ; publi- 

 cation of bis drawings by the French government, 

 11; Stephens's exploration; ruins visited by A. 

 Morelet ; his work translated by Mrs. M. F. Squier ; 

 Desire Gharnay's exploration ; his photographs and 

 work, 13; plan of, 10; Morelet's observations on 

 the architecture and sculpture, 36 ; implements 

 probably used in working the stone, 37. 



Palenque tablet. See Group of the Cross. 



Paraguay, cross found in, 41. 



Peale, Titian Pi., information relative to the history of 

 the Smithsonian tablet; employs Clark Mills to 

 make a cast of it, 2. 



Peten, Lake and Island, accounts, 08, 09. 



Phallic theory, 42, 43, 45. 



Pharomacrus Mocimio, De la Llave, 38. 



Pontonchan. See Champoton. 



Popayan, cross at, 43. 



Pre-Columbian propagation of Christianity in America, 

 theory, 39. 



Pre-Toltecan civilization in Central America, 58. 



Prescott, W. H., " Conquest of Mexico," cit. G, 69. 



Pyramidal structure bearing the Temple of the Cross, 

 15; mentioned by Dupaix, 18; by Galindo, 19; by 

 Stephens and Charnay, 20; Waldeck 's plate, 21. 



Quetzal, 38. 



Quetzalcohiiatl (Quetzalcoatl), 39, 44, 59. 



Quirigua, ruins of, 75. 



Eio, Capt. Antonio del, explores the ruins of Palenque ; 

 his report translated into English, as " Description 

 of tlie Ruins of an Ancient City etc.; " plates by 

 "Waldeck, 8 ; German and other translations ; Span- 

 ish original, 9; account of the Temple of the 

 Cross, 15; excavations made there, 17 ; part of his 

 plate of the Group of the Cross, 32 ; want of cor- 

 rectness, 34 ei scq. 



Ecsny, Leon de, attempts to decipher Maya characters, 

 53 ; Codex Mexicanus No. 2 called Codex Pcre- 

 sianus by him, 54; " Essai sur le Decbitlrement 

 de I'Ecriture Hieratique de I'Amerique Centrale," 

 cit. 54, 50. 



Ruiz, Antonio, on a cross in Paraguay ; " Conqvista 

 Espiritval etc.," cit. 41. 



Eussell, Charles, Consul, sends the Palcnquean slab in 

 fragments to the National Institute, 1 ; correspond- 

 ence with Stephens, 2. 



Sacrifices, human, 38, 39. 



Saint Thomas, supposed mission.ary labors in America 



39, 41. 

 Salisbury, Jr., S., translation by, 3; on sculptured 



horses' heads in Yucatan, 67; "The Mayas etc.," 



cit. 68. 

 Sculpture, Palenquean, Morelet's opinion, 36. 

 Slabs composing the Group of the Cross. See Group of 



the Cross. 



Smithsonian tablet, sent in fragments to the National 

 Institute by Consul Charles Russell ; removal from 

 Palenque, 1 ; information obtained through Titian 

 R. Peale ; plaster cast made by Clark Mills for the 

 Prussian government; another cast made by Dr. 

 G. A. Matile, 2 ; completes the Group of the Cross 

 as seen by Del Rio and Dupaix ; Dr. Matile's iden- 

 tification published ; photograph sent to Dr. Phil. 

 J. J. Valentini, 3; identified by him, 4; descrip- 

 tion of, 31 et seq. 



Squier, E. G., translation of Palacio's work, cit., 41 

 75 ; " The Serpent Symbol etc.;" his view concern- 

 ing Yucatan crosses, 46. 



Squier, Mrs. M. F., trausl.ation of Morelet's work, 13. 



Statue of a horse. See Equine statue. 



Statues in front of the Temple of the Cross, discovered 

 by Waldeck, 29; described by Stephens, 30. 



Stephens, J. L.; his visit to Laguna ; entertained there 

 by Charles Russell, 1 ; correspondence with the 

 same ; instructs Pawling to make plaster casts 

 of Palenqviean sculptures ; bis plan for the founda- 

 tion of a museum of American antiquities, 2; " In- 

 cidents of Travel in Central America, Chiapas and 

 Yucatan," cit. 2, 5, 7, 10, 12, 20, 21, 24, 25, 26, 28, 

 30, 31, 00, 75; " Incidents of Travel in Yucatan," 

 cit. GO, 07, 09, 71, 72, 73; design of the Palenque 

 tablet, 4 ; on the discovery of the ruins of Palenque, 

 7; his diplomatic mission to Central America; 

 Catherwood, the artist, his fellow-traveler ; results 

 of his surveys ; publication of his works ; appre- 

 ciation of Stephens's and Catherwood's labors by 

 Bancroft and Brasseur de Bourbourg, 12 ; by Dr. 

 C. H. Berendt; account of Palenque; duration of 

 the survey, 13; measurement' of the Temple of the 

 Cross, 15 ; des^cription of the Temple of the Cross, 

 20 et seq.; on the tablet in the Temple of the Sun, 

 23; discrepancy between Stephens's and Waldeck's 

 designs of the Temple of the Cross ; describes the 

 Tablet of the Cross, 24; account of the slabs com- 

 posing the group ; sees fragments of the slab now 

 preserved in the United States National Museum, 

 20 ; describes two sculptured slabs formerly in the 

 Temple of the Cross, but now in the village of 

 Santo Domingo, 28; account of a statue belonging 

 to the Temple of the Cross, 30 ; measurement of 

 the slabs composing the Tablet of the Cross, 31 ; 

 error with regard to the adoration of the cross in 

 America, 42 ; describes monolithic idols or statues 

 at Copan, 04; on the antiquity of the ruins of 

 Yucatan and Central America, 65 et seq.; quotes 

 the statements of Bernal Diaz del Castillo and of 

 Juan Di.az in support of his view; refers to docu- 

 ments proving the late occupancy of Uxmal, GO; 

 penknife taken from a mound at Kantunile, 67 ; 

 account of the equine statue worshiped by the 

 Itzas, 68; on buildings on the Island of Peten, 09; 

 time of occupaucy of Izamal, Tihoo and Chichen- 

 Itza, 73. 



Tablet in the Temple of the Sun, 23, 38, 39. 

 Tablet of the Cross. See Group of the Cross. 



