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mistake of Stoll (2:27) in calling the Pupuluca (6) a Mixe dialect 
is pointed out by Brinton (3:152). The latter author appears to 
have made precisely the same mistake, however, in his paper on 
the Xinca Indians, read before the American Philosophical Society, 
October 17, 1884. On his map vit Sapper places a Lencan colony— 
possibly intended to correspond with Pupuluca (6)—slightly farther 
to the northeast than the locality given by Stoll, who follows 
Juarros. The last-named authority (1:1, 98) mentions Conguaco 
as the pueblo of the people speaking this dialect, which is in the area 
marked by him. The other dialects were Guajiquero, Intibucat, 
Opatoro, and Similiton,- spoken in central Honduras in and about 
the pueblos of the same names, respectively. Sapper (1:28) 
mentions also as dialects Chilanga and Guatijigua, spoken in and 
about villages so named, in northeastern Salvador. He fails, 
however, to furnish vocabularies by which to determine relation- 
ship, having obtained, it seems, only twenty words of the former 
dialect. Nevertheless, as the pueblos are in the region where Lenca 
prevailed, there can be but little doubt that they are local variations 
of that language. No attempt has been made to mark the areas 
of these dialects on the accompanying map. It is possible the 
Chondal of Squier, mentioned below, should be considered a dialect, 
for it appears from a statement by Brinton that Désiré Pector termed 
them “‘Chontal-Lencas.”’ 
From the data obtainable it is impossible to define accurately the 
boundaries of the chief Lencan area. The writer has been guided 
in this respect chiefly by Squier (4:378 et seq.), omitting, of course, 
his conclusion that the Jicaque and Paya belong to the same stock 
as the Lenca. He was inclined to include geographically not only 
the department of San Miguel in Salvador and those of Santa 
Barbara and Comayagua in Honduras, but also Choluteca and parts 
of Tegucigalpa, Olancho, and Yoro in the latter state (as they were 
then defined); also the islands of Roatan and Guanaja. After 
eliminating the territories of the Jicaque and Paya the writer has 
outlined the Lencan territory to correspond as nearly as possible 
with the most recent data. As mapped it appears to conform, at 
least in a general way, with Sapper’s determination, except that it 
adds a small extension into Nicaragua to include Squier’s Chondal, 
who, according to Brinton (3:149), are Lenca. It includes that 
part of San Salvador east of the Lempa river, the modern depart- 
ments of Paraiso, Tegucigalpa, La Paz, Intibuca, Comayagua, and 
parts of Santa Barbara and Gracias in Honduras, and extends into the 
southern part of Segovia in Nicaragua. 
TLASCALTECA 
This is a dialect of the Nahuatlan family, closely allied to the 
Tlascalan, which from a statement of Scherzer (456) appears to 
