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modified form, to iudicato the vai-iation of time mimeratiou from the 

 regular vigesimal system, tlius: 



20 units = 1 kal in jjlace of ehuen. 



18 kal = 1 bak in place of ahaii. 



20 bak = 1 pic in iilace of katun. 



20 pic = 1 calab in place of cycle. 



20 calab = 1 kinchil in place of great cycle. 



20 kinchil = 1 aliau in place of grand era. 



It is true that above iho. kal the numbers would vary from the 

 true vigesimal count in consequeuce of counting but 18 instead of 20 

 kal to the ne.xt higher order. This, however, miglit have been shown 

 by prefixing "minor," thus, "minor bak," "minor pie," etc., but no 

 real confusion would have resulted from using the simple names as 

 Brinton has suggested. Seler suggests "uinal" in place of ehuen; 

 " tun " in place of ahau, but retains " katun " as applied by Goodman. 



THE CAKCHIQUEL CALENDAR 



If the "Annals of the Gakchiquels," written or supposed to have 

 been written soon after the Spanish conquest bj' a member of the 

 Xahila family, are to be trusted in regard to the Cakchiquel calendar 

 system, this system was peculiar, differing in some important respects 

 fi"om that of the Mayas, which has been described in the preceding 

 part of this paper. All that is known in regard to its peculiar features 

 is found in these Annals, and must be gathered from incidental men- 

 tion of dates. In order to place the data before the reader, I quote the 

 more important of these mentions from the translation by Dr Brinton 

 in the Librarj' of Aboriginal American Literature, vi, "The Annals 

 of tlie Cakchiquels, " 1885. 



As a noted revolt, described as the "revolt at Iximche," is selected 

 by the author of the Annals as the era from which to reckon all sub- 

 sequent events, we begin the quotations with the passages referring 

 to and fixing tlie date of this event. 



(1) The day of the revolt was appointed by this chief. Cay Hunahpu, and on 

 this daj'. 11th Ah, the revolt broke out [page 157]. 



(2) Thirty-one days after the revolt, as the Qniches desired to destroy those 

 of Tibaqoy, these Tnknches removed to Chiavar and piit to death the Quiches, 

 who yielded in a battle at a jjlace named Yaxontzni, on the day 9th Caok [page 

 1591. 



(;i) On the 36th day after the revolt Cinahitoh perished ... on the day Hth 

 Can [ibid.]. 



(4) One year less ten days after the revolt was hanged the chief orator Ahmox- 

 nay on the day 11th Akbal [ibid.]. 



(5) The day 8 Ah was one year after the Revolt [page 161]. 



(6) The day 5 Ah was two years after the Revolt [ibid.]. 



(7) The day 2 Ah was three years after the Revolt [ibid.] . 



(8) The day 12 Ah comjileted the fourth year after the Revolt [ibid.]. 



(9) The 9 Ah completed the iifth year after the Revolt [page 163]. 



(10) The 6 Ah completed the si.xth year after the Revolt [ibid.]. 



(11) On the 3 Ah there were seven years from the Revolt [ibid.] . 



