THOMAS] THE CAKCHIQUEL CALENDAR 281 



In the year following 5 Ah (number o-t), that is to say, the year 

 beginning with 6 Yiz, the following events, with dates, are mentioned 

 (numbers oo, 36, and 37): 



On 1 Ganel the Quiches were destroyed. 



On 4 Qnat the chiefs were Vmrnecl by Tnnatiuh (Alvarado). 



On 1 Hnnahpu the Spaniards reached Iximche. 



Five days after, Tunatiuh left the capital: then the Tzutuhils were con- 

 quered on 7 Carney. 



Twenty-fire days afterward Tunatiuh went forth to Cuzcatan and 

 slew Atacat on the day 2 Queh. On 10 Hunahpn he returned, having 

 heen absent 40 days. 



Iximche was abandoned on 7 Amak. 



Ten days after, on 4 Carney. Tunatiuh began war. 



One hundred and eighty days after the city was abandoned the 29th year 

 after the i-evolt was completed on 2 Ah. 



The day 1 Ganel (or Kanel) was the 15th daj' of the 2d month; 4 

 Quat (or Kat) was the 11th day of the 3d month; 1 Hnnahpu the 7th 

 day of the oth month. "Five days after" should be G to reach 7 

 Camey, the 13th daj^ of the oth month. " Tweutj^-five days after- 

 wards" (after 7 Camey) should be 21 to reach 2 Queh, 14th day of the 

 6th month, and 10 Hunahpn is the 7th daj' of the 10th mouth, hence 

 the 40 daj's, if counted from 2 Queh, would be wrong. The 7 Amak 

 would be the 3d da.y of the 12th month, and 4 Camey the 13th day 

 of the 12th month. From 7 Amak, the daj' Iximche was abandoned, 

 to 2 Ah, the end of the year (still counting 400 days), was only 177, 

 the round number given by the annalist being 180. 



These items of evidence are sufficient to prove, bej^ond any reason- 

 able doubt, that the annalist counted 400 days to the year, and that 

 the years of the calendar which he used always began with the day 

 Yiz. The beginning and ending days of the years would therefore 

 be as follows if we start with 12 Yiz, the first year after the Revolt: 



The next question that arises, and the one of most importance in 

 the discussion, is this: Was the writer justified in indicating that such 

 a calendar as this was in use among the Cakchiquels at the coming 

 of the Spaniards? On this point we must .judge chiefly by internal 

 evidence. As what is known in regard to the history of the manu- 

 script is given by Brinton in his introduction, it is unneeessarj' to 



