778 NORTH AMERICAN LINGUISTICS. 
3985 Vega (Luis Lasso de la). Huey | tlamahui9oltica | omonexiti iu 
illinicac Tlatoca | Qiliuapllli | Santa Maria | Totlagonantziu | 
G-uadalupe in nican liuei altepe- | ualiuac Mexico itocayocan Tepe- 
yacac. | [Engraving of Our Lady of Guadalnj)e.J 
Impresso con licencia en Mexico : en la imprenta de luan Euyz. | 
Alio de 1649. | • 
3 p. 11., followed by a copper-plate engraving with this title : Aparicion De la 
imagen de nuestra S". De guadalupe de Mexico. LI. 1-17 and 1 unnumbered 1. 4°. 
It is the history of the appearance of Our Lady of Guadalupe, \Tritten by Br. 
Luis Lasso de la Vega, chaplain and vicar of the sanctuary of the same name. — 
Jcazbalceta'8 Apimtes, No. 35. 
Printed entirely lb the Mexican language. — Ramirez Sale Catalogue. 
3986 Vega (Nufiez de la). Constituciones Diocesanas del Obispado de 
Chiappas. Eoma, 1702. * 
This work is divided iuto a preamble and ten parts. The iireamble is most 
curious and valuable for archa3ological purposes, since it contains extracts from 
the ancient book of the Tzendales and other nations of the vast diocese of Chi.apa. 
These ancient books appear to have been deposited by the bishop in the archives 
of the bishopric at Ciudad Real, for the use of the Curas of the diocese. The 
second part has also some interest, consisting of an exhortation directed to 
the ancient idolaters against the superstitution of Nagualism, and contains a 
description of the rites attending its jiractice. La Vega had a complete acquaint- 
ance with the Tzendal language, the probable root of the Maya, Quiche, and 
the other affiliated dialects of Guatemala and Yucatan. — Squier. 
3987 Vela (Jos6 Canuto). Carta que yo presidente de la Mlsion evan- 
gelica dirigo A los caudillos de los indios sublevados del Sur y 
Oriente de esta peninsula de Yucatan, en Tekax, 23 de febrero de 
1848. Jos6 Canuto Vela. 
M^rida de Yucatan. Impreso por Antonio Petra, 1848. * 
1 folio. An appeal, in the Maya language, to the Maya Indians still iu revolt 
in Yucatan against the descendants of the Spaniards. — Brasseur de Bourbourf/. 
"On the pastoral visit made to his bishopric, subsequent to the insurrection 
of the natives, by the illustrious bishop Dr. D. Jos6 Maria Guerra, Sr. D. Jos4 
Canuto Vela was confessor and preacher in the Maya language. 
"We place his name among Maya writers, because the 'Carta pastoral' of the 
prelate we have mentioned, addressed to the natives of the country in February, 
1848, was translated into the Yucatec idiom by Sr. Vela. It is printed, in 4°, of 
8 leaves only, in Spanish and Yucatec, under the following title: 'Pastoral del 
IllmO Sr. obispo dirigida il los indigenas de esta di<5cesi8.' Merida de Yucatan. 
Impreso por Antomo Petra. 1848. 8 pp. 4"^. 
"We have seen it asserted that another edition of this jiastoral was made in 
the same year or a little later, but we are ignorant whether the copy in our col- 
lection belongs to the first or second edition, since it contains no notice relative 
to the date. 
"The Maya style of the curate Veia is perfect, and as he was a great orator in 
this idiom, we are fortunate in having, at least as a specimen, the pastoral of 
1848."— CarrHZo. 
Possibly this is the same work catalogued by Brasseur de Bourbourg under 
Guerra (Jos6 Maria), and given iu this catalogue as No. 1613; though Brasseur 
