349 (Brinton. 
1884.) 
themselves as ahcakchiquele, but generally by the simpler term Oakeht- 
queles. 
Il. History of the Present Work. 
The present Grammar of the Cakchiquel is the translation of a portion 
of a Spanish manuscript presented to the Library of the American Philo- 
sophical Society in 1836, by Sefior Mariano Galvez, then Governor of 
Guatemala, and obtained, it would appear, from the library of one of the 
religious houses. I have described this MS. in a previous publication, and 
will transcribe what I have there written : 
“The next work is a small quarto of 109 leaves. Unfortunately, the first 
leaf with the general title is missing. The top of the second leaf com- 
mences in the midst of a sentence in a Doctrina Christiana in Cakchiquel. 
This covers ten leaves, and is followed by two leaves of ‘Preguntas de la 
Doctrina,’ all in Cakchiquel. Next comes a ‘Confessionario breve en 
Jengua Cakchiquel.’ The Spanish translation of each question and answer 
is also given., 
“After the Confessionario are three leaves, unnumbered and blank, ex- 
cept that on the recto of the second isa Latin Prayer to the Virgin, diffl- 
cult to decipher. 
“‘On the recto of the next leaf is the following : 
«<«Arte || de la lengua cak || chiquel.’ 
“Tt is written in a clear small hand, covers fifty-four pages, with an 
average of thirty lines to the page, sometimes with one column, some- 
times with two, and closes with the colophon ; 
“«Martes & 24 de Junio de 1692 afios dia del Nacimiento de 8. Juan 
Baptista se acavo el traslado de oragiones y Arte en Kakchiquel.’ 
“From the close of this to the 96th leaf there is another series of doc- 
trinal questions in Cakchiquel. 
“Then follows another ‘Confessionario breve en lengua castellana y 
eakchiquel,’ 12 pages in length, differing considerably from the previous 
one. The rest of the volume is taken up with ‘Platicas,’ short discourses 
on religious subjects. * * The characters of Parra are employed in all 
the divisions of the book, and the writing is generally quite legible. 
“There is no hint throughout where the original was written nor by 
whom. * * * The linguistic value of the Arte is considerable.’’* 
As no part of the collection presented to the Society by President 
* A Notice of Some Manuscripts in Central American Languages, by Daniel G. 
Brinton, American Journal of Science and Arts, March, 1869. 
