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penitence. From the 19th of April to the 8th of 

 May. 



7. Toxcail, month in which cords and garlands 

 of maize were tied around the necks of the idols; 

 Tepopochuiliztli, a censer, from the 9th to the 

 28th of May. It was in this month, Toxcatl, 

 that the fellow soldier of Cortez, Pedro de Alva- 

 rado, that ferocious warrior whom the Mexicans 

 called the Sun, TonafuiJi, on account of his 

 flaxen hair, made a horrible slaughter of the 

 Mexican nobility assembled within the enclosure 

 of the teocalli. This attack was the signal of the 

 civil dissensions, that caused the death of the 

 n n fort u n at e Montezuma. 



8. Etzal qucd'i ztU, a name which appears to he 

 derived from etzalli, a particular kind of food 

 prepared with the flour of maize. From the 

 29th of May to the 17th of June. 



9. TecuilhuitzintU, month or festival of the 

 young warriors. From the 18th of June to the 

 7th of July. 



10. HueytecuUhultl, festival of the nobility 

 and warriors advanced in years. From the 8th 

 to the 27th of July. 



11. Jllccailhiulzintli, the little festival of the 

 dead ; Tlaxocliimaco, distribution of flowers. 

 From the 28th of July to the 16th of August, 



12. Hueijmicca'illiuUl, the grand festival cele- 

 brated in remembrance of the dead ; Xocollhifetzi, 

 fall of fruit, month in which fruit ripens, cones- 



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