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of America, xiii, 283, 281 ; it was of five Days 

 among the Aztecks, 283 ; of three among- the Muys- 

 cas, ibid ; xiv, 110, 123 ; of nine among the Peruvi- 

 ans, xiii, 285. 



Wheel, Emblem of a Period of Time, xiii, 289. 



Wind, a Hurricane causes the Third Generation of ,Men to 

 perish, according, to the Azteck Mythology, xiv, 

 22. 



Wolf, the Mexicans erected Chapels to this Animal, xiv,. 

 48; its Priests formed a particular Congregation, 

 ibid. , 



Women, preguant, Objects of Terror to the Mexicans, during 

 the last five Days of a Period of fifty-two Years, xiii, 

 381. 



World, its Duration according to the Azteck Tradition, xiv., 

 23, 24, 27. 



Writing Alphabetical, Substitute for it among the Aztecks, 

 xiii, 161. 



X. 



Xelhua, one of the seven Giants that escaped from the 

 great Inundation of Anahuac, xiii, 96; the eldest Son 

 of the first Man, xiv, 247. 



Xeques, Priests of the Muyscas, xiv, 135. 



Xicatetli, Name of a Mexican Warrior, xiii, 113. 



Xilomanaliztli, Name of the Third Month of the Mexican 

 Year, xiii, 290. 



Xiquipilli, Purse of Incense, represented on a Mexican Paint- 

 ing, xiii, 227 ; Purse containing 8000 Cacao Nuts, 

 307. 



Xiuhmolpia, secular Festival of the Mexicans, xiii, 330-373. 



Xiuhmolpilli, Period of fifty-two Years, xiii, 286 : Signs 

 that represent it, 289. 



