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the Foot of the Mountain, and fet all the Bullies about the fame on Fire ; which 

 done, they (homed and hollow'd,and play'd onfeveral Inftruments 5 which fright- 

 ing the wild Beafts that lay fhelter'd in the Woods, made them run to the top of 

 the Mountain, where they were more and more inclos'd by the People, infomuch 

 that many of them were (lain for an Offering before Tocd's Son's Altar ; which 

 done, they carried the Idol back to his Temple, and the People made Merry with 

 thellain Venifon. 



As great Reverence they fliew'd to Te^catlipuca, becaufe (as they faid) he pardon'd 

 SmJST their Sins. This Idol was made of a black fhining Stone,richly AppareH'd,having 

 Golden Ear-rings 5 in his undermoft Lip a Silver Sheath, in which ftuck fome- 

 times a green, and fometimes a blue Plume of Feathers ; his Hair was ty'd with an 

 embroider'd String, at the end of which hung a Golden Ear, whereon Smoak was 

 Painted, fignifying the Prayers of opprefs'd Sinners • moreover, the String hung 

 full of Pearls, and about the Neck in a String hung a Jewel . on his Breaft, as al- 

 foon his Navel, a green Stone ; in his left Hand he held a Fan made of a Gold 

 Plate, in which ftuck many coloured Feathers : this Plate glittering like Glafs 

 was in ftead of a Mirrour for Te^catlipuca, to obferve all worldly Tranfa&ions in 

 the fame : and to punifli Criminals, he held four Darts in his right Hand. His 

 Feaft they kept once in four years. 



This Idol alfo had the Command of Hunger, Drought, Famine, and peftilen- 

 tial Diftempers ; wherefore he had quite another fhape, fat on a Stool behind a 

 red Curtain embroider'd with dead Mens Bones and Sculls 5 his Body Coal black, 

 his Head ftuck full of Quails Feathers, a Quiver with four Arrows in his left, and 

 a Rod in his right Hand, which made the Image fecm very terrible. 



The Idol Quet^alcoalt, being their Guardian over the Merchants, was plac'd in a 

 high Temple, being fliap'd like a Man, his Face onely excepted . for that refem- 

 bled a Bird's Head, with a red Bill full of Teeth, a Comb, and a long Tongue • 

 on the hind-part of his Head flood a Mitre, and about his Legs Silk Garters befet 

 with Pearls. 



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CHAP. IX. 





Cibola^ Tontonteac, and Nova Granada, 



T Hough the Province of Zuny above-mention'd in the Chapter of tfyw 

 Mexico, in the Voyage of Eftejm, be there otherwife call'd, and appear to 

 be the fame with Cibola, yet we find it not treated of by any as part of 

 2s[ew Mexico, but by fome as a diftinft Province, by others as a part of California 

 largely taken ; for befides that California, properly fo call'd, hath formerly been ta- 

 ken rather for a feninfula than an Ifland, and ftill affords to fome an Argument of 

 queftion, whether it be one or the other. The whole extent of the Province gene- 

 rally fo term'd, hath bqen reputed to comprehend the fuppos'd Teninfula it felf, CV- 

 lola, Quivira, and TSLoVa Albion ; but fince, according to the beft Maps and Difcove* 

 lies, there feems little doubt to be made, that California, ftriftly taken, is a perfect 

 Ifland : and fince upon that Confideration we have refcrved it to be defcrib'd 

 • amongft the Iflands of Northern America, we alfo confecjuently judge it mod requi- 

 fite to confider thofe Countrcys apart that were included in the extended California. 



Cibola 



