308 GENERA.L INDEX TO 



tions of Anahuac before the Aztecks, 215 ; its Ori- 

 gin among the Aztecks, 216 $ Particulars of the first 

 three human Sacrifices, 216-218 ; the Aztecks offer 

 them to all their Gods, 220 Totonack Tradition of 

 the future cessation of these Sacrifices, 221 ; Des- 

 cription of the Sacrifice offered at the time of the 

 Festival of the new Fire, among the Mexicans, 382 ; 

 and among the Muyscas, at the opening of a Cycle 

 of a hundred and eighty-five Months, xiv, 133, 134 $ 

 representation of a human Sacrifice, 171. 



Sahagun (Bernardino de), a Franciscan Monk, skilled in the 

 American Languages, xiii, 278. 



Sangay, a Volcano of Quito, xiii, 120. 



Series, Periodical, of the Mexican Calendar, having for ob- 

 ject to denote the Years, xiii, 300-fr; and the Days, 

 311, 375 ; xiv, 34. 



Serpent cut in Pieces, represented on a Mexican Painting, 

 xiii, 227 ; this Figure sometimes indicates Time, ibid; 

 sometimes the Genius of Evil, 228. 



Serpent- Woman. See Tonantzin. 



Shoes, remarkable, represented on a Mexican Bas-relief, 

 xiii, 267. 



Signs employed by the Mexicans to express Cycles of Years, 

 xiii, 301 ; Order in which these Signs are placed, 

 359. 



Siguenza (Carlos de), Professor of Mathematics at the Uni- 

 versity of Mexico, his Collection of hieroglyphic 

 Paintings, xiii, 187 ; he attributes to the Toltecks the 

 pyramidal Structures met with in Mexico, 208 3 hi& 

 Study of the Mexican Antiquities, 279. 



Silla of Caracas, a granitic Mountain, xiv, 208. 



Skins of Deer used by the Aztecks for painting on, xiii, 

 162. 



