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pjing, according to Don Pio's computation of ka- 

 tunes, the lapse of time corresponding with that be- 

 tween the years 144 and 217 of the Christian era. 



It assigns dates to the discovery of Bacalar and 

 then of Chichen Itza, both within the three epochs 

 corresponding with the time between A.D. 360 and 

 A.D. 432 ; the colonization of Champoton, and 

 its destruction ; the times of wandering through 

 the uninhabited forests, and establishing themselves 

 a second time at Chichen Itza, within epochs cor- 

 responding with the lapse between A.D. 888 and 

 A.D. 936. 



The epoch of the colonization of Uxmal, corre- 

 sponding with the years between A.D. 936 and 1176 

 A.D. ; the epochs of wars between the governors of 

 Chichen Itza and Mayapan ; the destruction of the 

 latter city by the Uitzes of the Sierras, or highland- 

 ers ; and the arrival of the Spaniards, adding that 

 "Holy men from the East came with them ;" and the 

 manuscript terminates with the epoch of the first 

 baptism and the arrival of the first bishop. 



I shall make no comment upon the subject mat- 

 ter of this manuscript. How far it is to be regard- 

 ed as authentic I am not able to say, but as the only 

 known manuscript in existence that purports to be 

 written by an Indian in his native language, giving 

 an account of the events in the ancient history of 

 this country, I publish it entire in the Appendix. 

 It may conflict in some particulars with opinions 



