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guise themselves on festivals. The name of this samt 
was Cumlca, in Yucatan, and CamaxtU at Tlascala 
(Torq. t. 2, p. 55, and 307). His cloak was spotted 
with red crosses. High priest of Tula, he founded 
religious congregations. «He ordained sacrifices of 
flowers and fruits, and stopped his ears when he was 
spoken to of war.” His fellow adventurer, HuemaCj 
was in possession of the secular authority, while he 
himself enjoyed the spiritual power. This form of go- 
vernment was similar to those of Japan and of Cundi.. 
namarca (Torq. tom. 2, p. 237) : but the first monks? 
Spanish Missionaries, have gravely discussed the ques- 
tion, whether Quetzalcohuatl, was a Carthaginian or 
an Irishman. From Cholula he sent colonies to Mix- 
teca, Huaxayacac, Tabasco, and Campeachy. It is 
supposed, that the palace of Mitla was built by order 
of this unknown personage. At the time of the arrival 
of the Spaniards, certain green stones, which had 
belonged to Quetzalcohuatl, were preserved as pre- 
cious relics at Cholula ; and F. Toribio de Motilinia 
beheld sacrifices offered in honor of the saint on the 
summit of the mountain of Matlalcuye, near Tlascala. 
The same monk was present at Cholula, at ceremonies 
ordered by Quetzalcohuatl, in which the penitents 
sacrificed their tongue, ears, and lips. The high 
priest of Tula had made his first appearance at Pa- 
nuco : he left Mexico, with the intention of returning 
to Tlalpallan ; and it was in this journey that he dis- 
appeared, not in the north, as might have been sup- 
posed, but in the east, on the banks of the Rio Huasa- 
cualco (Torq. tom. 2, p. 307 — 311). The nation ex- 
pected his return during a number of ages. When, 
on my arrival in Tenochtitlan, 1 passed by Xochimil- 
co,’’ says the monk, Bernard de Sahagun, every^ 
