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tions of Anahuac before the Aztecks, 215 ; its Ori- 
gin among the Aztecks, 216 3 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 3 
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-G; and tlie 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 5 he attributes to the Tolteeks the 
pyramidal Structures met with in Mexico, 208 5 his 
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. 
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