CORRELATION OF MAYA AND CHRISTIAN CHRONOLOGY. 489 
In addition to the katun, the specific tun is also given in X: 
“Tt was also in this katun [Katun 11 Ahau] that the Spaniards first arrived here in this 
land, in the seventh year of Katun 11 Ahau.”! (X.) 
In V there is the following entry: 
“1542 year 13 Kan on the first of Pop [1. ¢., the year July 1541 to July 1542]; the Spaniards 
founded and settled Merida; the tributes of the province began by the aid of those of Mani, 
§ Ahau on 17 Izec.”’ (V.) 
Finally, in XII we have both the Christian year and the katun given: 
“‘Katun 13 Ahau first appeared the ships of the strangers at Campeche, 1541 the year 
was called when the priests of the faith brought Christianity to the Maya men, when the 
land was founded, already by Cuzamil, in mid-year were they, when they arrived at port in 
the west, and those of the west introduced the tribute. 
In 1542 was founded the district ti-Hoo, Ichcanzihoo [Merida], in Katun 11 Ahau, and 
[there came] first the ruler Don Francisco Montejo, the Admiral, and the giving of estates 
to the strangers, the mighty men, in the year 1542, and the tribute began.” (XII.) 
As regards Event D, we find unanimous agreement both as to the year and the 
katun in which it occurred, from which we may conclude: 
(1) That it took place on January 6, 1542, in some sources only the year being given. 
(2) That it took place in Katun 11 Ahau. 
When we come tothe tun, however, we again find minor discrepancies. Landa’s 
statement that it was in the first tun, while agreeing roughly with III, IV, and IX 
as regards Event C already noted, disagrees with everything else. The statement 
in X, however, that it was in the seventh tun is very close to the point of contact 
established under I in Event B, since, according to this correlation, January 6, 
1542, 1.¢., 1542.016, fell in the sixth tun instead of the seventh (see page 477). 
This is true because under this correlation the sixth tun of Katun 11 Ahau began 
anywhere from 1541.641 to 1542.014 and ended anywhere from 1542.627 to 1543.000. 
Although no katun-ending is given in V, the only tun-ending of the 13 there 
recorded (see page 507) which could have been a katun-ending as well, is Tun 13 
Ahau 7 Xul, which, on the assumption that the 1st of Pop began on July 16, 1553, 
ended on November 3, 1539, 1. ¢., 1539-841, and according to V, therefore, the 
foundation of Merida took place in the third tun of Katun 11 Ahau, 1. ¢., between 
1541.813 and 1542.799. 
As in the case of Event C, we again have a satisfactory unanimity of opinion 
as to the katun and year of the event, but several contradictory statements as to 
the specific tun in which it occurred. ‘This well illustrates the point made at the 
beginning of this Appendix, namely, that our sources agree if not pushed too far, 
but that when made to serve as the basis of a correlation to the day, irreconcilable 
differences are encountered between sources otherwise apparently equally worthy 
of credence. 
Event E. 
The next event upon which this correlation is based is the arrival of Bishop 
Francisco Toral in Yucatan, the first bishop of the diocese to take possession of the 
see, although the third that had been named thereto. 
This event the writer believes was taken by the natives as the official intro- 
duction of Christianity into the country, since in III, IV, and IX the Bishop’s 
arrival, the beginning of Christianity, and the occurrence of baptisms are all three 
mentioned in the same sentences, and referred therein to the same katun, namely, 
Katun 9 Ahau. 

1Brinton, 1882, p. 171. | 
2Gordon, 1913, plate 85. The writer is indebted to Mr. Gates for the above translation of this passage. 
