. III, p. 470.
(30) "Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology," Vol. I.
(31) Mr. Holden uses, as an important link in his arguments, a
figure engraved on a chalchiute (a sacred stone). He concludes
it to be a representative of Huitzilopochtli, the god of war, or
rather the Maya representative of the Mexican god of that name.
It is unfortunate that Prof. Valentine gives to this same figure
a different significance. In the "Proceedings of the American
Antiquarian Society," for April, 1884, in a paper on that
subject, he concludes it to be a representation of a victorious
warrior giving sacrifice to his god. The only persons entitled
to speak on such subjects are those thoroughly acquainted with
Maya Archaeology.
(32) Huitzilopochtli.
(33) Tlaloc.
(34) Bancroft's "Native Races," Vol. III, p. 324.
(35) While such seem to us to be the results of Mr. Holden's
labors, it must not be understood that he vouches for them.
They must be regarded as personal views which we express with
some mental forebodings. In this matter we must abide by further
investigations.
(36) Bandelier: "An Archaeological Tour in Mexico," p. 184.
(37) Bancroft's "Native Races," Vol. IV, p. 345.
(38) See Charney, in _North American Review,_ 1881. They
wore formerly in a house.
(39) Bancroft's "Native Races," Vol. IV, p. 332.
(40) Brinton's "Contribution to North American Ethnology," Vol.
V, p. 36. "Introduction to Study of Manuscript Troano," by Prof.
Thomas.
(41) _North American Review,_ February, 1881, p. 187.
(42) Bancroft's "Native Races," p. 287.
(43) "Central America," Vol. II, p. 261. At this time Mr.
Stephens had not seen the ruins at Palenque, and those in
Yucatan.
(44) Pronounced "oosh-mal."
(45) Our principal authority on the ruin's of Yucatan is Mr.
Stephens, whose work, "Incidents of Travel in Yucatan," in two
volumes, is all that can be desired. Mr. Bancroft, in "Native
Races," Vol. IV, has gathered together whatever of worth there
is in the writings of various explorers.
(46) Mr. Stephens thinks they were for the support of the
arches, while building. As, however, it is almost certain they
constructed this arch over a solid cove of masonry, which they
afterwards removed (see "Contributions to N.A. Ethnology,"
Vol. IV,