ery oldest personages in Central
American mythology, as _Con_ was one of the oldest in that of Peru.
Kukulcan, sometimes as Zamna, was associated with almost every thing in
civilization. He introduced the beginnings of civilized life, invented
the art of writing, and was to the Central Americans not wholly unlike
what Thoth was to the Egyptians, and Tautus, or Taut, to the
Phoenicians. If the bas-relief of the cross at Palenque were half as old
as his worship in Central America, it would be far more ancient than any
one has supposed.

GENERAL INDEX.

[The figures in this Index refer to pages.]

Adobe used in Northern Mexico, 82;
in Peru for later constructions, 243;
used by Mound-Builders, 27.

Ancient history of Mexico and Central America in the old books and
traditions, 197-200;
Aztecs preceded by Toltecs, and Toltecs by Colhuas, 198;
Colhuas the original civilizers, 198-9;
they may have come from South America, 198, 200;
Chichimecs the original barbarians, 198;
the Colhuas first settled in Tabasco, 199;
Mayas, Quiches, Tzendals, etc., originally Colhuas, 200, 205;
Colhuan kingdom of Xibalba, 199;
Colhuas, Toltecs, and Aztecs branches of the same people, 206;
such a history implied by the political condition in which the
country was found, 206;
theories of this old civilization considered, 165-183;
it was original in America, 184-6.

Antiquity of man and civilization, 181-2, 273-5.

Antiquity of the Mexican and Central American ruins, 151-59, 184;
the great forest was 450 years ago what it is now, 151;
it covers an ancient seat of civilization, 95, 151, 152;
Copan forgotten and mysterious before the Conquest, 152;
there was a long period of history preceded by development of the
civilization, 152, 153;
distinct epochs traced, 155, 156;
no perishable materials left in the ruins, 156-159;
an extreme notion of their antiquity, 157, 158, 207;
another notion makes this the "oldest civilization in the world,"
159-61;
Tyrians saw the old cities 3000 years ago, 162-64.

Antiquity of the Mound-Builders, 45-51;
a new river terrace formed since they left, 47;
decayed condition of their skeletons shows antiquity, 48-9;
"primeval" forests found growing over their works, 50-1.

Astronomical monument in Southern Mexico, 122-3;
at Chapultepec, 220-1;
in Peru, 254;