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 COPAN), AND OAXACA (Rums OF MITLA.) 
 
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 BY AD. F. BANDELIER. 
 
 YUCATAN. 
 
 Writers of the Sixteenth Century. 
 
 JUAN DIAZ, chaplain to Juan de Grijalva. " Itinerario de 1* Armata 
 del Re Catholico in India verso la Isola de luchathan del anno M. D. 
 XVIII." Printed first (in the Italian language) as an appendix to the 
 14 Itinerario de Ludovico VarthemV in the edition of 1520, and subse- 
 quently in the editions of 1522, 1526 and 1535 of the latter book. It was 
 also translated into the English language by Richard Eden, in the "His- 
 toric of Travayles," London, 1577, but I am not sure whether the re- 
 port of Diaz is contained in it. The most popular translation is that 
 by FI. Ternaux-Compans, in his first " Recueil de pieces relatives a 
 la conquete du Mexique," (Vol. X. of his " Voyages, Relations et Me- 
 moires originaux pour servir a P histoire de la dScouverte de P Ameri- 
 que,") and the latest and best reprint, together with a splendid Spanish 
 translation, is contained in Vol. I. of "Coleccion de Documentos para la 
 Histoda de Mexico," 1858, by S r J. G. Icazbalceta, of Mexico. 
 
 PETRUS MARTYR AB ANGLERIA. " Enchiridion de insulis nuper reper- 
 tis simulatque incolarum moribus," Basel, 1521. (Separate print of the 
 4th Decade, which contains the first items about Yucatan ever published 
 in Europe after Diaz's report). 
 
 " De orbe novo decades Petri Martyris ab Angleria, Mediolaneusis, 
 protonotarii, Cesarei seuatoris. Compluti apud Michaelem de Eguia," 
 in December, 1530. Alcala. 
 
 "Opus Epistolarum Petri Martyris Anglerii, Mediolanensis, &c., &c." 
 Also printed by Miguel dn Eguia. Alcala. 
 
 Of further reprints, and of translations of Peter Martyr's works (the 
 reports on Yucatan are contained in the 4th and 5th Decades), I merely 
 quote: " Novus orbis regionum ac iusularum veteribus incognitarum, 
 &c." by Simon GrynaBUS, Basel, 1532, embodying Dec's 1, 2, 3, and 4. 
 
 !The absence of Mr. Bandelier in Mexico, precludes a submission of the 
 proof to his revision, and will account for any errors that may be discovered 
 in the text. 
 
 PUBLISHING COMMITTEE. 
 
(Also the edition of 1536.) A. French translation of the 4th Decade, by 
 Simon dc Colines, Paris, 1532. A German version, by Honiger of 
 Konigshofen. Hackluyt's reprint of 1587. " De orbe novo Petri Mar- 
 tyris Anglerii, &c., &c.," and finally the complete English translation by 
 Michael Lok and Richard Eden : " De novo Orbe, or the Historic of the 
 West Indies, &c., &c.," London, 1612. I need not dwell on the great 
 Importance of Martyr's book, for Yucatan. 
 
 HERNAN CORTES. (His first letter is lost : in place of it the letter of 
 the "Municipality of Vera Cruz," dated 10th July, 1519, contains a short 
 statement about Yucatan. This letter is printed in Vol. I. of "Coleccion 
 de Documentos ineditos para la historia de Espana," and in Vol. I. of 
 *' Historiaclores primitives de Indias," by Enrique de Veclia, Madrid, 
 1852. Folsom's translation of 1843. " Despatches of Hernan Cortes, 
 the conqueror of Mexico, &c." substitutes an Introduction by the trans- 
 lator himself. The earliest mention of this report is found in Robert- 
 son : "History of America," Vol. III., p. 289, Edition of 1800, and an 
 abstract is found in Prescott : "Conquest of Mexico," Appendix II., 3d 
 Vol.) " Fifth letter-to the Emperor Charles VII.," noticed by Robertson 
 and Prescott; contained, in full, in "Historiadores primitives de Indias," 
 Vol. I., by Vedia. A full English translation, by Pascual de Gayangos, 
 was published in 1868, by the " Hackluyt Society," vol. 40. 
 
 JUAN CRISTOBAL CALVKT DE ESTRELLA. " De Rebus Gestis Ferdi- 
 nandii Cortesii," written betweu 1548 and 1560, and printed with a Span- 
 ish translation: " Vida do Cort6s," by Sr. Icazbalceta in Vol. I. of 
 "Col. de Documentos para la Hist, de Mexico." Short and meagre. 
 
 ANDRES DE TAPIA. " Relacion hecha por el Senor Andre's de Tapia, 
 sobre la conquista de M6xico." (Icazbalceta's "Coleccion de Docuraen- 
 tos, &c." Vol. II. Mexico, 1866.) 
 
 BENEDETTO BORDONE. "Libro di Benedetto Bordone. Nel qual si 
 ragione tutte 1'Isole del mondo con li loro nomi antichi e moderni," 
 1528. Later editions also. 
 
 GIROLAMO BENZONI. " Historia del Mondo Nuovo," Venice, 1565. 
 Translated into German by Nicolaus Hoeniger: " Die Neue Welt und 
 Indianischen Konigreichs, neue und wahrhaffte geschichte, &c., &c.,' 
 Basel, 1579. Incorporated in Theodore De Bry " Grosse Reisen," 
 Parts 4, 5, and 6. Of other prints I but mention the latest English trans- 
 lation, published by the Hackluyt Society in 1857 (Vol. 21,) under the title 
 of " History of the New World, by Girolamo Benzoni," edited as well as 
 translated by Rear-Admiral W. H. Smyth. There are Italian versions of 
 1572, French of 1587, and Latin of 1600. 
 
 BERNAL DIEZ DEL CASTILLO. " Historia verdadera de la Conquista de 
 Nueva Espuna," Madrid, 1632. (There may be two editions of the same 
 
yeaif?]). Of the Spanish reprints I mention here (also contained in 
 " Historiadores primitivos cle Indias," Vedia, 1852, Vol. II.), the one 
 of 1837, Paris, 4 Vols. 12, and the other of 1854, Mexico, 4 vols. also. 
 Two English translations are known to me at present: "The True 
 History of the Conquest of Mexico, by Captain Bernal Diez del Cas- 
 tillo," translated by Maurice Keatings, London, 1800. "The Memoirs 
 of the Conquistador, Bernal Diez del Castillo," translated by John In- 
 gram Lockhart, London, 1844. There is also a German translation, by 
 P. J. Kelifuss, Bonn, 1838. Bernal Diez (not Diaz) is very valuable as 
 eye-witness, having been to Yucatan with Cordoba (1517), Grijalva 
 (1518). Cortes (1519), and finally with the latter to Honduras, passing 
 through Peten. 
 
 FRAY LORENZO DK BIENVENIDA. Letter to the Infanto Philip (II. J, 
 dated Yucatan, 10 February, 1548. Original in MS. French trans- 
 lation by H. Ternaux-Compans in " l er Eecueil de Pieces concernant le 
 Mexique," Vol. X. 1838, of his collection of "Me"moires et documents 
 Originaux, &c., &c." 
 
 GONZALO FERNANDEZ DE OVIEDO Y VALDES. "Historia General y 
 natural de las Indias," composed of 50 books. The first 19 books, and 
 part of the 50th, were published by the author as early as 1535, and 
 the first 20 books as early as 1557, but the entire work has only been 
 printed in 1851, at Madrid, 4 Vols. folio. It is full of details concerning 
 Yucatan: 
 
 FRANCISCO LOPEZ DE GOMARA. "Historia general de las Indias, y todo 
 lo acaescido en ellas dende que se ganaron hasta agora. Y la conquista 
 de Mexico, y de la nueva Espana, &c." Zaragoza, 1552. Of this book I 
 quote e. g the following Spanish editions : Medina del Campo, 1553. 
 Antwerp, 2 prints, 1554 Zaragoza, 1555, and it is also contained in 
 "Historiadores primitivos de Indias," by Andres Gonzalez Barcia, Ma- 
 drid, 1749, Vol. II. and in " Historiadores primitivos de Indias," by 
 Vedia, Madrid, 1852, Vol. I. There is an Italian version, by Augustino 
 de Cravaliz, Rome, 1556, ("La Histoirie generate delle Indie Occiden- 
 tal!. &c., &c."), and French translations published respectively in 1578, 
 1587, 1597, and 1G05. Finally, Juan Bautista de San Anton Munoz 
 Chimalpain Guauhtlehuanitzin made a translation into the Mexican, or 
 " Ntihuatl " language, which C. M. Bustamante published at Mexico, 
 in 1826. I know of no English translation of the work. It actually 
 consists of two parts, the " Historia General," and the " Conquista de 
 Mexico." The former contains a short, but fair, description of Yuca- 
 tan, and the latter a report on CorteV doings there and matters relating 
 'thereto. 
 
 BARTOLOM& DE LAS CASAS. Of the numerous (over forty) writings of 
 the Bishop of Chiapas, I select only " Historia de las Indias," published 
 
"at last," Madrid, 1875 and 1876, by the Marquis de la Fuensanta del 
 Valle and Don Jose Sancho Rayon, in 5 vols. The 5th Vol. contains 
 the famous "Apologetica Historia." Another publication of the " His- 
 toria de las Imlias," though not as complete, has appeared in Mexico in 
 2 vols., as the first series of Sr. J. M. Vigel's "Biblioteca Mexicana," 
 1877 and 1878. It does not contain the "Apolog&ica." Fragments of the 
 latter are found in Lord Kingsbo rough's "Antiquities of Mexico," Vol. 
 VIII. 
 
 " Brevissima relacion de la destrnycion de las Indias," Sevilla, 1552. 
 Of this polemic and strongly tinged memoir there aie innumerable ver- 
 sions. I know of Spanish publications besides the above, and those of 
 London, 1812, Philadelphia, 1821, both due to Dr. De Mier. Madrid, 
 J. A. Llorente, 1822, and Mexico, 1822. Latin translations; Franc-fort, 
 1598; Oppenheim, 1614; Heidelberg, 1664. French translations: Ant- 
 werp, 1579; Amsterdam, 1620; -Rouen, 1630; Lyon, 1642; Paris, 1697; 
 Amsterdam, 1698. (The last two contain each five papers of Las 
 Casas), and Paris, 1822. "Oeuvres de Don Bartolome de las Casas, " 
 by J. A. Llorente. Of Italian Translations (with Spanish text). I allude 
 to those of 1626. Venice. 1630, Id. :- 1643, Id., and also of 1645. 
 There is a German translation of .1599. Dutch translations : Amster- 
 dam, 1610 and 1621, and 1663. I know of but one English translation, 
 which bears the title "A Relation of the first voyages and discoveries 
 made by the Spaniards in America, &c., &c." London, 1699, although 
 Dr. Robertson mentions one of 1693. Las Casas must be used with 
 great caution. 
 
 DIEGO DE LANDA. " Relacion de las cosas de Yucatan." 
 Bishop Landa was born in 1524, and died in 1579; his work must 
 therefore have been written between 1549 and the latter date. It was 
 published by the Abb6 Brassenr de Bourbourg. in 1860, with a French 
 translation opposite to the Spanish text, and under the title of " Rela- 
 tion des choses de Yucatan.'* Republished again in 1864, with some 
 other matter. 
 
 The merits of Landa are certainly very great, but the real import of 
 his so-called "A. B. C." ("De sus letras forme aqui un a. b. c." pp. 316 
 319), has been misunderstood and correspondingly misrepresented. The 
 picture which Landa gives us of the customs and organization of the 
 Mayas is completely at variance with some of his other statements. 
 Much close attention is required. 
 
 " CARTAS DE INDIAS." Vol. I. Madrid, 1878. 
 
 These contain several letters and reports on Yucatan, from the 16th 
 century. I only refer to one, a complaint of four Indian "goberna- 
 dores," dated 12 April, 1567, against the Bishop Diego de Landa, desig- 
 nating him as "principal author of all these evils and troubles . . . ." 
 
 JOSEPH DE ACOSTA. "Historia natural y moral de Indias," Sevilla, 
 1590. I merely mention this author, without entering into further biblio- 
 
graphical details about his work. It has been translated into many 
 languages, and in part or wholly incorporated in many general collec- 
 tions of "Americana." He says but little about Yucatan, still his book 
 is indispensable to any one studying Yucatecan antiquities, I also 
 advert here to his former publication, which is but little known : " De 
 promuigatione Evangelij apud Barbaros, sive de procuranda Indoruna 
 salute," Libros 6; printed in 1589. 
 
 GERONIMO DE MENDIETA. " Historia ecclesiastica Indiana," written 
 about 1590, but printed for the tirst time, by Sr. J. G. Icazbalceta, at 
 Mexico, in 1870 Contains much and valuable information. Mendieta 
 has been extensively copied by Torquemada. 
 
 FRAY TORIBIO PE PAREDKS, SURNAMED " MOTOLINIA." " Historia de 
 los Indios de Nueva-Espana," written about 1540, but published in full 
 only by Sr. Icazbalceta in Vol. I. of "Coleccion de Documentos, &c." 
 Mentions Yucatan incidentally. A large part of the work had been 
 printed before in the " Documentos ineditos, &c." under the title of 
 "Ritos Antiguos, Sacrificios 6 Idolatrias de las Indias de la Nueva- 
 Espana," also in Vol. IX. of Lord Kingsborough. A Latin version, 
 under the title of " De Moribus Indorum " may have existed once. 
 
 Yucatan is, furthermore, mentioned in many works of a more general 
 . character, embodying information gathered mostly from the sources 
 already referred to. I do not, therefore, enter into any lengthy biblio- 
 graphical sketches of them. 
 
 SIMON GRYNAEUS. "Novus Orbis," 1532. Already noticed under 
 Petrus Martyr. 
 
 PETRUS APIANDS. " Cosmographia," 1539, 1545, 1561 (Dutch ver- 
 sion), &c. 
 
 ABRAHAM ORTELIUS. "Theatrum orbis terrarum," 1571, 1588, &c. 
 
 THOMASO PORCACCHI. " L' isole pio famose del Mondo," 1572, 1576, 
 1590, &c., &c. 
 
 G. MERCATOR. "Atlas, six Cosmographical Meditations." Duisburg, 
 1594. 
 
 CONRAP LOEW. " Meer oder See-Ansicht Buch." Cologne, 1598. 
 
 SEBASTIAN MONSTER. " Cosmographey," 1575, &c. 
 
 ANPRE THEVET. "Les singularites de la France antarctique, autre- 
 ment nomm6 Amerique, et de plusieurs Terres et Isles decouvertes de 
 notre temps." Paris, 1558; Antwerp, 1558; in Italian, at Venice, 1561. 
 
 I forbear further mention of the polemic works on the origin of the 
 ! American Indians, and now turn to some writers whose works are 
 i probably lost, or at least not accessible, although there is positive evi- 
 I dence of their former existence. 
 
 FRAY GERONIMO ROMAN. " Republica Indiana" certainly existed as 
 late as 1630, or " Republica de las Indias Occidentales." 
 
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 FRAY ALONZO SOLANA. "Noticias Sagradas y profanas de las Anti- 
 giiedacles y Conversion de los Indios de Yucatan." (Written before 
 1600). 
 
 DON FRANCISCO MONTEJO. "Cartaal Key sobre la fundacion de la 
 Villa de San Francisco de Campeche, y de la Ciudad de Merida," 14 
 June, 1543. (Still at Sevilla, leg. 7. " Cartas de Indias "). 
 
 In the above list I have not included any Grammar, Vocabulary, 
 Serraonary, " Doctriua," &c., &c., for the use of the Indians of Yucatan, 
 or written in the Maya language, of which several are known. In con- 
 clusion, I beg to add the Maya writing, entitled : 
 
 " SERIES OF KATUNES," published, with an English translation, by Mr. 
 J. L. Stephens, in "Incidents of travels in Yucatan," and by Brasseur 
 de Bourbourg, in "Rel. d. ch. de Y." 
 
 Writers of the Seventeenth Century. 
 
 ANTONIO DE HEURERA. " Historia general de los hechos de los Cas- 
 tellanos en las Islas y la Tierra firme del rnar Oeeano," Madrid, 1601, 
 1615, 4 vols. folio. There are two other editions in the original lan- 
 guage : Madrid, 1726 and 1730. and Antwerp, 1728. 
 
 Of this most important book, several translations have appeared, em- 
 bodying either the whole or only a part. Thus a French translation of 
 the " Descripcion de las Indias Occidentales," appeared at Amsterdam 
 in 1622 twice, and a French translation of the 1st, 2d and 3d Decades, at 
 Paris, 1671. A Latin version of the " Descripcion " was also published in 
 1622, by Colin, at Amsterdam, and a very unreliable English rendering 
 by John Stephens, in 6 vols. 8, appeared at London in 1725. Herrera 
 is one of the most important authorities on every subject of which he 
 treats. 
 
 GREGORIO GARCIA. "Origen de los Indios del Nuevo Mundo e Indias 
 Occidentales." 1st Edition, 1606; Second Edition, Madrid, 1729, by 
 Barcia. A very important and valuable work. 
 
 JUAN DE TORQUEMADA. "Los veinte y uno Libros Ritualesy motiarchia 
 Indiana, con el origen y guerras de los Indios Occidentales." 1st 
 Edition, Madrid, 1613; 2d Edition, Madrid, 1723. Barcia. 
 
 AUGUSTIN DE VETANCOURT. "Teatro Mexicano." MSxieo, 1698. 2d 
 Edition, in "Biblioteca de la Iberia," Mexico, 1870. Treats of Yucatan 
 incidentally, speaking of Cortes, &c. 
 
 The work consists properly of three books : the " Teatro," the " Cro- 
 nica de la provincia del Santo Evangelio de Mexico," and the "Menolo- 
 gio franciscano." 
 
 ANTONIO DE REMESAL. " Historia general de las Indias Occidentales, 
 y particular de la gobernacion de Chiapas y Guatemala." This book has 
 
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 also another title : " Historia de la Provincia de San Vicente de Chyapa 
 y Guatemala de la Orden de San Domingo." Madrid, 1619 and 1620. 
 Treats of Yucatan also, following Las Casas generally. An important 
 work. 
 
 BERNARDO LIZANA. (Lizama or Lizaba?) " Devocionario de Nuestra 
 Seiiora de Itzmal, Historia de Yucatan e de conquista Espiritual," 1663, 
 according to the Abb6 Brasseur and Leon y Pinelo. E. G. Squier 
 speaks of two works : one " Historia de la Provincia de Yucatan, y su 
 couquista Espiritual," Valladolid, 1633, and the other " Historia de 
 Nuestra Senora de Izamal." Whichever way may be right, there remains 
 accessible as yet, but a fragment published in Spanish, with a French 
 translation by the Abbe Brasseur in his "Relation des choses de Yuca- 
 tan," 1864. The fragment is entitled : " Del principio y Fundacion cles- 
 
 tos cuyos omules deste Sitio y Pueblo de Ytzmal " Lizana 
 
 is of the highest importance and value, and it is much to be regretted 
 that the entire book is of such difficult access. 
 
 DIEGO LOPEZ DE COGOLLUDO. "Historia de Yucatan." 1st Edition, 
 Madrid, 1688; 2d Edition, Merida, 1842; 3d Edition, 1867. Cogolludo 
 has always been regarded as the historian of Yucatan "par excellence." 
 He is indeed indispensable for any study of Yucatan antiquities, but, 
 like all other authors, he must never be implicitly followed. The closest 
 criticism possible is absolutely required. 
 
 GIL GONZALEZ DAVILA. " Teatro ecclesiastico de la primitiva Iglesia 
 de los Indies Occidentales." Madrid, 1649. 
 
 JUAN DIAZ DE LA CALLE. " Memorial y Resumen breve de Noticias 
 de las Indias Occideutales." Madrid, 1654. 
 
 These constitute the most important sources on Yucatan written dur- 
 ing the 17th century. Nearly all of them are of special value, and we 
 would call particular attention to Cogolludo, Liz,ana, Torquemada, Her- 
 rera, and Remesal. Among such authors, who wrote upou the subject 
 and whose writings are not now accessible, I name here : 
 
 PEDRO SANCHEZ AGUILAR. "Relacion de las Cosas de Yucatan, y In- 
 forme contra lo Iclolatras del Obispado de Yucatan, &c." 1639. 
 
 FRANCISCO CAKDENAS. " Relacion de la Conquista y Succesos de 
 Yucattsn," 1639. (If existing, probably in Spain). 
 
 NICOLAS LIZARRAGA. " Represeutacion al Rey pidiendole la Conquista 
 de Itza y Lacandon, con unas Noticias y Mapa de dichas Tierras." 
 
 NICOLAS DE VALENZUELA. An account of the expedition against the 
 Lacaudones, written 1695, and comprising 402 pages. 
 
 I would further call attention to the land titles, such as Deeds, 
 Grants, donations, &c., &c., in Yucatan, some of which go back to the 
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 17th century. , Those contain occasional references to the Indian settle- 
 ments, some of which are certainly of great value and importance. 
 
 Finally, I refer to some general works, treating of Yucatan : 
 
 SAMUEL PURCHAS. " His Pilgrimage, &c., &c." London, 1613, 1614 
 and 1617. (This forms the 5th volume of Pnrchas' great works). The 
 great work of Purchas, also known as " Hackluytus Posthumous," ap- 
 peared in 1625, and treats also of Yucatan. 
 
 O. DAPPER. " Die unbekannte neue Welt, oder Beschreibung des 
 Welt-theils Amerikas, &c." Amsterdam, 1673. This is in factbut'a trans- 
 lation of the following : 
 
 ARIAS MONTANUS. " De Nieuvre en Onbekende Weereld : of Beschry- 
 ving van America en t' Zuid Lande." Amsterdam, 1671. 
 
 MATHIAS QUAD. * Enchiridion Cosmographicum : Dass ist, Ein Hand- 
 biichlein, der gantzen Welt gelegenheit, &c." Cologne, 1604 and 1608. 
 
 JOANNES PETRUS MAFFEI. "... historiarum Indicarum libri XVI., 
 &c." Antwerp, 1605 frequently reprinted and translated. 
 
 JACOBUS VIVERUS. (Van de Vijvere). " Handbook : of Cort hegrijp 
 der Caerten Ende Beschryviughen van alien Landen des Werelds." 
 Amsterdam, 1609. (This is the 2d edition of an anonymous atlas). 
 
 CORNELIUS WYTFLICT ET ANTHOJNE MAGIN. " Histoire universelle 
 des Indes occidentales et orientates," Douay, 1611. 
 
 GASPARD ENS. " West und Ost>Indischer Lustgart. : " Co- 
 logne, 1618. 
 
 AUBKRTUS MIRAEUS. " De statu religioners christianae . . . ." Co- 
 logne, 1619. 
 
 ATHANASIUS INGA. "West-Indische Spiegel, &c." Amsterdam, 1624. 
 
 JOHANN PHILIPP ABELIN. (Gottfriedt). "Neue Welt und American- 
 ische Historien." Francfort. a. m. 1655. 
 
 A. O. EXQUEMELIN. ** De Amerikaensche Zee-Roovers," Amster- 
 dam, 1678. (Innumerable translations, &c. &c). 
 
 EBERHARD WERNER HAPPEL. " Thesaurus Exoticorum." Hamburg, 
 1688. (Indifferent compilation). 
 
 I do not include in this hasty bibliographical list any linguistical 
 works whatever, or writings on the plants and medicinal herbs of 
 Spanish- America. Purposely I omit also Antonio de Solis, whose his- 
 tory of the conquest of Mexico has a great literary, but hardly any 
 scientific, value. 
 
 Writers of the Eighteenth Century. 
 
 JUAN DE VILLAGUTIERRE Y SoTOMAYOR. " Historia de la Conquista 
 y Reducciones de los Itzaes y Lacaudoues en la America Septentrional." 
 Madrid, 1701. The first part only, composed of 10 books, the second 
 part may not have been completed,-^at least it has remained unknown 
 till now. Tl>e work }s of the highest importance, especially for that 
 part of Yucatap wljjcfr has since hardly been explored. 
 
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 ABBATK FRANCESCO SAVERIO CLAVIGERO. S. J. " Storia antica del 
 Messico." Cesena, 1780, 1781. Spanish translations: London, 1826; 
 Mexico, 1844, id. 1853. English translation : London, 1787. German 
 version: Leipzig, 1789. (The English copy by Sir Charles Cullen),-<- 
 all these works mention Yucatan also. 
 
 ANTONIO DE ALCEDO. "Diccionario geografico-historico de las Indias 
 Occidentales 6 America " Madrid, 1786-1789. 5 vols. 4. Eng- 
 lish translation by G. A. Thompson. London, 1812-15. 
 
 JOSEPH ANTONIO DE VILLA-SENOR Y SANCHEZ. " Teatro Ameri- 
 cano." Mexico, 1746. Of indirect value for Yucatan. (2 vols. folio). 
 
 J. LAFITAN. S. J. " Moeurs des sanvages americains, comparees aux 
 moeurs des premiers temps." Paris, 1724. (There is a Dutch transla- 
 tion : " De Zeden de Wildeu van Amerika," but I have no access to its 
 date at present). The best ethnological work previous to 1850. 
 
 ABBE GUILLAUME THOMAS RAYNAL. "Histoire philosophique et politi- 
 que des etablisxements et du commerce des Europeens dans les deux 
 Indes." Paris, 1780, and other editions. English translation. Edin- 
 burgh, 1782. 
 
 WILLIAM ROBERTSON. "History of America." (Numberless editions 
 and translations, all too well known to require special mention here). 
 Highly important. 
 
 CHEVALIKR DE PAUW. "Recherches philosophiques sur les Am6ri- 
 cains." London, 1771. A strongly negative, and through its exaggera- 
 tions in that direction, very injudicious work. Still it should be read 
 attentively, as well as the rejoinder to it by Dora Pernetty. 
 
 GEMELLI CARRERI. (Properly belongs to the 17th century). "Giro 
 del Mondo. . ." Naples, 1721. French: " Voyage du Tour du Monde." 
 Paris, 1719. 
 
 In the Library of the Cathedral of Mexico there still exists : 
 ARTURO O'NEiL. " Descripcion, Poblacion, y censo de la Provincia 
 de Yucatan en la Nueva Espaiia." 1795. 
 
 We have also notice of the former existence of the following works, 
 by: 
 
 FRAY ANDRES AVENDANO. "Diccionario de nombres de personas, 
 idolos, danzas, y otras antiqiledades de los Indies de Yucatan." 
 
 "Explicacion de varios Vaticinios de los antiguos Indios de Yuca- 
 tan." 
 
 To take notice of all the geographical works, cyclopaedias, &c., &c., 
 published in the 18th century, and which contain notices of Yucatan, 
 
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 would he a task exceeding far the time and limits of this list. It can 
 easily be proved, however, that the works on especially Yucatecan 
 topics are not numerous. This may be due, in part, to the rigorous ex- 
 clusion of foreigners from Spanish America, and the consequent decline 
 of intellectual activity towards the close of Spanish domination. The 
 great collection of Juan Bautista Munoz contains hardly anything on 
 Yucatan. 
 
 Writers of the Nineteenth Century. 
 
 Here the number of publications increases so rapidly, that I cannot 
 attempt to notice all. Besides, many of the authors are so well known 
 that a mere mention of their names and the titles of their works will suf- 
 fice. Periodicals containing papers on Yucatan, will be mentioned 
 generally, but detailed reference to special articles can be given only 
 in a few exceptional instances. The latest works will only be alluded to. 
 
 ALEXANDER VON HUMBOLDT. " Essai politique sur le royaume de la 
 Nouvelle-Espagne." Paris, 1811, 2 vols. 4. Id. Paris, 1811, 5 vols. 8. 
 Paris, 1825-27, 4 vols. 8. Spanish translation: Madrid, 1818. English 
 translation by John Black. London, 1811. Also translated into the 
 German. References to Yucatan and its inhabitants may also be found 
 in " Ansichten der Natur," (Notes), and even in "Kosmos." 
 
 FRIEDRICH VON WALDECK. "Voyage pittoresque et archSologique 
 dans la Province de Yucatan." Paris, 1838. Splendid, but the draw- 
 ings are mostly restorations, therefore suspicious. 
 
 ANTONIO DEL Rio. 
 
 (The date of this report is: "Palenque 24 June, 1787," and I shall 
 refer to it more particularly under the heading of "Chiapas," still, as 
 it contains the report of the Franciscan, Thomas de Soza, on Yucatecan 
 ruins, I place it here also). 
 
 "Description of the Ruins of an ancient City, discovered near Palen- 
 que, in the Kingdom of Gautemala, in Central America; translated from 
 the original manuscript report of Captain Don Antonio del Rio." Lon- 
 don, 1822. There are two German translations : one " Huehuetlapallan, 
 Amerika's grosse Urstadt, &c." Meiningen, 1824, and v. Mirmtoli's 
 " Beschreibung einer alten Stadt in Guatemala." 1832. A French 
 translation, by D. B. Warden, in "Antiquites Mexicaines." Vol. II. 
 and, finally, the Spanish original, in " Diccionario universal de Geo- 
 grafia, &c." Vol. VIII. See also abstract in " Mosaico Mexicano." 
 Vol. II. 
 
 LORENZO DE ZAVALA. Report on Uxraal, published in Vol. I. of "An- 
 tiquites Mexicaines." 
 
 JOHN L. STEPHENS. "Travels in Central America, Chiapas, and 
 Yucatan." N. York, 1841, 
 
 "Incidents of travel in Yucatan." N. York, 1843. 
 
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 F. CATHERWOOD. " Views of Ancient Monuments in Central America, 
 Chiapas and Yucatan." N. York, 1844. 
 
 B. M. NORMAN. "Rambles in Yucatan." N. York, 1843. 
 
 CHARLES ST. JOHN FANCOURT. " The History of Yucatan." London, 
 1854. Not of great value. 
 
 EMMANUEL VON FRIEDRICHSTHAL. Letter of 21 April, 1841, in "Re- 
 gistro Yucateco," Vol. II., and " Diccionario Universal," Vol. X. "Les 
 Monuments de 1' Yucatan, "in " Nouvelles Anuales des Voyages," 1841, 
 Vol. 92. These papers are not very valuable. 
 
 JUAN GALINDO. Report on the antiquities of Lake Peten. "Antiqui- 
 tes Mexicaiues," Vol. I. 
 
 MODESTO MENDEZ. Report on Tikal. "Zeitschrift fur allgemeine 
 Erdkunde," Vol. I.; 1853; also in Siver's " Mittelamerika" and other 
 places. He is, as yet, the only authority on Tikal. 
 
 JULIUS FROEBEL. "Aus Amerika, Erfahrungen, Reisen, und Studien." 
 Leipzig. English translation : " Seven years travel in Central America." 
 London, 1861. 
 
 CARL BARTHOLOMAUS HELLER. * Reisen in Mexico." Leipzig, 1853. 
 Rather fair and moderate. 
 
 DESIR CHARXAY, and VIOLLET LE Due. "Cites et Ruines ameri- 
 caines." Paris, 1863. luvaluable for its photographs. 
 
 ARTHUR MORELKT. "Voyage dans 1* AmSrique centrale, 1' lie de 
 Cuba, et la Yucatan." Paris, 1857. English translation by Mrs. E. G. 
 Squier. " Itza, or the unexplored regions of Central America." Lon- 
 don, 1871. A very attractive and valuable work. 
 
 CHARLES ETIENNE BRASSEUR DE BOURBOURG. " Histoire des Nations 
 Civilisees du Mexique et de 1' Amerique centrale." Paris, 1857-9. " Rap- 
 port sur les Ruines de Mayapan et d' Uxmal," in '' Archives de la Comis- 
 sion scientifique du Mexique," Vol. II. 
 
 "Relation des choses de Yucatan." Paris, 1864. (See Landa and 
 Lizana). 
 
 "Quatre Lettres sur le Mexique." Paris, 1868. 
 
 " Manuscrit Troano." Paris, 1869-1870. 
 
 The late Abbe Brasseur was certainly the greatest of all modern trav- 
 ellers in Mexico and Central America, as far as extent of travel and long 
 duration of stay are concerned. He knew those countries better, and 
 had easier access to the natives, than any other similar traveller of this 
 
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 century. His works are therefore, actual mines of wealth so far as old 
 documents are concerned: he has collected and brought to light more 
 manuscripts than any other student. But his honest zeal and unre- 
 strained enthusiasm have led him into paths on which he has wandered 
 lamentably astray. His works are indispensable, though very little of 
 his own conclusions can be believed. 
 
 JUAN Pio PEKEZ. " Cronologia antigua de Yucatan," in "Relation 
 des choses de Yucatan." 1864. Diccionario de la Lengua haya. 
 Merida, 1877. 
 
 MANUEL OKOZCO Y BERRA. " Geografla de las Lenguas y Carta etuo- 
 grattca de Mexico." Mexico, 1864. 
 
 AMERICAN ANTIQUARIAN SOCIETY, Worcester, Mass. Proceedings No. 
 44. Oct. 1865, page 63. Report of S. F. Haven, LL.D. 
 
 Proceedings No. 55. Oct. 1870, page 42. Report of S. F. Haven, 
 LL.D. 
 
 Proceedings No. 56. April, 1871, page 7. Report of S. F. Haven, 
 LL.D. 
 
 Proceedings No. 66. April, 1876, page 16. " The Mayas," by Stephen 
 Salisbury, jr. 
 
 Proceedings No. 69. April. 1877, page 70. "Dr. Le Plongeon in Yuca- 
 tan," by Stephen Salisbury, jr. 
 
 Proceedings No. 70. Oct. 1877, page 81). Report of S. F. Haven, 
 LL.D. 
 
 Proceedings No. 71. April, 1878, page 71. "Terra Cotta Figure from 
 Isla Mujeres," by Stephen Salisbury, jr. Page 91, "The Mexican Cal- 
 endar Stone," by Philipp J. J. Valentini, Ph.D. 
 
 Proceedings No. 72. Oct. 1878, page 65. " Archasological Communi- 
 cation on Yucatan," by Augustus Le Plongeou, M.D. Page 77, "Notes 
 on Yucatan," by Mrs. Alice D. Le Plongeon. 
 
 Proceedings No. 73. April, 1879, page 81. "Mexican Copper Tools," 
 by Philipp J. J. Valentiui, Ph.D. Page 113, "Letter from Dr. Augustus 
 Le Plongeon." 
 
 Proceedings No. 74. Oct. 1879, page 71. "The Katunes of Maya 
 History," by Philipp J. J. Valentini, Ph.D. 
 
 Proceedings No. 75. April, 1880, page 59. " The Landa Alphabet," 
 by Philipp J. J. Valentin!, Ph.D. 
 
 Proceedings No. 76. Oct. 1880, page 58. "Mexican Paper," by 
 Philipp J. J. Valentini, Ph.D. Page 82, "Notes on the Bibliography 
 of Yucatan and Central America," by Ad. F. Bandelier. 
 
 PHILIPP J. J. VALENTINI. "A new, and an old Map of Yucatan," in 
 "Magazine of American History," 1879. 
 
 ALBERT GALLATIN. "Notes on the semi-civilized nations of Mexico, 
 Yucatan, and Central America," in Vol. I. of " Transactions of the 
 American Ethnological Society." N. York, 1845. 
 
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 A. AUBIN. " MSmoire sur la peinture didactiqtie et l'6criture figura- 
 tive des anciens in6xicaines." Paris, 1859-1861. (4 papers, published 
 also in the " Revue am6ricaiue et Orientale." 1st Series, Vols. III., IV. 
 and V.) 
 
 LEOX DE ROSXY. "Les Ventures figuratives et hi6roglyphiques des 
 peuples anciens et modernes." Paris, 1860. 
 
 " Memoire sur la Numeration dans la Langue et dans 1' 6criture sacree 
 des anciens Mayas." (Compte-Rendu du " Congr6s international des 
 americanistes." 1875, Vol. II.) 
 
 "Essaisur le dechiffrement de 1' Venture hieratique de 1* AmSrique 
 Centrale." Paris, 1876. Still continued. 
 
 FRANCISCO PIMEXTEL. "Cuadro descriptive y comparative de las' 
 Lenguas Indigenas de Mexico." Mexico, 1862. 
 
 German translation, by Isidor Epstein. N. York, 1877. 
 
 HYACINTHE DE CHARENCY. " Recherches sur le Codex Troano." 
 Paris, 1876. 
 
 D. GEROXIMO CASTILLO. " Diccionario Historico, Biografico y Monu- 
 mental de Yucatan." M6rida, 1866. 2 vols. 
 
 SKRAPIO BAQUEIRO. " Ensayo Historico sobre las Revoluciones de 
 Yucatan, 18401864." Merida, 1870. 2 vols. 
 
 GUSTAV KLEMM. " Allgemeine Culturgeschichte der Menschheit." 
 10 vols. Leipzig, 1843 1852. 
 
 HEINRICH WUTTKE. "Die Enstehung der Schrift." 
 
 EDWARD KING, LORD KIXGSBOROUGH. " Antiquities of Mexico." 
 1831-1848, London, 9 vols. folio. Special value of plates. 
 
 DE LARENAXDIERE. " Mexique et Guatemala," in " Uuivers pittor- 
 esque." Paris, 1843. 
 
 WM. H. PRESCOTT. "History of the Conquest of Mexico." (Too 
 well known to need any remarks). 
 
 LEWIS H. MORGAX. " Systems of Consanguinity and Affinity of the 
 Human Family." 1871. 
 
 (No. 218 of " Smithsonian Contributions to Knowledge.") 
 
 " American aboriginal Architecture." Johnson's Encyclopedia, Vol. I. 
 
 " Ancient Society." New York, 1877. 
 
 HUBERT HOWE BAXCROFT. " The Native Races of the Pacific States." 
 5 vols. N. York, 1875. 
 JOHN D. BALDWIN. "Ancient America." New York, 1872. 
 
 JOSE M. MELGAR Y SERRANO. " Examen comparative entre los Sig- 
 nos simbolicos, &c." Vera Cruz, 1872. 
 
 GUSTAV BRUHL. " Die Culturvolker Alt-Amerika's." New York, 
 Cincinnati, and St. Louis, 1876, 1877, and 1878. 
 
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 ADOLPH BASTIAN. "Die Culturlaender des alten America's." Berlin, 
 1878. 2 vols. 
 
 JOHN T. SHORT. "The North Americans of Antiquity." New York, 
 
 1879. 
 
 I further refer to papers in 
 
 "NOUVELLES ANNALES DES VOYAGES." 1843. By H. Ternaux-Com- 
 pans. 
 
 "REGISTRO YUCATECO." Vols. I. and II. 
 
 And to the publications of 
 
 CRESCENCIO CARRILLO, Licenciado. (I have but glanced at one of 
 his works). 
 
 ELIGIO ANCONA. " Historia cle Yucatan." Merida, 1875. 4 vols. 
 
 MANUEL LARRAINZAR. " Estudios sobre la Historia de America, sus 
 Ruinas y Autigiiedades." Mexico, 1875. 5 vols. 
 
 On most of the works like those of Prescott, Bancroft, Baldwin, and 
 others, I need not comment, having already expressed my opinion in 
 " Art of War and Mode of Warfare of the Ancient Mexicans," and 
 " Tenure and Distribution of Lands, and Customs with respect to Inheri- 
 tance among the Ancient Mexicans." (10th and llth Reports of the 
 Peabody Museum). In regard to Yucatecan paintings and carvings, I 
 have expressed my convictions in "Sources for aboriginal history of 
 Spanish America," Vol. 27 of the "Proceedings of the American Asso- 
 ciation for advancement of Science." 1878. 
 
 I repeat it, this attempt at a bibliography on Yucatecan antiquities is 
 far from being complete, many works of greater or less importance 
 having probably been overlooked. 
 
 CHIAPAS. 
 
 THIS district or State contains the well known ruins of Palenque and 
 Ocosingo. Still, but very few of the works hereafter mentioned relate 
 to these places. It is therefore a bibliography of Chiapas and of its 
 aborigines: Zendal, Zoques, Zotzil, Chiapanecos, &c., and not a 
 special bibliography of Palenque, &c., which I intend to present, con- 
 vinced that our lack of knowledge on the aborigines of Chiapas in gen- 
 eral is a chief cause of our ignorance about the past history of these 
 remains. 
 
 A large number of authors treating of Chiapas have already been 
 noticed in regard to Yucatan, and in such cases I merely give the 
 author's name, without the title or any other reference to his works, 
 except when there are special reasons for it. 
 
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 Writers of the Sixteenth Century. 
 
 DIEGO DE GODOY. "Relacion a Hernando Cortez, en qne trata del 
 Descubrimiento de diversas Ciudades i Provincias, i Guerra que tuvo con 
 los Indies, &c., de la Provincia de Chamula." First incorporated in the 
 "Historia general" of Oviedo y Valdes, again in Barcia's "Historia- 
 dores primitives de Indias," and in "Historiadores primitives de Indias " 
 of Vedia. French translation by Ternaux-Compans, in 1 st , " Recueil de 
 pieces concernant la Mexique, &c." Also Italian in "Ramusio," Vol. III. 
 
 GONZALO FERNANDEZ DE OVIEDO Y VALDES. 
 
 HERNAN CORTEZ. " Carta quinta." 
 
 FRANCISCO LOPEZ DE GOMAHA. 
 
 BEKNAL DIEZ DEL CASTILLO. (Eye-witness of the conquest of Chiapa.) 
 
 BARTOLOME DE LAS CASAS. (Especially the " Apologetica historia.") 
 
 GERONIMO DE MENDIETA. (Incidental mention.) 
 
 In the 2d " Recueil de pieces concernant le Mexique" of Ternaux-Com- 
 pans, there is a complaint or letter of an anonymous author against Las 
 Casas, dated Chiapas. I also refer to " Cartas de Indias," Vol. I., con- 
 taining several letters of Las Casas himself. 
 
 There is, in fact, but very little published about the antiquities of 
 Chiapas, during the 16th century. I do not even mention any of the 
 general collections which have an occasional reference to the name. But 
 few vocabularies are noticed. Still we are informed of the following 
 works, which may yet be in existence, or ^hich at all events have 
 existed once, and were written during the 16th century. 
 
 FRAY TOMAS TORRE. " Historia de los principles de la Provincia de 
 Chiapas y Guatemala, del Orclen de Santo Domingo." 
 
 FRAY DOMINGO Vico. " Historia de los Indies,, sus fabulas, supers* 
 ticiones, costumbres, &c., &c." 
 
 The library of the " Museo Nacional " of the City of Guatemala, con* 
 tains a number of fragments of a " Histovia de la frovincia de San 
 Vicente Ferrer de Chiapas y Guatemala," the third book of which is super-, 
 scribed: "Isagoge historico apologetico general de todas las Indias." 1 = 
 There is no date nor name of author, but it can be conjectured that it 
 was written in the 16th century, Gregorio Garcia also quotes: Fray 
 Estevan de Salazar. " Discurs. Symb. apost." who in turn is said to 
 refer to a book entitled " Uistoria i Relacion de la Teologia de los Indios 
 Mexicanos," said book being lost in a shipwreck, 1564. 
 
 Writers of the Seventeenth Century. 
 GREGORJO GARCIA. 
 ANTONIO DE HERRERA. 
 JUAN DE TORQUEMADA. 
 ANTONIO DE REMESAL. 
 AUGUSTIN DE VETANCOURT. 
 GIL GONZALEZ DA VILA. 
 JUAN DIAZ DE LA CALLE. 
 
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 AUGUSTIN DAVILA-PADILLA. "Historia de la Fundacion y Discurso de 
 la Provincia de Santiago de Mexico." 1st edition, Madrid, 1596; 2d 
 edition, Brussels, 1625. Mentions Chiapas only in connection with the 
 biography of Las Casas. The first edition has almost disappeared, so 
 that it is practically a book of the 17th century. 
 
 AUGUSTIN CANO. " Historia de la Provincia de Predicadores de San- 
 Vicente de Chiapas y Guatemala." Fragment of a MS. at the "Museo 
 Nacional " of Guatemala. 
 
 The following books are known to have existed once : 
 FRAY JUAN ZAPATA Y SANDOVAL. " Cartas al Conde de Gomera . 
 . . . sobre los Indies de Chiapas." 
 " Cartas al Key sobre el Estado Dulce Diocesis de ChiapasY' 
 
 I make no mention of the compilations and general collections contain- 
 ing references to Chiapas. They are not numerous. Gregorio Garcia 
 in his book, " Origen de los Indios," has probably the earliest mention 
 of the ruins of Ocosingo, and even^ perhaps, some indication about 
 those of Palenque. Cortez who, accompanied by Bernal Diez, passed 
 very near Palenque in 1525, did not take any notice of the pueblo, 
 which at that time was certainly not inhabited. 
 
 Writers of the Eighteenth Century. 
 
 NUNEZ DE LA VEGA. " Constituciones diocesanas del Obispado de 
 Chiapas." Rome, 1702. 
 
 Important for its reports on the idolatrous rites and the traditions of 
 the aborigines. 
 
 LORENZO BOTURINI BERNADUCCI. " Idea de una Nueva Historia Ge- 
 neral de la America Septentrional." Madrid, 1746. 
 Valuable for his mention of the Calendar of Chiapas. 
 
 MARIANO FERNANDEZ DE VEYTIA Y ECHEVERRIA. " Historia del 
 Origen de las gentes que poblaron la America Septentrional que Hainan 
 la Nueva-Espana, con noticia de los primeros que establecieron la mo- 
 narquia que en ella florecio de la nacion Tolteca." This work has been 
 published as lately as 1836, at Mexico, by C. F. Ortega, under the title 
 of "Historia antigua de M6xico." It contains notices of the calendar 
 of Chiapas. 
 
 F. X. CLAVIGERO. S. J. (ABB ATE.) 
 
 ANTONIO DE ALCEDO. 
 
 JOSEPH ANTONIO DE VILLA-SENOR Y SANCHEZ. 
 
 FRANCISCO XIMENEZ. " Cronica de la Provincia de Chiapas y Guate- 
 mala," of which part of the 7th book is at the " Museo ISTacional " of 
 Guatemala. 
 
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 "Historia de la Provinciade predicadores de San Vicente de Chiapas 
 y Guatemala." Written about 1720, and possibly the same work as the 
 above. According to Brasseur de Bourbourg, 3 volumes which did not 
 suit or fit together and were the remnants of two MSS. copies of the 
 original, existed at the University of Guatemala in 1855. 
 
 TORIBIO Cosio. " Relacion historica de la Sublevacion y Paciflcacion 
 de la Provincia de los Tzendales." (May still exist at Mexico.) 
 
 FRANCISCO VASQUEZ. " Cronica de la Provincia del Ill'mo Nombre 
 de Jesus, del Ordeu de San Francisco de Guatemala." Guatemala, 1714 
 and 1716, 2 vols. The library of Guatemala ("Museo Nacional ") still 
 contains an anonymous MS. of 13 Leaves, "Notas y Advertencias" 
 to the above work. Whether the " Cronica " itself is at Guatemala, I am 
 unable to say. The book is very scarce. Mr. Squier owned the first 
 volume only. 
 
 Anonymous. " Relacion de la Sublevacion de los Zendales, en el ano 
 de 1712." MS. Perhaps still at the city of Guatemala. 
 
 RAMON DE ORDONEZ Y AGUIAR. " Historia de la Creacion del Cielo 
 y de la Tierra, conforme al sistema de la gentilidad americaua." MS. 
 at the " Museo Nacional" of the city of Mexico. Very important for 
 the traditions of Chiapas. 
 
 "Memoria relativa a las ruinas de Nachan, en las inmediaciones del 
 pueblo de Santo-Domingo del Palenque." MS. formerly belonged to 
 Brasseur de Bourbourg. It was written about 1784, and is the first 
 authentic report on the celebrated ruins. 
 
 D. NAXERA. " Vida portentosa del V. P. Fr. Antonio Margil de 
 Jesus." Mexico, 1753. 
 
 H. VILAPLANA. " Vida portentosa del americano septentrional apos- 
 
 tol Antonio Margil de Jesus " Mexico, 1763. (Margil was one 
 
 of the earliest missionaries in Chiapas.) 
 
 Documents relative to the explorations of Palenque. 
 
 Besides the "Memoria" of Ordonez already quoted, which first 
 directed attention to the ruined pueblo, there exist the following docu- 
 ments : 
 
 JOSE DE ESTACHERIA. " Expedientc sobre el descubrimiento de 
 una gran Ciudad en la provincia de Chiapas, distrito de Guatemala." 28 
 Nov. 1784. (Archives of the royal Academy, at Madrid). It is directed 
 to the lieutenant "Alcalde mayor" of Chiapas, at S to Domingo del 
 Palenque, directing him to survey the ruins. 
 
 JOSEF ANTONIO CALDERON. "Informe, fecho en 15 de Diciembre de 
 1784." Description of the rains. MSS. translated and published by 
 Brasseur in " Ruines de Palenque," 1866. 
 
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 ANTONIO BERNASCONI. Other reports on the ruins, accompanied by 
 plans and drawings. MS. in Spain. Date, 13 June, 1578. 
 
 JUAN BAUTISTA MUNOZ. Letter to the Marquis de Sonora, written 
 1786. Translated by Brasseur: " Ruines de Palenque." 1866. 
 
 ANTONIO DEL Rio. " Descripcion del terreno y poblacion antigua 
 nuevaraente descubierta en las inrnediaciones del pueblo del Palenque." 
 I have already referred to it under "Yucatan." Whether the plates 
 of the English edition are genuine, is yet doubtful. 
 
 I must add here, that until about 1820, the state of Chiapas pertained, 
 not to Mexico, but to the captain-generalcy of Guatemala, and conse- 
 quently all the authorities treating of the latter country may be sup- 
 posed to contain information about Chiapas also. 
 
 Writers of the Nineteenth Century. 
 
 (Explorations of Palenque.) 
 
 JUAN GARRIDO. [ ?] Said to have written about Palenque in 1805. 
 
 GUILLERMO DUPAIX AND LUCIANO CASTANEDA. " Relacion hecha al 
 Rey, sobre tres expediciones, &c." in 1805, 1806, and 1807. They visited 
 Palenque late in 1807. Their reports and drawings were first published 
 in 1831, in Vols. IV. and V. of Lord Kingsborough's "Antiquities of 
 Mexico," and an English translation in Vol. VI. A French and Spanish 
 version, together with all the plates, is contained in " Antiquits mexi- 
 caines." Paris, 1834. The drawings of Castaneda are by far the most 
 complete which we have, although they disagree with many of those of 
 other travellers. This disagreement will be referred to hereafter. 
 
 JUAN GALINDO. "Palenque et autres lieux circonvoisins." Letter 
 dated 27 April, 1831, in "Antiquites mexicaines," Vol. I. English 
 translation in the " Literary Gazette," No. 769, London, 1831. Col. 
 Galiudo visited Palenque himself, but he is so enthusiastic that all his 
 statements and even measurements should be taken with many allow- 
 ances. 
 
 FRIEDRICH VON WALDECK. "Description des ruines de Palenque," 
 with 56 large plates, in "Monuments anciens du Mexique." Paris, 
 1866. M. de Waldeck had spent two years at Palenque (1832-1834,) 
 his plates are magnificent, but they restore far too much. 
 
 JOHN L. STEPHENS. " Travels in Central America, Chiapas, and Yu- 
 catan." N. York, 1841. 
 
 " Incidents of Travel in Yucatan." 1843. 
 
 F. CATHERWOOD. (See Yucatan.) 
 
 ARTHUR MORELET. (See Yucatan.) Visited P. in 1846. 
 
 DESIKE CHARNAY. (See Yucatan.) In 1858. 
 
 CHARLES ETIENNE BRASSEUR DE BOURBOURG. "Ruines de Palen- 
 que," in "Monuments anciens du MSxique," 1866, Paris. Valuable for the 
 historical introductions and for the numerous references to authorities. 
 
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 The historical essay is a confused and disorderly jumble, barely read- 
 able. The Abbe visited Palenque subsequently in 1871. 
 
 To these reports I finally add : 
 
 CHARLES RAU. " The Palenque tablet in the United States National 
 Museum," Washington, D. C., 1879. (No. 331 of " Smithsonian Contri- 
 butions to Knowledge.") 
 
 Aside from the numberless historical, archaeological, and ethnological 
 works, several of which I have already noticed under "Yucatan," I 
 beg to refer to some specifically Central- American and Mexican sources 
 treating of Chiapas in general, with some occasional mention of Palen- 
 que and of Ocosingo, or even without any particular reference to them, 
 
 DOMINGO JUARROS. " Compendio de la Historia de Guatemala," 180S 
 1818. English translation by J. Bailly, London, 1823. 
 
 FRANCISCO DE PAULA GARCIA I*ELAEZ. "Memorias para la Historia 
 del antiguo Reyno de Guatemala." 3 vols. Guatemala, 1851. An excel- 
 lent work, full of valuable and reliable information. 
 
 HYACINTHE DE CHARENCY. "LeMythe de Votan." Alenon, 1871. 
 Ingenious speculations. 
 
 FELIX CABRERA. "Teatro critico-americano." Published with the 
 different editions of Del Rio. Abstract from Nunez de la Vega, 
 with more or less hypothetical speculations about the origin, life, and 
 doings of "Votan" in Chiapas. 
 
 MARIANO ROBLES DOMINGUEZ DE MAZARIEGOS. " Memoria historica 
 de la provincia de Chiapas . . ." Cadiz, 1813. 
 
 EMILIO PINEDA. " Descripcion Geograflca del Departamento de Chia- 
 pas y Soconusco." In the "Boletin de la Sociedad de geografia y 
 Estadistica de Mexico." Vol. III. Also, Mexico, 1845. 
 
 Josis DE GARAY. "Reconocimiento del Istmo de Tehuantepec." 
 Mexico, 1844. 
 
 FRANCISCO PIMENTEL. " Cuadro descriptive de las Lenguas indige- 
 nas, &c." (See Yucatan.) 
 
 MANUEL OROZCO Y BERRA. "Geografia de las Lenguas." (See 
 Yucatan.) 
 
 In the imperfect list herewith submitted I have frequently included 
 works of which nothing is known save that they once existed. This 
 is done for the purpose of calling attention to them, should any one 
 of them be found in the hands of book owners and collectors here or 
 abroad. Libraries like those of Mr. Lenox or of Mr. John Carter-Brown 
 
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 should be searched for such writings, and copies at least should be 
 secured. The plan of Palenque, made by Bernasconi, in 1785, should 
 also be copied without delay. A copy can be obtained from Madrid, by 
 application to the Royal Academy of Spain. 
 
 GUATEMALA. (Copan and Chiapas included.) 
 
 Writers of the Sixteenth Century. 
 HERNAN CORTES. (4th and 5th letter. Casual mention.) 
 
 PEDRO DE ALVARADO. Seventeen letters to Hernan Cortes, the 
 first of which is dated: Utlatlan, 11 April, 1524. Only two of those 
 letters were printed, the remaining fifteen are yet in MSS. Mr. E. G. 
 .Squier owned MS. copies of the whole, but whither they went at his 
 sale I do not know. The two which were published (11 April and 28 
 July), appeared in the following works : " Delle navigationi et viaggi, 
 &c." by Gian Battista Ramusio. Venice, Italian version. The "due 
 lettere de Pietro d' Alvarado," are contained in the 3d volume, editions of 
 1556, 1565, and 1606. 
 
 OviED6. "Historia y natural de las Indias." Vol. III. Written be- 
 tween 1535 and 1557, but printed only 1853. Madrid. 
 
 ANDRES GONZALEZ BARCIA. " Historiadores primitivos de Indias." 
 Madrid, 1749, Vol. I. 
 
 H. TERNAUX-COMPANS. " Premier recueil de pieces relatives a la con- 
 quete du Mexique." Paris, 1838. French translation. 
 
 ENRIQUE DE VEDIA. "Historiadores primitivos de Indias." Madrid, 
 1852. (Vol. I.) 
 
 These letters, from the conqueror of Guatemala, are very important, 
 and the 15 unpublished ones should be printed at the earliest possible 
 moment. 
 
 FRANCISCO LOPEZ DE GOMARA. (Quite full, and mentions the earliest 
 author giving the etymology or rather, an etymology of the word 
 " Cuauhternallan." This is the earliest printed notice about it.) 
 
 GONZALO FERNANDEZ DE OVIEDO Y VALDES. (Has other informa- 
 tion besides Alvarado's letters.) 
 
 BARTOLOME DE LAS CASAS. (Very important, particularly on the 
 interior provinces pertaining or adjacent to his bishopric of Chiapas.) 
 
 GIROLAMO BENZONI. (Visited Guatemala himself, and although brief, 
 he still is valuable.) 
 
 PETRUS MARTYR, AB ANGLERIA. (Brief notice, in connection with 
 the movements of Alvarado, in the last decade, Cap's V. audX. earliest 
 reports on Guatemala in general, received in Europe.) 
 
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 FRAY TORIBIO DE PAREDES, SURNAMED MOTOLINIA. (Not only the 
 " Historia de las Indias de Nueva-Espaiia," contains incidental reference 
 to Guatemala, but there is a trace of a "Viaje a Guatemala." Yet 
 the latter is still in doubt.) 
 
 FRAY GERONIMO DE MENDIETA. 
 
 BERNAL DIEZ DEL CASTILLO. (Although a citizen of Spanish Guate- 
 mala, his reports are not very full.) 
 
 " REQUETO DE PLUSIEURS CHEFS D' ATITLAN." Addressed, under date 
 of 1 Feb'y, 1571, to Philip II. Published in French, by H. Ternaux- 
 Compans, in 1 st "Recueil de pieces concernant le Mexique," 1838. It is 
 valuable. 
 
 PASCUAL DE ANDAGOYA. " Relacion de los sucesos de Pedrarias 
 Davila en las provincias de Tierra flrme 6 Castilla del oro, y de lo 
 ocurrido en el descubrimiento de la mar del Sur y costas del Peru y Nica- 
 ragua." About 1545. Original at Sevilla, printed 1 for the first time by 
 Don Martin Fernandez de Navarrete, in 1829. Vol. III. of " Coleccion 
 de los Viages y Descubrimientos, &c." English translation, by C. R. 
 Markham, published under the title of " The Narrative of Pascual de 
 Andagoya," by the Hackluyt Society, Vol. 34, 1865. Slight mention is 
 made of Guatemala. 
 
 ALONZO DE ZURITA. (Corita?) "Breve y Sumaria Relacion de los 
 Seiiores, y maneras y diferencias que habia de ellos en la Nueva-Espana. 
 . . . ." This important official document, written about 1560, has been 
 published but once in Spanish, in Vol. II. of "Coleccion de Documen- 
 tos Ineditos relatives al Descubrimiento, Conqaista y Colonizacion de 
 las Posesiones Espaiiolas en America y Oceania," 1865. The text is, 
 however, imperfect. A better original had been used by Ternaux-Com- 
 pans for his French translation : "Rapport sur les difflrentes classes de 
 la Nouvelle-Espagne.'' Zurita is very important on the organization of 
 the QuichS tribes of Guatemala, and he has been almost verbally copied 
 by Herrera. 
 
 DIEGO GARCIA DE PALACIO. " Carta dirigida al Rey de Espana," 
 1576, March 8th. The chief importance of this report, in connection 
 with this list, consists in its being the earliest notice of the ruins 
 of Copan. Herrera made extensive use of Palacio's writings, but he 
 omitted that part which referred to Copan because it was not confirmed 
 (at his time) by any other testimony. The first publication of Palacio 
 was by Ternaux-Compans, in 1840, "Recueil de Documents et memoires 
 originaux sur 1' histoire des possessions espagnoles, &c." French trans- 
 lation : fluent, but not always reliable. A Spanish copy appeared in 
 
 1806, in Vol. VII. of " Coleccion de Documentos Ineditos "A 
 
 Spanish copy, with English translation, by E. G. Squier, in 1860, as Vol. 
 I. of his "collection of rare and original documents, relations, &c., 
 
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 <fcc." Finally. Dr. Alexander von Frantzius published a German trans- 
 lation in 1873, under the heading of " San Salvador and Honduras im 
 Jahre, 1576," which is particularly valuable on account of the notes by 
 the translator, as well as by Dr. C. H. Berendt. Palacio must have visited 
 Copan about 1576, and the fact is established through him that its 
 buildings were in ruins at the time of the Spanish conquest, that is 
 about 1530, and no distinct traditions of their origin left. 
 
 Passing over all general collections and geographical works, &c., &c., 
 of the sixteenth century, I will mention : 
 
 "CARTAS DE INDIAS." (See Yucatan.) and the miscellaneous col- 
 lections like " Coleccion de Documentos ineditos para la Historia de Es- 
 paiia," begun by Navarrete, Miguel Salva, and Pedro Saing de Barada, in 
 1842, and still continued. 
 
 " Coleccion de Documentos relativos al Descubrimiento, Conquista y Co- 
 lonization de las Posesiones Espanolas en America y Oceania." Com- 
 menced in 1864, and still continued. 
 
 (These collections contain chiefly documents from the *' Real Archivo 
 de Indias," and although they are of recent date, the papers are all from 
 the earlier times of Spanish conquest and settlement.) 
 
 The library of the " Museo Nacional " at the City f Guatemala (la 
 Nueva), contains the following: 
 
 RAFAEL AKEVALO. " Libro de Actas del Ayuntamiento de la Ciudad 
 de Guatemala." (Town book or record, from 1524 to 1530.) 
 
 " Coleccion de Documentos antiguos del Archivo del Ayuntamiento de 
 la Ciudad de Guatemala." (Both bound in one volume and published 
 in 1856 and 1857.) 
 
 MANUSCRIPTS. " Libro segundo del Cabildo de la Ciudad de Santiago 
 de la Provincia del Guatemala." (1530 to 1541.) 
 
 "Libro tercero de Cabildo." (1541 to 1543.) 
 
 " Historia de la Provincia de San Vicente de Chiapa y Guatemala." 
 (Fragmentary.) 
 
 FRANCISCO HERNANDEZ, CACIQUE OF SOLOLA. (FRANCISCO ERNAN- 
 DEZ ARANA XAHILA.) "Memorial," written about 1582. Original 
 owned by Brasseur de Bourbourg, who quotes it under the heading of 
 " Memorial de Tec-Pan-Atitlan." It is one of the most important and 
 valuable documents existing on aboriginal topics, embodying, as it 
 does, a statement of the conquest of Guatemala, written by a native in 
 his own language. 
 
 * Documentos antiguos de la casa de Ixcuinte-Nehaib." 
 
 In addition to these, I must lay particular stress on the " territorial 
 titles " land grants, cessions, leases, or deeds to lands, still held in Gua- 
 temala, or to whatever (if anything) may be left of their records. 
 Such papers contain frequently interesting, if not important references 
 to antiquities, traditions and historical facts, also to the customs and man- 
 ners of the Indians. 
 
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 Among the other authorities still perhaps existing, or known to have 
 existed, though of difficult access, I refer to those below, avoiding, of 
 course, Linguistical works, unless they are of direct bearing on other 
 subjects also. 
 
 JUAN ESTRADA DE KAVAGO (or Juan Strada Salvago.) " Descrip- 
 cion de las Frovincias de Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua 
 y Tierra-flrme y Cartagena, &c., &c." 6 May, 1572. (MS. copy of it 
 belonging to E. G. Squier.) 
 
 " Memorial de las advertencias i cosas que la C. Cath, R'l M. del Key 
 i su Re. Consejo de Indias manda hacer, &c., &c." (MS. of E. G. 
 Squier.) 1579. 
 
 FRANCISCO MONTERO DE MIRANDA. "Relacion dirigida al Ill'mo Senor 
 Palacio, &c., &c., sobre la proviucia de la Verapaz 6 Tierra de Guerra." 
 1575. (MS. of E. G. Squier.) 
 
 FRAYLES : FRANCISCO VIANA, LUCAS GALLEGO, and GUTLLERMO CADE- 
 NA. "Relacion de la provincia y tierra de la Vera Paz," 1574. (MS. 
 of Squier.) 
 
 FRAY TOMAS CARDENAS. "Representaciones al Rey sobre el Estado de 
 los Pueblos de la Vera-Paz." 
 
 FRAY TOMAS CASTELAR. " Tratado de los Idolos de Guatemala." 
 
 "Triunfos de los Martires del Orden de Predicadores en las Indias." 
 Printed 1580. 
 
 FRAY TOMAS TORRE. " Historia de los principios de la Provincia de 
 Chiapas y Guatemala, del Ordeu de Santo Domingo." Written prior to 
 1567. 
 
 FRAY DOMINGO Vico. " Historia de los Indies, sus Fabulas, Supers- 
 ticiones, Costumbres, &c." 
 
 "Teologia para los Indies, en Lengua de Vera Paz." 4 vols. (Still 
 existing.) 
 
 GER6NIMO ROMAN. " Repiiblica Indiana." (See Yucatan.) 
 
 This list is certainly far from complete, and it may be that among 
 the vocabularies, grammars, and such works now lost, although we 
 know of their former existence, there were some, perhaps even many, 
 which contained historical and ethnological matter of great value. It 
 is hardly possible to avoid all allusions to such subjects in any work on 
 linguistics. But the number of books of that class is too great for the 
 purpose of the present list. 
 
 Writers of the Seventeenth Century. 
 
 AUGUSTIN DAVILA-PADILLA. (See Yucatan. First edition appeared 
 in 1595.) 
 
 GREGORIO GARCIA. (Plain and well informed, though brief.) 
 
 JUAN DE TORQUEMADA. (Important on organization and government, 
 also myths.) 
 
 ANTONIO DE HERRERA. (Very full and important.) 
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 ANTONIO DE REMESAL. (Not as full on antiquities as might be 
 expected.) 
 
 AUGUSTIN DE VETANCOURT. (Very slight mention.) 
 ENRICO MARTINEZ. (Casual mention.") 
 GIL GONZALEZ DAVILA. 
 JUAN DIEZ DE LA CALLE. 
 
 FERNANDO DE ALBA IXTLILXOCHITL. " Relaciones historicas." Of 
 these, the thirteenth, " De la Venida de los Espai5oles," is of particular 
 interest for Guatemala, since it relates in detail Cortes' trip to Hondu- 
 ras. The Relaciones " are printed in full in Vol. IX. of Lord Kings- 
 borough's Collection, the 13th however, was published under the title 
 of "Horribles Crueldades de los Conquistadores de Mexico," as ap- 
 pendix to Sahagun's " Hist-general," Vol. III., in 1829. From this, 
 M. Ternaux made a French translation, published by him in 1838, as 
 "CruautSs horribles des Conquerants du Mexique," in the first series of 
 his "Voyages et M6moires originaux, &c." 
 
 " Historia de los Chichimecos, o' reyes antiguos de Tezcuco." 
 Casual mention of Guatemala. Published in Kingsborough, Vol. IX., 
 and translated by Ternaux and printed in French as " Histoire des 
 Chichimeques ou des anciens rois de Tezcuco," in 1840. (2d Series.) 
 Besides these, there are found references to Guatemala in the " Sumaria 
 Relacion, de los Toltecas." (Kingsb. IX.) Ixtlilxochitl, though full 
 of details, is always a very suspicious source. He is the representative 
 of one tribe exclusively. 
 
 FRANCISCO ANTONIO FUENTES Y GUZMAN. " Recorclacion florida; 
 Discurso historico, natural, material, militar, y- politico del reyno de 
 Guatemala." MS. of 1690. Original in the municipal archives of the 
 city of Guatemala. Copy at the ** Museo Nacional." Fuentes is like 
 Ixtlilxochitl both have the same tendency to extol their native tribes 
 still both must be carefully studied and critically examined. A publi- 
 cation of Fuentes, well and judiciously annotated, would be highly 
 useful. 
 
 FERNANDO ESPINO. " Historia de la reduccion y conversion de la 
 Provincia de Taguzgalpa, con la Vida de los tres Martires." Printed at 
 Guatemala, 1674. Whether and where it still exists I do not know. 
 
 LIONEL WAFER. " A new Voyage and description of the Isthmus of 
 America." London, 1699. 
 
 FRAY THOMAS GAGE. " New survey of the West Indies." (A work 
 which is looked upon with great suspicion, because the author, although 
 he evidently went to Guatemala from Mexico, misrepresents a great many 
 facts. Still he cannot be overlooked.) This book appeared first prior 
 to 1676. Robertson quotes an Englishx edition of 1677, and that of 1699 
 is the fourth edition. There are French editions of 1676, 1694-5, 1699 
 
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 1720, 1721. Dutch of 1682, 1700. German of 1693. Spanish, 1838. 
 Yet this list is evidently still incomplete, as further material is out of 
 my reach. 
 
 ANTONIO DE LEON Y PINELO. " Tratado de Confirmaciones Reales de 
 Encomiendas, Oflcios, y casos en que se requieron para las Indias Occi- 
 dentales." Madrid, 1630. This work is one of the best on many vital 
 points of Spanish administration, and since the latter is so intimately 
 connected with the past and present condition of the aborigines as to 
 make its knowledge absolutely necessary, it must be attentively 
 studied. I shall, for this reason, add below the books of Sol6rzano : 
 
 " Epitome de la Biblioteca Oriental i Occidental, Nautica y Geogra- 
 fica." Madrid, 1629. 2d Edition, by Barcia, 1737 and 1738. (Important 
 bibliographically.) 
 
 " Reldcion que en el Consejo Real de las Indias hizo el Licenciado . . . 
 . . ., sobre la Paciflcacion de las Proviucias del Manche y Lacandon," 
 1639. MS. of E. G. Squier. 
 
 JUAN DE SOLORZANO-PEREYRA. " Disputationem de Indiarum jure, 
 sive de mixta Indiarum Occidentalium inquisitione, acquisitione, et reten- 
 tione tribus libris compeheusam." (This is the title of the first volume 
 only, the second volume bears the heading " De Indiarum gubernatione, 
 &c.") Madrid, 1629-1639. 2d edition, 1672. 
 
 "Politica Indiana." Madrid, 1648. Subsequent editions, 1703, 1736-39, 
 1776. 
 
 The latter work is but a Spanish transcription or version of the first. 
 The importance of both is in their clear " expose " of the principles of 
 right and law, according to which the Spanish Indies were governed. 
 We are thereby enabled to judge of the true relations existing between 
 the conquering and conquered races, and to detect, how far the original 
 condition of the latter was understood or misunderstood by the former 
 (and misrepresented?; 
 
 The " Museo Nacional," at Guatemala, has the following manuscripts 
 besides those already mentioned : 
 
 "Historiade la Provincia de Predicadores de San Vicente de Chiapa 
 y Guatemala." A fragment, possibly by Fray Augustin Cano. 
 
 " Solicited que el Padre Fray Augustin Cano hizo al Ill'mo S r Obispo 
 de Guatemala .... que se hallaba de visita en el pueblo de Cajabon 
 pidiendo arnparo para reducir a los indios Choles." 
 
 " Informe dado al Rey por el Padre Fray Augustin Cano sobre la en- 
 trada que por la parte de la Verapaz se hizo al Peten en 1695." 
 
 " Suma de los Capitulos generales y principales, ordenaciones, &c., 
 de la Provincia de Predicadores de Chiapa y Guatemala." by Fray Lope 
 de Montoya. 
 
 " Vidas de varios Padres de la Provincia de Chiapa y Guatemala del 
 Orden de Indicadores," by Fray Antonio de Molina. 
 
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 Whether the " Noticia 6 Relacion de los Padres de la Orden de Predi- 
 cadores que florecian en la Proviucia de los Zoques " (anonymous 
 MS.), belongs to the 17th century, I am unable to say. 
 
 Notice of the following books or writings has been communicated to 
 me from various sources : 
 
 FRAY ANTONIO AROCHENA. " Catalogo y noticia de los Escritores 
 del Orden de San Francisco de la Provincia de Guatemala." (A very im- 
 portant bibliographical composition, to judge from its plan.) 
 
 FRAY ESTEVAN AVILES. " Historia de Guatemala desde los tiempos 
 de los Indies, hasta la fundacion de la provincia de los franciscanos ; 
 poblacion de aquellas tierras, propagacion de los Indios, sus ritos, cere- 
 monias, policia, y Gobierno." (Said to have been printed at Guatemala 
 in 1663.) 
 
 FRAY SALVADOR CIPRIANA. " Libro de los Idolos de la Provincia de 
 Zacatula." 
 
 " Hechos de los Padres Fray Levis Cancer, Fray BartolornS de las 
 Casas, y Fray Pedro de Angulo, en la predicacion del Evangelic." 
 
 " Historia de la Entrada de los Espanoles en Zacatula." 
 
 NICOLAS LIZARRAGA. (See Yucatan.) 
 
 FRAY MELCHOR DE JESUS LOPEZ. " Relacion de la Conversion a la Fe 
 de los Indios de Salamanca." 1690. 
 
 " Relacion de la Paciticacion de los Indios de Vera-Paz." 
 
 FRAY PEDRO SOTOMAYOR. " Informacion de los Varones Ilustres del 
 Orden de San Francisco del Reino de Guatemala." 
 
 DIEGO DE UNZUETA. "Relacion de Guatemala," handed to Juan 
 Diez de la Calle in 1648. 
 
 NICOLAS DE VALENZUELA. (Wrote about the expedition against La- 
 candon, in 1695.) 
 
 FRAY ESTEVAN VERDELETE. " Noticias de la Provincia de Teguzi- 
 galpa." (Written between 1593 and 1612.) 
 
 JUAN ZAPATA Y SANDOVAL. (See Chiapas.) 
 
 FRAY PEDRO DAZA. " Memorias historicas de la fundacion y predica- 
 cion de los Religiosos de la Merced de la Redencion de cautivos en Gua- 
 temala." 
 
 FRAY JOSE MORERA. "Noticias de la Provincia de Guatemala, con un 
 Tratado de la Mision y Martirio de los P. P. Misioneros, Verdelete y 
 Montragudo." (MS. said to be at Guatemala.) 
 
 FRAY PABLO REBULLIDA. " Informe a la Andiencia de Guatemala 
 sobre el estado actual de la Cristiandad de la Provincia de Talamanca." 
 1697. 
 
 " Cartas sobre el caracter de los Indios Terrabas, Talamancas, y 
 Changenes." 
 
 FRAY PEDRO DE URTIAGA. " Diario del Viaje de los cinco Misioneros 
 desde Queretaro hasta Guatemala." Printed in 1694, at Guatemala. 
 
 ALONZO DUARTE. "Relacion de lo que Yo (A. D.J vecino desta ciu- 
 dad de Santiago de Guatemala entendi y vide quando D. Francisco Val- 
 
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 verde vino a sondar el puerto de Cavallos." 1605. MS. pertaining to 
 E. G. Squier. 
 
 These are certainly not all, perhaps only a minority of the docu- 
 ments relating to Guatemala, which originated during the 17th cen- 
 tury. In regard to the ruins of Copan, Fuentes is perhaps (because a 
 number of the last enumerated authors I have not seen) the only one 
 who mentions its ruins, and even gives an enthusiastic description of 
 them, but Torquemada as well as Herrera relates the tradition of Com- 
 izahual, which also relates to Copan. The latter place is, besides, com- 
 monly regarded as belonging properly to Honduras, and only of late has 
 been added to Guatemala. I add the following, although they are of 
 scarcely any value for the purpose in view: 
 
 Jos MONROY. " Estado del Convento de Guatemala, del Orden de 
 nuestra Senora de la Merced." Printed, 1667. 
 
 DIEGO RODRIGUEZ DE RIBAS. " Disertacion canonica sobre los justos 
 motives que representa el Reyno de Guatemala, para que el Consejo se 
 serva de erigir en Metropoli ecclesiastica la S. Iglesia Catedral, &c." 
 Printed, 1660. 
 
 Writers of the Eighteenth Century. 
 
 ANTONIO DE ALCEDO. 
 
 F. X. CLAVIGERO. (Very slight mention.) 
 
 The following MSS. are yet at Guatemala " Museo Nacional." 
 
 PEDRO CORTES Y LARRAZ. " Descripcion geografico moral de la Dio- 
 cesis de Guatemala." 1768-69. 
 
 FRAY FRANCISCO XIMENEZ. " Historia de la Provincia de San Vicente 
 de Chiapa y Guatemala de la Orden de los Predicadores." 5 vols. 
 
 JOSE SANCHEZ. " Apuntaciones para la Historia de Guatemala." 
 
 FERNANDO VELASQUEZ DE GUZMAN. " Kelacion de los Obispos de 
 Guatemala." 
 
 There is, besides, a MS. : 
 
 " Efemerides de Guatemala desde su fundacion hasta la ruina de 1773." 
 Anonymous. 
 
 Printed works : 
 
 . FRAY ISIDRO FELIX DE ESPINOSA. " El Peregrine Septentrional 
 Atlante." (Life of Fray Antonio Margil.) Mexico, 1737. 
 
 FRAY CARLOS CADENA. " Breve descripcion de la Noble Ciudad de 
 Santiago de los Caballaros de Guatemala, &c." Mexico, 1774. 2d Edi- 
 tion, Guatemala, 1858. 
 
 JUAN DE VILLAGUTIERRE Y SOTOMAYOR. (On Vera Paz.) 
 FRANCISCO NUNEZ DE LA VEGA. (On Chiapas.) 
 
 TORIBIO Cosio. (In the University Library of Mexico.) 
 FRAY Jos DIEZ. " Notlcia de las Misiones de Guatemala." 
 FRAY ILDEFONSO JOSEPH FLORES. " Teologia de los Indios." 
 FRAY FRANCISCO VASQUEZ. (See Chiapas.) 
 
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 FRAY FRANCISCO XIMENEZ. (See Chiapas.) 
 
 It is said that Ximenez wrote two large historical works, one in 
 five volumes, of which but three were finished. This is a mistake, the 
 entire edition of five volumes is still at Guatemala. The other work, 
 secured by Dr. Scherzer, bears the title " Las Historias del Origen de 
 los Indies de esta Provincia de Guatemala ....," and published by 
 him at Vienna in 1857. (Anonymous MS. said to exist at Guatemala.) 
 
 " Informe del Provincial de la Orden de Santo Domingo Guatemala, 
 tocante a los negocios de la Vera-Paz." 1724. 
 
 " Relacion de la Sublevacion de los Zendales." 1712. 
 
 ANTONIO RODRIGUEZ CAMPAS. " Diario Historico de Guatemala." 
 FRAY JUAN CARTAJENA. "La S ta Iglesia de Guatemala, madre fecun- 
 disima de hijos ilustrissimos." Mexico, 1747. 
 RAMON ORDONEZ Y AGUIAR. (See Chiapas.) At Mexico. 
 (A number of the above works may be lost.) 
 
 Writers of the Nineteenth Century. 
 
 All general works, archaeological, historical, and geographical, are 
 left out. I even omit, as abundantly known, Kingsborough, Bancroft, 
 Baldwin, Short, the " Antiquites Mexicaines," the "Cites et Ruines 
 Mexicaines " of Waldeck, Brasseur de Bourbourg, &c., &c. Reference 
 to these sources is self-understood. 
 
 DOMINGO JUARREZ. " Cornpendio de la Historia de Guatemala." 
 1808-1818, Guatemala. (Relies too much on Fuentes.) English trans- 
 lation by Bailey. London, 1823. " A statistical and Commercial His- 
 tory of the Kingdom of Guatemala, in Spanish America." A second 
 Spanish edition appeared in 1857. 
 
 FRANCISCO DE PAULA GARCIA PELAEZ. (See Chiapas.). 
 
 " Memorias para la Historia del Antiguo Reyno de Guatemala." 1852. 
 
 CHARLES ETIENNE BRASSEUR DE BOURBOURG. " Popol Vuh. Le 
 livre Sacre et les Mythes de 1' Antiquite Amdricaine, avec les livres 
 Heroiques et Historiques des Quiches." Paris, 1861. , 
 
 Hardly any work of this century has created such a " mixed " sensa- 
 tion of a serious nature, as this book. It could be seen at a glance, 
 that no mystification was possible, but there was a wide field open for 
 discussion on the point of origin, as far as the document itself, the 
 " Popol Vuh," was concerned. Still the " sensation" has not resulted 
 in much active critical examination, and I think (If I may be per- 
 mitted to commit such a breach of modesty,) myself the only person 
 attempting a criticism of the "Popol Vuh" on the basis of docu- 
 mentary evidence. Unfortunately, I was unable to prepare my annota- 
 tions in time for the publication of the 27th Volume of Proceedings of 
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 Thus only the text of " Sources for aboriginal history of Spanish 
 America," appeared without any documentary evidence attached. 
 
 One thing, is evident, that the " Popol Vuh " was written. Now it is a 
 fact very easily proven, that the aborigines of Guatemala had no pho- 
 netic alphabet whatever, consequently that they did not write. Therefore 
 the "Popol Vuh" must have been composed, as an instrument in 
 writing, since the conquest ; or after 1524. This is developed utterly 
 independent of the fact that the document hints at two data (p. 343,) 
 indicating the time of its composition to have been after 1550, and prior 
 to 1600. Therefore it was written in our letters, or perhaps with the 
 aid of the " five characters " invented by Fray Francisco de la Parra, 
 previous to 1560, to indicate sounds for which our alphabet had no 
 signs. At all events, it was written in the native Quiche idiom, and 
 was only met with incidentally by Fray Francisco Ximenez at the town 
 of Chichicastenango, towards the close of the 17th century. This 
 Dominican monk translated it into the Spanish language and incorpora- 
 ted both text and translation in the first volume of his " Historia de 
 la provincia de predicadores, &c." according to Brasseur de Bour- 
 bourg's really silly and irritatingly confused bibliography (p. XIII., "No- 
 tice Bibliographique.") Dr. Scherzer certainly deserves credit for hav- 
 ing published a Spanish text rendering approximative^ the "Popol Vuh," 
 in 1857, and there is no doubt but that it is as correct a rendering of the 
 original Quiche as the French translation of Brasseur de Bourbourg. 
 
 The filiation of the text being thus established as far back as 1550 to 
 1600, it remains to investigate the question : how much of it was 
 originally Indian; if all of it or not? There is no doubt but that the 
 greater part of it is Indian songs, preserved for centuries, and Indian 
 myths and tales historical traditions which were recorded by the com- 
 piler in the form now before us. But this compiler, or rather recorder 
 has given to these tales a chronological sequence, at least in the first 
 part, which may hereafter prove conjectural. Actions are made to suc- 
 ceed to each other, which may yet prove to be without any connection 
 at all. I do not insist upon this point since a new translation of the 
 "Popol Vuh" should precede its investigation but I particularly 
 insist upon a careful and critical study of its first so-called "Chapters." 
 
 .These first chapters give us cosmological Ideas and Notions, purport- 
 ing to be originally Indian, which, at their very inception, show a singular 
 admixture of foreign elements. The first sentences appear to be tran- 
 scriptions from the bojok of Genesis. They are not aboriginally Ameri- 
 can. We are therefore led to investigate whether, prior to 1550, European 
 influences could have been brought to bear upon the recollection and 
 the imagination of the natives. There is very positive evidence to that 
 effect. The monks, at the earliest stages of conversion, used paintings 
 of their own, to impress upon the natives the notions of a creation of 
 the world, of the deluge and salvation of a single pair therefrom, &c., 
 &c. The Dominican Father Gonzalo Lucero travelled about with 
 painted charts representing such striking events, which he displayed in 
 
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 confirmation of his teachings. Fray Jacobo Testera (he died Aug. 8, 1543) 
 used similar means. Fray Pedro de Angulo, who went with Las Casas 
 to Guatemala and was made Provincial of Chiapas in 1561, wrote three 
 dissertations in the Zutuhil language, one on the Creation of the World, 
 one on Adam's Fall, and one on the Expulsion of our first fathers from 
 Paradise. Fray Luis Cancer wrote similar pages in the language of 
 Oajaca, previous to 1546. Fray Domingo Vico, who was killed by the 
 Indians of Lacandon, in 1555, wrote his " Teologia para los Indios," in 
 the Quiche language, also a dissertation on the " Eternal Paradise," in 
 the language of Vera-Paz. But there is also indisputable proof that 
 songs were composed on the subject of the creation of the world and other 
 parts of the Hebrew Genesis, in the Quich6 language, which songs 
 were used as the means of conversion of the natives of Vera-Paz in 
 1537. (Remesal. Lib. III., Cap. XL, p. 124.) They had been composed 
 by Las Casas, Fray Rodrigo de Ladrada, Fray Pedro de Angulo, and 
 probably Fray Luis Cancer. Many other similar ones were composed 
 afterwards. 
 
 Thus we see that, prior to 1550, ecclesiastics had commenced to write 
 upon cosmological subjects with our letters and in the languages of 
 Guatemala, and that, on the other hand, Christian cosmogony had 
 become a text for Indian songs. The " Popol Vuh " has therefore noth- 
 ing extraordinary in its origin; it is but a child of its time, like the 
 " Memorial de Tecpan-Atitlan," by the Chief of Solola, only anonymous, 
 and preceded by a cosmological introduction made up of Christian 
 and Indian tales confusedly intermingled, and therefore apocryphal so 
 far. These criticisms, however, apply merely to the " first part," the 
 rest of the " Popol Vuh " appears to be original, and therefore of the 
 greatest value. This however cannot be said of the translation, only of 
 the MS. A new translation, supervised by a native, should be ob- 
 tained at any price. 
 
 " Grammaire Quichee, et le Drame Rabinal-Ache." Paris, 1862. 
 
 Of the " Rabinal-Ache," a new translation is absolutely requisite. 
 Mr. Brasseur, like all translators of Indian songs, has so disfigured it 
 by the introduction of a foreign terminology, as to render it useless for 
 any one who has no access to vocabularies, &c. 
 
 JOHN L. STEPHENS. (See Yucatan), also FREDERICK CATHERWOOD. 
 
 JUAN GALINDO. (See Yucatan and Chiapas.) 
 
 What I have seen of his reports has left upon my mind the impression 
 that he means to be truthful, but in his zeal and eagerness saw " too 
 big," and again " too often." 
 
 "The Ruins of Copan in Central America." Transactions of the 
 American Antiquarian Society, Vol. II., pp. 545-550. 1836. 
 
 "Notions sur Palenque," &c., &c., "transmises & la Societe gSograph- 
 ique de France," in " Antiquites mexicaines," Vol. I., pp. 73-76. Pub- 
 
lishecl also in the "Bulletin" of the Frerch Geographical Society, and 
 in the " Literary Gazette " of London. 
 
 E. G. SQUIER. "The Serpent-Symbol, and the Worship of the Recip- 
 rocal Principles of Nature in America." N. York, 1851. 
 
 "The States of Central America: their Geography, Topography, &c., 
 &c. Aborigines," N. York, 1858. 
 
 " Notes on Central America, particularly the States of Honduras and 
 San Salvador." N. York, 1855. German translation, Leipzig, 1856. 
 French version, Paris, 1855. Spanish, Paris, 1856, (two different 
 translations.) 
 
 " Honduras, Descriptive, Historical and Statistical." London, 1870. 
 
 "Honduras and Guatemala." "The National Intelligencer." N. 
 York, 1854. 
 
 " The Ruins of Tenampua." Although in Honduras, they appear tra- 
 ditionally connected with Copan. N. York, 1853, in " Proceedings of 
 the Historical Society of New York." 
 
 " Monograph of Authors who have Written on the Languages of Cen- 
 tral America." Albany, 1861. A very valuable and important contribu- 
 tion to bibliography. 
 
 CARL SCHERZER. "Wanderungen durch die mittel-amerikanischen 
 Freistaaten." Braunschweig, 1857. English version, London, 1857. 
 
 " Narrative of the Circumnavigation of the Globe by the Austrian 
 frigate Novara." London, 1861. (The official reports on the results of 
 the circumnavigation, &c., are very rare.) 
 
 " Die Indianer von Ixtlahuacan." Vienna, 1856. P.jaf\crr\ft- 
 
 " Ein Besuch bei den Ruinen von Quirigua." Vienna. 1855. 
 
 I omit here his linguistical writings, and his publication of the " His- 
 toria del Origen de los Indios, &c.," \u 1857. See Ximenez. 
 
 TS WAGNER, AND CARL SCHERZER. " Die Republik Costa-Rlee 
 in Central Amerika." Leipzig, 1857. Describes the ruins of Quirigua. 
 
 MANUEL GAL VAN RIVERA, "Historia de Mexico, Guatemala, Estaclos- 
 .Unidos del Norte, Peru, &c." Mexico, 1852. 
 
 "GACETA DE GUATEMALA." (From 1797.) Contains interesting notices, 
 historical and ethnological. 
 
 " PERIODIOO DE LA SOGIED.AD EQONOMIOA DE GUATEMALA." (Only 24 
 numbers published in 1815, and 1816.) 1 May, 1815, to 15 April, 1816. 
 
 THE PADRES : CHJOA, ABELLA, AND ESCOTO, AND AGUILAR. "Informes, 
 al Ill'mo Seiior Arzobispo de Guatemala, tocantes a la Vera-Paz." 1819 
 and 1820. MSS. 
 
 DOMINGUEZ DE MAZARiEGOs. (See Chiapas.) 
 5 
 
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 DOMINGO FAJARDO. "Iiiforme dirigido al Gobiorno Snpretno de M6xi- 
 co, relative a su Mision a Vera-Paz y Peten." Campeche, 1828. 
 
 ORLANDO N. ROBERTS. " Narrative of Voyages and Excursions on 
 the East Coast and in the Interior of Central America." Edinburgh, 
 
 1827. 
 
 CARL HERMANN BERENDT. " Report of Explorations in Central 
 America." Smithsonian Report, 1867. 
 
 " Collection of historical documents on Guatemala." Smithsonian 
 Report, 1876. 
 
 " Die Indianer des Isthmus von Tehuantepec." Zeitschrift fiir Eth- 
 nologic. Berlin, 1873, Vol. V. 
 
 " Analytical Alphabet for the Mexican and Central American'Lan- 
 guages." Published by the American Ethnological Society. New York, 
 1869, 
 
 " Cartilla en Lengua Maya para la ensenanza de los ninos indigenes." 
 MSrida, 1871. 
 
 El Ramie. Tratado sobre el cultivo y algunas noticias de esta planta. 
 Merida de Yucatan, 1871. (Ed. de la ReVista de Merida.) 
 
 Los Escritos de D. Joaquin Garcia Icazbalceta. Ed. de la Revista de 
 Merida. T.omo II., 1870, 
 
 " Articulo sobre El Mexico'," se halla en el "Deutsch Amerikanisches 
 Conversations Lexicon, barbeitet von. Prof. Alex. I. Schem. Lieferung 
 64, Band VII., Seite 261, pp . 27. (N. Y. 1872.) 
 
 "Remarks on the Centres of Ancient Civilization in Central America, and 
 their Geograpical Distribution." Address read before the Am. Geogr. 
 Society, N. Y., July 10th, 1876, with map, 
 
 Zur Ethnologie von Nicaragua. Articulo publicado en Correspondenz- 
 Blatt der deutschen Gesellschaft fiir Anthropologie, Ethnologie und 
 Urgeschichte. Redigirt von N. A. v. Frantzius in Heidelberg, No. 9, 
 September, 1874. 
 
 In " Geographische Mittheilungen" von A. Petermann, Gotha. 
 
 (The above makes no pretension to be a full list of the eminent lin- 
 guist's publications.) 
 
 ADEXANDER VON FRANTZIUS. (See Palacio.) 
 
 ' San Salvador and Honduras iin lahre, 1847." Annotated also by 
 Berendt. 
 
 GUSTAV BERNOULLI. " Reisen in der Republik Guatemala." In 
 " Petermann's Mittheilungen," 1874-75. 
 
 BARON DER THEIL. -** Le Guatemala." In ** 1' Explorateur," Vol. Ill, 
 1876,. 
 
 J. LAFERRIER. ? c Pe Paris au Guatemala." Paris, 1877. 
 
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 GEORGE WILLIAMSON. " Antiquities in Guatemala.'' Smithsonian 
 Reports, 1876. (Very interesting and of great value for archaeological 
 
 studies.) 
 
 J. W. BODDAM-WKTHAM. "Across Central America." London, 1877. 
 
 ADOLPH BASTIAN. "Die Monumeuta in Santa Lucia Cozumalguapa. ' 
 " Zeitschrift fur Ethnologic," 1876. 
 
 " Die Culturlaender des alten Amerikas." (See Yucatan.) 
 
 GUSTAV BRUHL. (See Yucatan.) 
 
 H. W. BATES. "Central America, West Indies, and South America." 
 London, 1878. 
 
 A. BONCARD. " Le Guatemala." In " L' explorateur," 1878. No. 23. 
 
 FRANCISCO PIMENTKL. (See Yucatan and Chiapas.) 
 MANUEL OROZCO Y BERRA. (See Yucatan, &c.) 
 
 S. HABEL. "The Sculptures of Santa Lucia Cozumalguapa." Smith- 
 sonian Contributions, No. 269. Washington, 1878. 
 
 In closing this list, I must again distinctly state, that it is very imper- 
 fect, and that no one acquainted with the literature of Central America 
 can fail to notice many omissions. But I had neither time, nor oppor- 
 tunity to do better, owing to the state of my health. In conclusion, I 
 wish to advert to a few book-* of an exclusively bibliographical tenor, 
 which every student of American history must at least attempt to con- 
 sult. Some of them are, unfortunately, extremely rare: 
 
 NICOLAS ANTONIO. '"Bihliotheca Hispana Nova, &c." 1st edition, 
 Eome, 1672. 2d edition, Madrid, 1733-38. 
 
 JUAX Jos6 DK KGUIARA Y EGUREN. " Biblioteca Mexicana." Mex- 
 ico, 1755. Incomplete : only the first volume published. 
 
 ANTONIO DE ALCEDO. " Biblioteca americana." MS. Original be- 
 longed to Mr. Jared Sparks. Mexico, 1807. 
 
 J. MAHIANO BERISTAIN DE SOUZA. " Biblioteca Hispana Americana. 
 Septentrional." Mexico, 1816 and 1819, 3 volumes. (Exceedingly rare.) 
 
 BRASSEUR DE BOURBOUUG. "Bibliotheque mexico-guatemalienue." 
 Parts, 1871. 
 
 I forbear quoting here at length the bibliographical works of Har- 
 risse, Rich, Ludewig, Ternaux-Compans, Sabin, and others. They are 
 deservedly well known, and of easy access to any student. 
 
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 OAJACA. (" Huaxyacac.") 
 
 Writers of the Sixteenth Century. 
 
 HEHNAN CORTES. (2d letter.) 
 
 BERNAL DIEZ DEL CASTILLO. (Casual notice.) 
 
 FRANCISCO LOPEZ DE GOMAKA. (" Conquista de Mexico.") 
 
 FRAY TORIBIO DE PARADES, SURNAMED MOTOLIXIA. (" Historia de 
 los Indios de la Nueva-Espana." See bibliography of Yucatan.) This 
 is probably the earliest mention of the ruins of Mitla, which wore, how- 
 ever, inhabited at that time. Motolinia has been entirely overlooked by 
 Bancroft, although his description of Mitla is truly excellent. 
 
 GONZALO FERNANDEZ DE OVIEDO Y VALDES. (Casual notice.) 
 
 CODEX CHIMALPOPOCA. Now in process of publication, in the "Annies 
 del Museo Nacional cle Mexico." Vol. II., by Mendoza, Sanchez Solis, 
 and Chavero. 
 
 JUAN DE TOBAR. " Codice Ramirez," published by S r J. M. Vigil, 
 as an anonymous chronicle, in 1878. Also " Historia de los Indios 
 Mexicanos." Original in possession of the Estate of Sir Thomas Phillips, 
 at Cheltenham, England. Copy of a fragment, privately printed, at the 
 Lenox Library, New York. (Written between 1579 and 1589.) 
 
 DIEGO DURAN. " Historia de las Indias de Nueva-Espaiii, 6 Yslas de 
 Tierra h'rme." (Written between 1579 and 1581, but only the first part 
 of it printed, at Mexico, 1867, by S l Jo^6 F r Ramirez.) Very important; 
 mentions again Mitla as a settlement inhabited about 1450. "Apendice" 
 por Alfredo Chuvaro, Mexico, 1880. 
 
 FERNANDO DE ALVARADO TEZOZOMOC. " Cronica mexicana." Writ- 
 ten 1598. Printed for the first time in Vol. IX. of Kingsborough, and 
 again (though not complete) in the " Biblioteca mexicana" of S r 
 Vigil, with notes by S r Orozco y Berra. A French translation has been 
 made by Ternanx-Compans, under the title of " Histoire clu Mexiqne, 
 par Alvarado Tezozomoc," Paris, 1853, 2 vols. It is utterly unreliable. 
 
 FRAY GERONIMO DE MENDIETA. (Copies textually from Motolinia.) 
 
 FRAY BERNARDINO SAHAGUN. "Historia universal de las Cosas de 
 Nueva-Espana," in Vols. f> and 8 of Kingsborough. The same book, 
 under the title of " Historia general, &c., &c." appeared at Mexico, in 3 
 vols., 1829, edited by C. M. de Bustamante. Only very slight and 
 casual mention of Oajaca. 
 
 Writers of the Seventeenth Century. 
 
 AUGUSTIN DAVILA-PADILLA. 
 
 JUAN DE TORQUEMADA. (Important.) 
 
 ANTONIO DE HERRERA. (Important.) 
 
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 GREGORIO GARCIA. (Important.) 
 
 FRANCISCO DE BURGOA. "Palestra Historiale de Virtudes y Excm- 
 plares Apostolicos." M6xico, 1670. 
 
 " Geograflca Descripcion de la Parte Septentrional del Polo Artico de 
 la America." Mexico, 1674. This work is regarded (especially by such 
 as have not seen it), as the leading work on Oajaca. I have never even 
 seen it it is exceedingly rare. 
 
 Writers of the Eighteenth Century. 
 
 MARIANO VEYTIA. 
 
 F. X. CLAVIGEHO. 
 
 ANTONIO DE ALCEDO. 
 
 LORENZO BOTURINI BEKXADCCCI. 
 
 JOSEPH JOAQUIN GRANADOS Y GALVEZ. "Tardes americanas." Mxi- 
 co, 1778 A work considerably over-estimated, containing casual 
 mention of Oajaca, fluently written. 
 
 Writers of the Nineteenth Century. 
 
 I forbear mentioning here all the writers on Onjaca, more particu- 
 larly avoiding all the general works, those excepted which contain 
 plates of special value. The first who called attention to Mitla was 
 certainly 
 
 ALEXANDER VON HUMBOLDT. " Vues des Cordilleres et monuments 
 des peuples indigenes de 1' Am6rique." Paris, 1810. Royal folio. Same, 
 2 vols. 8 Paris, 1816. English version, by Helen M. Williams, London, 
 1814. 
 
 "Essai politique sur la Nouvelle-Espagne." (See " Yucatan.") 
 
 MATHIEU DE FOSSEY. " Le Mejique." Paris, 1857. Very fair. 
 
 EDUAKD MUHLENPFORDT. "Versuch einer getreuen Schilderung dep 
 Itepublik Mejico." Hannover, 1844. 2 vols. 
 
 ARTHUR VON TEMPSKY. "Mitla, a Narrative of Incidents and Per- 
 sonal Adventures." London, 1858. Of small scientific value. 
 
 GUILLERMO DUPAIX, AND CASTANEDA. (In " Antiquites Mexicaiues," 
 also in Lord Kingsborouglfs " Antiquities of Mexico.") 
 
 DESIRE OHARNAY. (Saw the ruins in 1859. His photographs are 
 very important.) 
 
 JOSE MARIA GARCIA. (Visited Mitla in 1855, according to " Boletin 
 de la Sock-dad Mexicana de Geogratia y Estadistica." Vol. VII., pp. 271 
 and 272.) 
 
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 BRANTZ-MAYER. " Mexico as it Was and as it Is." New York, 1844. 
 Very fair. 
 
 " Mexico, Aztec, Spanish and Republican." Hartford, 1853. Very 
 good. 
 
 " Observations on Mexican History and Archaeology." (Smithsonian 
 Contributions. No. 86, Washington, 1856.) Contains Sawkins' drawings 
 of Mitla. [?] 
 
 J. W. vox MULLER. "Beitrage zur Geschichte und Ethnographic 
 von Mexico." Leipzig, 1865. 
 
 " Reisen in den Vereinigten-Staaten, Canada, and Mexico." Leipzig, 
 1864. 
 
 CARLOS MARIA DE BUSTAMANTE. " Meinoria estadistica de Oajaca, y 
 descripciou del Valle del inismo nombre." Vera-Cruz, 1821. 
 
 MURGUIA. ' Estadistica antigna y moderna de la Provincia de 
 Guajaca." , " Boletin, &c." Vol. IF.) 
 
 JUAN B. CARRIEDO. The writings of this author are, unfortunately, 
 but little known. In the " Ilustracion Mexicana," Vol. II., he has given 
 an essay on " Los Palacios Antiguos de Mitla." But he has published 
 other papers and even books on the same subject. 
 
 " Estudios historicos, y estadisticos del estado Oaxaqueno." Oajaca, 
 1850. 
 
 The Astor Library of New York has an incomplete copy of a work of 
 Carriedo on Oajaca, with colored drawings by him, nnfini*hed. Co- 
 pious notes by the author's own hand accompany the text. In historical 
 questions Carriedo mostly follows and cites Burgoa. 
 
 FRANCISCO PIMKNTEL. "Cuadro descriptive de las Lenguas Indigenas 
 de Mexico." (See Yucatan and Chiapas.) 
 
 MANUEL OROZCO Y BKRRA. In " Geografia de las Lenguas." Refer- 
 ence is made to a number of very important papers on Oajaca, the title 
 of one, among others, " Estado que comprende el numero de Parro- 
 quias de la Diocesis de Oajaca, con expresion de sus nombres, Estado 6 
 Territorio en que estan situadas, niimero de pueblos, &c., &c." 
 
 Further, certain official reports are quoted, the originals of which are 
 in the hands of my friend S r J. G. Icazbalceta, S r Orozco mentions the 
 following: 
 
 PEDRO DE LEDESMA. " Relacion de Oajaca, por el alcalde . . ." 1579. 
 
 HERNANDO DE CERVANTES. " Relacion de Teotzacualco y Amoltepec. 
 . . . ." 1580. 
 
 AUGUSTIN DE SALAZAR. " Relacion del vicario de Chilapa." 
 
 JUAN LOPKZ. " Relaciou del Corregidor . . . ." 1579. 
 
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 Finally, I must call attention to a linguistical work, known to me 
 only through S r Orozco y Berra's citation, and through references given 
 by S r Pimentel to wit : 
 
 ANTONIO DE LOS REYES. " Arte en lengua mixteca." Mexico, 1593. 
 
 Numerous grammars, vocabularies, " doctrinas," sermonaries, &c., 
 &c., were written in the course of the 16th century, of and in the lan- 
 guage of Oajaca. 
 
 EMILIO HERBRUGER. " Album de vistas fotograficas de las antiguas 
 Ruinas de los Palacios de Mitla." Oaxaca, 1875. Text and valuable 
 photographs. 
 
 In conclusion, I would merely beg to add, that there can hardly be 
 any doubt as to the fact that Mitla was inhabited when the Spaniards 
 first visited the place. It therefore becomes a point of special interest.