Incidents of Travel in Yucatan, 2. köideHarper & Brothers, 1843 |
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aguada Ahau Ajau Albino alcalde ancient appearance arbour arrived Bolonchen cacique called canoa casa real Castillo Catherwood centre chamber Champoton Chichen Itza church coast conquest Cozumel cura desolate dians distance Doctor Cabot Don Juan door doorway edifice engraving façade feet long feet wide foot front ground haab hacienda hammocks hand heard hole horses hundred feet idols inches Indians inhabitants Izamal journey leagues distant looking maize major domo Maya ment Merida Mestizas milpa morning mound night Nohcacab o'clock ornamented overgrown padre painting passed path plate opposite represents platform plaza procured rancho reached remains returned road rock rode roof ruined buildings ruined cities sculptured seemed seen Señor Trego shore side Silan Spaniards staircase standing stone stood Tancah Tekax terrace Ticul tion told tortillas trees Tutul Xiu Uxmal Valladolid vaquero village wall whole woods Yucatan
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Page 446 - The whole country is divided into eighteen districts, and in all of them were so many and such stately stone buildings that it was amazing, and the greatest wonder is, that having no use of any metal, they were able to raise such structures, which seem to have been temples, for their houses were always of timber and thatched.
Page 440 - I will take your wives and children, and will make them slaves, and sell or dispose of them according to his majesty's pleasure; I will seize your goods, and do you all the mischief in my power, as rebellious subjects, who will not acknowledge or submit to their lawful sovereign. And, I protest, that all the bloodshed and calamities which shall follow are to be imputed to you, and not to his majesty, or to me, or the gentlemen who serve under me; and as I have now made this declaration and requisition...
Page 302 - They might strike it every time it rebounded, which it would do several times one after another, in so much that it look'd as if it had been alive. They play'd in Parties, so many on a Side, for a Load of Mantles, or what the Gamesters could afford at so many Scores. They also play'd for Gold, and Featherwork and sometimes play'd themselves away. . . . The Place where they...
Page 46 - On the walls of the desolate edifice were prints of the mano Colorado, or red hand. Often as I saw this print, it never failed to interest me. It was the stamp of the living hand. It always brought me nearer to the builders of these cities ; and at times, amid stillness, desolation, and ruin, it 442 The Memo Colorado.
Page 471 - The idea is thus conveyed, that a secret influence, a charm, a mystic power is given to the dancer, arising from his sanctity or his proficiency in the occult arts. This use of the hand is not confined to a single tribe or people. I have noticed it alike among the Dacotahs, the Winnebagoes, and other Western tribes, as among the numerous branches of the red race still located east of the Mississippi River, above the latitude of forty-two degrees, who speak dialects of the Algonquin language.
Page 23 - ... filled up made the whole building a solid mass. And the strangest feature was that the filling up of the apartments must have been simultaneous with the erection of the buildings ; for as the filling in rose above the tops of the doorways, the men who performed it never could have entered to their work through the doors. It must have been done as the walls were built, and the ceiling must have closed over a solid mass.
Page 52 - Our advanced guard having gone to the great square, the buildings of which had been lately whitewashed and plastered, in which art these people are very expert, one of our horsemen was so struck with the splendour of their appearance in the sun, that he came back in full speed to Cortez to tell him that the walls of the houses were of silver.
Page 302 - On the side walls they fix'd certain stones, like those of a mill, with a hole quite through the middle, just as big as the ball, and he that could strike it through there won the game...
Page 440 - But if you will not comply, or maliciously delay to obey my injunction, then, with the help of God, I will enter your country by force ; I will carry on war against you with the utmost violence ; I will subject you to the yoke of obedience to the church and...
Page 446 - there were so many and such stately stone buildings, that it was amazing. And the greatest wonder was, that, having no use of any metals, they were able to raise such structures, which seem to have been temples, for their houses were all of timber, and thatched.