_Tequistlatecan._ _Yuma dialects._ Man, acue, eke-tam, ham-akava. Woman, canoc, anai, sinyok. Sun, orá, rahj. Moon, mu_tla_, h’la. Water, laha, aha, kahal. Head, ahūa, hū. Eyes, au, yu. Mouth, aco, a, aha. Tree, ehe, ee-ee. Foot, la_mish_, mie. Two, ucuc, kokx, goguo. [188] _Geografia de las Lenguas de Mejico_, p. 187. [189] _Historia de las Indias Occidentales_, Dec. III., Lib. VII., cap. III. [190] See also Dr. Berendt’s observations on this language in Lewis H. Morgan’s _Systems of Consanguinity and Affinity in the Human Family_, p. 263. (Washington, 1871.) [191] In his _Nicaragua, its People, Scenery and Monuments_, Vol. II., pp. 314, 324. (New York, 1856.) [192] “Fr. Francisco de las Naucas primus omnium Indos qui _Popolocae_ nuncupantur anno Dom. 1540, divino lavacro tinxit, quorum duobus mensibus plus quam duodecim millia baptizati sunt.” Franciscus Gonzaga, _De Origine Seraphicae Religionis_, p. 1245. (Romae, 1587.) [193] “Fr. Francisco de Toral, obispo que fué de Yucatan, supo primero de otro alguno la lengua popoloca de Tecamachcalco, y en ella hizo arte y vocabulario, y otras obras doctrinales.” Geronimo de Mendieta, _Historia Eclesiastica Indiana_, Lib. V., cap. 44. [194] “Linguâ Mexicanâ paullulum diversa.” De Laet, _Novus Orbis_, p. 25. [195] _Historia de las Indias Occidentales_, Decad. II., Lib. X., cap. 21. [196] See the note of J. G. Icazbalceta to the _Doctrina_ of Fernandez, in H. Harrisse’s _Biblioteca Americana Vetustissima_, p. 445, sq. [197] _Geografia de las Lenguas de Mejico_, p. 273. [198] See an article “Los Tecos,” in the _Anales del Museo Michoacano_, Año II., p. 26. [199] Domingo Juarros, _Compendio de la Historia de la Ciudad de Guatemala_, Tomo I., pp. 102, 104, et al. (Ed. Guatemala, 1857.) [200] Dr. Otto Stoll, _Zur Ethnographie der Republik Guatemala_, s. 26 (Zurich, 1884). [201] In the _Sitzungsbericht der Kais. Akad. der Wissenschaften_, Wien, 1855. [202] “Demas de ocho cientos años,” says Herrera. _Historia de las Indias Occidentales_, Dec. III., Lib. IV., Cap. XVIII. [203] I have edited some of these with translations and notes, in _The Maya Chronicles_, Philadelphia, 1882. (Volume I. of my _Library of Aboriginal American Literature_). [204] Sahagun, _Historia de la Nueva España_, Lib. X., cap. 29, sec. 12. [205] One of the most remarkable of these coincidences is that in the decoration of shells pointed out by Mr. Wm. H. Holmes, in his article on “Art in Shells,” in the _Second Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology_. (Washington, 1883.) [206] On this point see “The Lineal Measures of the Semi-Civilized Nations of Mexico and Central America,” in my _Essays of an Americanist_, p. 433. (Philadelphia, 1890.)