23. _Yukuba_, to string out; hence, to name _seriatim_. The last four names given are clearly Nahuatl, as is also Zuchitan. This indicates that the Cakchiquels, in their wanderings, had now entered the territory of the Pipils, of the Pacific slope. _Cholama[t]_; “the tribe of the Chols,” or “of the corn fields.” The Chols were a Maya tribe, who lived around Palenque (see Stoll, _Ethnographie der Rep. Guatemala_, pp. 89-93), but the reference in the text is not to them, nor yet to the Mams, as Brasseur thought, but to a nation speaking a non-Maya tongue. _Vaya vaya ela opa_. I have given several reasons for the opinion that these words are in the Xinca language. See my essay _On the Xinca Indians of Guatemala_, in the _Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society_, 1885. 24. _Mem_, dumb, silent, incapable of speech. _Tin memuh vi_, I am dumb, I keep silence; given in the text as the origin of the _nomen gentile_, Mam. The Mams speak a dialect of the Maya, probably scarcely intelligible to the Cakchiquels. They at present dwell in the northwestern districts of the Republic of Guatemala. See Stoll, _Ethnographie der Rep. Guatemala_, pp. 164-5. 25. _Nacxit_. On this passage Brasseur builds his theory of the formation of a great Toltec empire in Central America, about the close of the eleventh century (_Hist. des Nations Civilisèes[TN-28] du Mexique_, Tom. II, pp. 101-5). He explains _Nacxit_ as the last two syllables of _Topiltzin Acxitl_, a title of Quetzalcoatl. _Cinpual Taxuch_ is undoubtedly from the same tongue. _Orbal tzam_, Bored Nose, the pendent from the nose being apparently a sign of dignity, as the pierced ears of the Incas. _vapal abah_, “the lintel stone,” here used in the metaphorical sense of “the corner stone.” 26. The description of the dance of the Pokomams, leads us to suppose that the author means it was a war dance. The Pokomams dwell at present in the southeastern part of the Republic of Guatemala. _chicop Çakbim_; the savage or barbarian Zakbim. See Introduction, p. 39. 27. _Tzaktzuy_. Brasseur translates “Château des Citrouilles,” mistaking _tzak_ for _[c,]ak_, as he does throughout the passage; _tzuy_ means also cup or gourd, and the name may be rendered either “the ensnaring cup,” or “vine.” Possibly it refers to a scene of drunkenness. _ri retal_; the sign or mark. Brasseur translates it “limit” or “landmark” of the Ahquehays. These were one of the noble families of the Quiche stock. 28. _Oronic Cakhay_, “the Red House of the Nobles,” said by Brasseur to be a hill, one league west of the modern village of Rabinal. _Tecpan_, “the royal house.” See Introduction, p. 13. _[c,]umah chi qui [c]ux_; Brasseur translates these words, “cuirassés sur la poitrine,” and says this was the name of the Pokomams (_Hist. Mex._, II, p. 126). _[c,]uum_ is leather or skin, and _[c]ux_ is heart; but _[c,]umah_, and later, _x[c,]umax_, is a verb, signifying to lower, to depress.