83. _Mixutzin malo_, “the augury is finished.” The _malol ixim_ was the augur who divined the future by throwing up grains of corn, and forecasting from the relative positions they assumed on falling. See Introd., p. 47. _cunum cachak_, a term of contempt; literally “their genitals, their dung.” The _Ratzamut_. See Introd., p. 21. 84. _Burning many roads_; destroying the houses and crops behind them. 90. _hu chuvy, ca chuvy_; in the numeral system of the Cakchiquels a _chuvy_ is 8000, but the expression is frequently, as here, to be taken figuratively, like our “myriads.” 93. _ah-xit_, etc. On these titles see the Introduction, pp. 18, 19. 94. _Vica[t] nu mam_, “the leaves or branches of my ancestor,” referring to the fact that the Cakchiquels were of the same blood as the Akahals. 96. _Çakli[c]ahol_, etc. This rendering, which is Brasseur’s, I am unable to verify. _tok relic chic ahauh lahuh noh_; perhaps this should read, “then came the chief Lahuh Noh.” So Brasseur translates it. 102. _There were four women_, etc. This curious passage is so differently translated by Brasseur, that I add his rendering:-- “Quatre femmes alors s’étant révetues de cottes de mailles, ensanglantèrent leurs arcs et prirent part à la bataille; elles s’étaient accompagnés de quatres jeunes gens et leurs flêches allèrent frapper au milieu du tapis de Chucuybatzin, lancés qu’ elles étaient par ces héros.... Le capitaine de bataille exposa ensuite les nudités de ces femmes devant les murailles des Zotziles et des Xahiles d’ou ces femmes étaient sorties.” The future student will decide between these very diverse explanations of the text. 106. _Stopped the messengers of the ruler._ The translation is doubtful. 109. The people of Mixco or Mixcu were Pokomams. (See Sec. 85.) 110. _The Yaquis of Xivico_; the _Yaquis_ were Aztecs. It is the Nahuatl _yaqui_, merchants, as it was in this capacity that they first became known to the tribes of Guatemala. 117. This year, 1511 of our era, appears to have been the first of official relations between the Aztecs and the tribes of Guatemala. 118. The author speaks of himself for the first time. It may be presumed that it was one of his earliest recollections. 120. _The doves_; possibly flights of wild pigeons. 124. _Hu may_; on the reckoning of time see the Introduction, p. 31. 127. _[c]hac_, the pestilence. Brasseur translates this “la maladie syphilitique.” The vowel is long, _[c]haac_. It is a word applied to any eruptive disease, to the whole class of exanthemata. From the symptoms, I am inclined to believe that it was an epidemic of malignant measles, a disease very fatal to the natives of Central America. 128. _Diego Juan._ Why this Spanish name is given, I cannot explain. Brasseur gets over the difficulty by translating “le pére de Diego Juan,” but this is not the sense of the original. Of course, _tata_ and _mama_ are here used in their vague sense, as expressions of courtesy. See Introduction, p. 35.