The Maya Chronicles: Brinton's Library Of Aboriginal American Literature, Number 1
History
The Maya Chronicles: Brinton's Library Of Aboriginal American Literature, Number 1
Maya language -- Glossaries, vocabularies, etc.; Maya language -- Texts; Mayas -- Antiquities; Mayas -- History
3. My name was Nakuk Pech before I was baptized, son of Ah Kom Pech, Don
Martin Pech, of the town of Xul Kum Chel; thus we were given the
districts to guard by our lord Ah Naum Pech from the town Mutul, and I
was promoted to guard the district Chac Xulub Chen; when our lords, the
Spaniards, did not pass nor come here to this land Yucatan, I was then
governor here in this town, here in this land, Chac Xulub Chen. When our
lord, the Señor Adelantado came here to this province in the year 1519,
I was head chief; when the Spaniards came here to the land of Maxtunil
we received them with loving attention; we also first gave them tribute
and respect, and then we gave to eat to the Spanish captains; he who was
called Adelantado came here to Maxtunil to the dwelling of Nachi May;
then we went to see that they should be given pleasures; they did not
even enter the towns, not even visited the towns; they were here in this
land for three months, being placed here in the district of Maxtunil;
then they departed and went to begin a seaport, the seaport Ɔilam, and
remained there three years and a half.
4. They were there when my father went to make delivery to them; he
called the Adelantado returned here to this land; the maid servant named
Ixkakuk was presented to them by my father to give them food and wait
upon them; and they were there when they were attacked by the Cupuls;
and they departed, and went to live at Ecab Kantanenkin, as is called
the land where they settled; they were there when they were attacked by
those of Ecab, and they departed and arrived at Cauaca, which they
entered, and passed to the town Ɔekom, as the town is called; they
passed it and arrived at the town Tixcuumcuuc, so-called; and they
departed from there and arrived at the town called Tinuum; and then they
all set out in search of Chichen Itza, so-called; there they asked the
King of the town to meet them, and the people said to them; "There is a
King, O Lord," they said, "there is a King, Cocom Aun Pech, King Pech,
Namox Chel, King Chel, of Ɔiɔantun; foreign warrior, rest in these
houses," they said to them, by the Captain Cupul. They departed from
Chichen Itza and arrived with King Ixcuat Cocom of Ake; "Lords, you
cannot go, you will lose yourselves," was said to them by the King
Ixcuat Cocom, and they turned back again, and went and arrived at Cauaca
for the second time, and they reached the seaport called Catzun, where
they marched by the sea, and went and returned to Ɔelebnae, as it is
called, where they first settled when they first came to this land.
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