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
24. In the year 1548 the father Ermitanyo came to Valladolid to begin
Christianity.
25. In the year 1550 there was a general reunion of the towns and their
dependencies at Mani.
26. In the year 1551 the father guardian, Fr. Fernando Guerrero, came
from Valladolid to Sisal and he baptized the people and introduced
Christianity here into all the territory of Valladolid west of the
Chels; they came from Ecab, they came from Cozumel, they came from the
north, they came from the south, and also he began the building of the
monastery Valladolid-Sisal.
27. In the year 1552 the fathers settled here; in this year they came to
teach and sing here at Sisal, they came from the west to teach and sing
mass vespers with the singing of the organ and flute, and the canto
llano, which never before did we know here.
In the year 1553 the Auditor, Don Thomas Lopez arrived here in this land
of Yucatan from Castilla, and he arrived as a messenger from our great
ruler, the reigning king of Castilla, to protect us against the hand of
the Spaniards here. He put a stop to our being burned by the Spaniards,
he put a stop to our being bitten by dogs, he introduced the appointing
of chiefs in each village by the giving of the baton; he also adjusted
the tribute for the third time, the tribute introduced by the Spaniards,
mantles, wax, pheasants, maize, buckets, salt, peppers, broad beans,
narrow beans, jars, pots, vases, all for tribute to our Spanish rulers,
which we paid before the Auditor had given his attention to these
things. At this time occurred the capture of the priest Chuuc by Ah
Macan Pech when we left Sisal, because he wished the priest Chuc to be
captured, as he had prevented the capture of Ah Ceh Pech here in Cupul;
afterwards the priest Pech, Macan Pech with the servants of Macan Pech
and his captains, came here to this town of Yaxkukul.
28. From the year 1519 when the Spaniards came here to the town of Conah
Itza, here in this land, Yucatan, I have set forth the days, the months
and the years as above stated, I, Don Pablo Pech, the son of Don Martin
Pech of Xul Kum Cheel, conquistador, here at Maxtunil and Chac Xulub
Chen; since we received the Spaniards with good will and heart, nor did
we make war upon them, Don Juan de Montejo, Adelantado, and the rest of
the captains, as their names are in the book; we also first received
Christianity, we the conquistadores, Don Martin son of Don Fernando
Pech, Don Pablo Pech son of Don Martin Pech, on the 13th day of the
month of October, 1518; all my subjects received baptism in Maxtunil;
they were baptized by the first bishop to the Maya people, Don Francisco
Toral; and when he baptized us our father the bishop showed the images
of the saints to all the villages, images of Saint Peter and St. Paul,
and St. John and St. Louis, and St. Antony, and St. Michael, and St.
Francis, and St. Alonzo, and St. Augustin and St. Sebastian, and St.
Diego; and they desired the oils, and he who was called Peter took the
oils.
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