CHAPTER XXIV.
TUMBALA. S. CRISTOBAL. MITLA 482
Return to Tenosiqué—S. Domingo del Palenque Revisited—Departure for S. Cristobal—First Halt—No Tamenes—Setting out alone for Nopa—Bad Roads—No Food—Monkeys—Three Days Waiting at S. Pedro—The _Cabildo_—Hostile Attitude of the Natives—The Porters Arrive—They make off in the Night—From S. Pedro to Tumbala—Two Nights in the Forest—Tumbala—The Cura—Jajalun—Chilon—Citala—A Dominican Friar—Cankuk—Tenejapa—S. Cristobal—Valley of Chiapas—Tuxtla—Santa Lucia—_Marimba_—Tehuantepec—Totolapa—Oaxaca—Santa Maria del Tule—Ruins of Mitla.
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
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A VIEW OF VERA CRUZ AND THE FORT OF SAN JUAN OF ULLOA 3
VIEW OF PUEBLA, TAKEN FROM ALTO 9
TWO PANORAMAS OF PUEBLA 13
CHURCH OF SAN DOMINGO 17
EL SAGRARIO 27
CLOISTER OF THE CONVENT OF LA MERCED 32
MEXICAN MONKS 34
EL SALTO DEL AGUA (FOUNTAIN) 35
TREE OF THE NOCHE TRISTE, AT POPOTLAN 38
CHAPULTEPEC 44
CHARCOAL AND BATTEAS VENDORS 45
MEXICAN WATER-CARRIER 49
MEXICAN TORTILLERA AND STRAW MAT SELLERS 51
COURT IN THE MEXICO MUSEUM 57
TEOYAOMIQUI, GOD OF DEATH AND WAR 60
THE STONE OF THE SUN, OR OF TIZOC, MEXICO MUSEUM 61
THE TEMALACATL, OR GLADIATORIAL STONE (FROM RAMIREZ MS.) 63
WRONG AND RIGHT SACRIFICIAL COLLARS 68
HUMAN SACRIFICES 74
ANCIENT INDIAN POTTERY 75
EXTRACTING PULQUE 77
TOLTEC POTTERY 82
TLALOC, FROM A PIECE OF POTTERY 83
TOLTEC CROSSES 86
QUETZALCOATL, UNDER HIS BEST-KNOWN ATTRIBUTES 87
COTTON SPINNING 89
CALLI, IN PROFILE 91
CAPITAL, FOUND AT TULA 92
THE PYRAMID OF THE SUN, TULA 93
TOLTEC CARYATID, TULA 94
PARTS OF A COLUMN, TULA 95
TENNIS-RING, TULA 95
WARRIOR’S PROFILE, FOUND AT TULA 97
TOLTEC BAS-RELIEFS 99
YOUNG GIRLS OF TULA 102
RUINS OF A TOLTEC HOUSE 104
GROUND PLAN OF FIRST TOLTEC HOUSE UNEARTHED AT TULA (FROM LEMAIRE) 105
PLAN OF THE HILL AT TULA (ANCIENT PALPAN) 106
GROUND PLAN OF TOLTEC PALACE UNEARTHED AT TULA (LEMAIRE) 107
VIEW OF RUINED TOLTEC PALACE 109
FEMALE DANCERS AND TECUHTLIS (FROM RAMIREZ MS. AND FATHER DURAN) 114
YOUNG TOLTEC GIRL (FROM MODERN INDIAN TYPES AND FATHER DURAN’S “HIST. DE LAS INDIAS”) 117
INDIAN KING (DRAWN FROM CLAVIGERO, RAMIREZ MS. AND FATHER DURAN) 123
MURAL PAINTING OF TOLTEC HOUSE 127
PYRAMIDS OF SUN AND MOON TEOTIHUACAN 128
TERRA-COTTA MASKS AND HEADS FOUND AT TEOTIHUACAN 133
ROAD TO S. MARTIN 135
CHURCH OF S. JUAN, TEOTIHUACAN 137
MILE-STONE, OR VOTIVE COLUMN, TEOTIHUACAN 140
RUINS OF A PALACE, TEOTIHUACAN 141
GROUND PLAN OF PRINCIPAL RUINS OF TEOTIHUACAN 143
GROUND PLAN OF TOLTEC PALACE AT TEOTIHUACAN 145
VOTIVE STONES, TEOTIHUACAN 149
TOLTEC SEPULCHRAL STONE, TEOTIHUACAN 151
RUINS OF TLALMANALCO 152
SANTA ANITA CANAL 155
AMECAMECA 157
HACIENDA OF TOMACOCO 160
VOLCANEROS (MINERS) 162
BURIAL-GROUND, TENENEPANCO 163
POPOCATEPETL AND PICO DEL FRAILE 165
VASES FOUND AT TENENEPANCO 169
CARICATURE OF TECUHTLI-KNIGHT (KNIGHT OF THE EAGLE) 171
BOTTOM OF ENAMELLED CUP FOUND IN THE BURIAL-GROUND 173
CARTS, CHILDREN’S TOYS 175
VASES OF BURIAL-GROUND UNEARTHED AT NAHUALAC 177
POND OF NAHUALAC 182
QUAY OF S. JUAN BAUTISTA 183
CANOA (BOAT) OF S. JUAN 185
RANCHO AT BELLOTE 187
TEMPLE BAS-RELIEF, BELLOTE 189
TERRA-COTTA MASK, FOUND AT BELLOTE 193
VIRGIN FOREST NEAR COMALCALCO 194
PLAN OF GREAT PYRAMID AT COMALCALCO 197
BAYS OF RUINED PALACE, COMALCALCO 198
SECTION OF RUINS AT COMALCALCO 199
RUINS OF PALACE 201
ORNAMENTATION OF SOUTH-EAST TOWER, COMALCALCO 204
REMAINS OF TOWER NO. 2, AND ENTRANCE OF SUBTERRANEOUS HALL 205
BAS-RELIEF OF WEST TOWER, COMALCALCO 210
S. DOMINGO DEL PALENQUE 211
MOULDINGS IN THE TEMPLE OF THE CROSS NO. 1 215
SCULPTURED STONES, TEMPLE OF THE CROSS NO. 1 217
OUR KITCHEN AT PALENQUE, IN ONE OF THE CORRIDORS 223
PLAN OF PALACE AT PALENQUE (NORTH SIDE) 225
BASEMENT OF PYRAMID IN THE PALACE OF PALENQUE 226
THE PALACE, OUTER FAÇADE, PALENQUE 227
SCULPTURED FIGURE ON PILLAR 230
MEDALLION IN PASSAGE OF EAST WING OF THE PALACE 231
HUGE BAS-RELIEFS IN THE PALACE COURT, PALENQUE 232
SMALL BUILDING TO THE SOUTH OF THE PALACE COURT 233
FRAGMENT OF DECORATION SHAPED LIKE A TAU, SURROUNDING NICHES IN THE CORRIDORS AND APARTMENTS OF THE PALACE 235
FRIEZE DECORATION OF BUILDING SOUTH OF THE COURT 235
FRAGMENT OF DECORATION OVER A DOOR 235
RESTORATION OF INNER WING OF THE PALACE 237
EASTERN FAÇADE OF INNER WING OF THE PALACE, PALENQUE 239
TOWER IN THE PALACE 241
THE PALACE, WESTERN FAÇADE 243
MEDALLION IN PASSAGE OF INNER WING 244
TEMPLE OF INSCRIPTIONS, PALENQUE 245
TEMPLE OF THE SUN, PALENQUE 250
JAPANESE TEMPLE 251
SCULPTURED SLABS OF SANCTUARY, IN THE TEMPLES OF PALENQUE 253
SCULPTURED SLABS IN THE TEMPLE OF THE CROSS NO. 2 255
RUINS TO THE NORTH OF THE PALACE 257
STAIRCASE INSCRIPTIONS 261
MUNICIPAL PALACE AND SQUARE, MERIDA 262
MAP 264
PANORAMIC VIEW OF MERIDA 267
MONTEJO’S HOUSE, MERIDA 272
CATHEDRAL 273
DON ALVARO PEON’S HOUSE 276
FRUIT SELLERS 277
MAYA TYPES 279
MEZTIZOS’ HOUSE 283
A STREET IN MERIDA 285
HACIENDA OF ASCORRA 287
VOLAN COCHÉ 288
PLAN OF THE RUINS OF AKÉ 294
SMALL PYRAMID OF AKÉ 295
GREAT PYRAMID AND GALLERY OF AKÉ 297
PILLARS OF THE GREAT GALLERY OF AKÉ 299
CEMENTED BAS-RELIEF OF AKÉ 302
SQUARE OF TUNKAS 303
GREAT PYRAMID, KINICH-KAKMÓ, AT IZAMAL 307
SOUTH SIDE OF HUNPICTOK PYRAMID AT IZAMAL (AFTER STEPHENS) 309
COLOSSAL HEAD FORMING BASEMENT OF PYRAMID AT IZAMAL 311
MARKET PLACE OF IZAMAL 313
CENOTÉ OF XCOLAC 317
CHURCH AND SQUARE, CITAS 322
EL CASTILLO OF CHICHEN-ITZA 323
ORNAMENTATION OF THE UPPER STORY OF THE NUNNERY, CHICHEN-ITZA 334
MAIN FAÇADE OF THE NUNNERY OF CHICHEN-ITZA 335
NORTHERN FAÇADE OF THE NUNNERY OF CHICHEN-ITZA 338
LEFT WING OF THE NUNNERY OF CHICHEN-ITZA 339
FAÇADE OF EL CASTILLO, CHICHEN-ITZA 342
TOLTEC COLUMN IN THE CASTILLO 343
TOLTEC COLUMN AT TULA 343
YUCATEC CAPITAL AT CHICHEN-ITZA 344
DOOR-POSTS IN THE CASTILLO, CHICHEN-ITZA 345
BAS-RELIEFS FROM PILLARS OF SANCTUARY OF CHICHEN-ITZA 347
BAS-RELIEFS WITH INSCRIPTIONS, AKAB-SIB PALACE AT CHICHEN-ITZA 349
CHICHAN-CHOB, PRISON OF CHICHEN-ITZA 351
SACRED CENOTÉ, OF CHICHEN-ITZA 355
SMALL TEMPLE IN THE TENNIS-COURT OF CHICHEN-ITZA 359
BAS-RELIEF IN HALL OF TENNIS-COURT OF CHICHEN-ITZA 362
TIGERS’ BAS-RELIEFS ON PORTION OF TENNIS-COURT OF CHICHEN-ITZA 363
DOOR-POSTS OF HALL IN THE TENNIS-COURT OF CHICHEN-ITZA 364
TIZOC’S STONE, IN MEXICO 365
STATUE OF TLALOC FOUND AT CHICHEN-ITZA 366
STATUE OF TLALOC OF TLASCALA (IN THE MUSEUM OF MEXICO) 367
SECOND PALACE OF KABAH 371
YUCATEC AND TEOTIHUACAN VASES 375
TRIUMPHAL ARCH OF KABAH (FROM STEPHENS) 379
RUINS OF FIRST PALACE OF KABAH 381
SHOWING STEPS AND INTERIOR OF FIRST PALACE OF KABAH 383
NORTH-WEST SIDE OF PYRAMID OF KABAH 385
BAS-RELIEFS AT KABAH (FROM STEPHENS) 389
HACIENDA OF UXMAL 391
THE GOVERNOR’S PALACE, UXMAL 395
PORTION OF THE GOVERNOR’S PALACE, UXMAL 398
PLAN OF NUNNERY OF UXMAL (FROM STEPHENS) 399
NORTH WING FAÇADE OF THE NUNNERY OF UXMAL 400
SHOWING DETAILS OF EASTERN FAÇADE OF THE NUNNERY, UXMAL 402
THE DWARF’S HOUSE OF UXMAL 403
GENERAL VIEW OF THE RUINS OF UXMAL 407
INSCRIPTION OF THE GOVERNOR’S PALACE, UXMAL 413
CAMPECHE 415
HOTEL GRIJALVA AT FRONTERA 419
TERRA-COTTA IDOLS OF TABASCO 421
A BIT OF TENOSIQUÉ 423
THE USUMACINTA AT PASO YALCHILAN 428
DON PÉPÉ MORA 429
ENCAMPMENT AT PASO YALCHILAN 430
LACANDON CHIEF AND LACANDON TYPES 433
VOTIVE PILE OF LORILLARD 435
MAP TAKEN FROM THE GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY 437
PLAN OF FIRST TEMPLE AT LORILLARD 439
IDOL IN LACANDON TEMPLE 440
FIRST TEMPLE AT LORILLARD CITY 441
LACANDON VASES FOUND AT LORILLARD CITY 443
MODEL OF ANCIENT TEMPLE 445
PLAN OF PALACE WE INHABITED AT LORILLARD 446
SECOND TEMPLE OF LORILLARD 448
SCULPTURED LINTEL AT LORILLARD 449
STONE LINTEL, SACRIFICE TO CUKULCAN, LORILLARD CITY 451
SCULPTURED LINTEL AT LORILLARD 457
LIBERTAD 459
FLORES, LAKE OF PETEN 465
ALTAR PANEL IN THE TEMPLE OF THE SUN OF TIKAL 467
TEMPLE AND STELÆ OF TIKAL (FROM ALFRED MAUDSLAY) 469
QUETZALCOATL AT COPAN 470
IDOLS OF COPAN (FROM STEPHENS) 471
MONOLITH IDOL OF COPAN (FROM STEPHENS) 476
GUATEMALTO-TOLTEC ALTAR OF COPAN (STEPHENS) 477
OTHER SIDE OF SAME ALTAR 477
ALTAR INSCRIPTION OF COPAN 479
INSCRIPTION OF LORILLARD CITY 479
STELA OF TIKAL (FROM A. MAUDSLAY) 480
INTERIOR OF AN APARTMENT IN THE GRAND PALACE OF MITLA-OAXACA 482
SNUFF-BOX TORTOISE (_Cinostemon Leucostomum_) 484
TEHUANTEPEC WOMEN 497
PLAN OF CHIEF PALACE OF MITLA 502
SECTION OF PRINCIPAL HALL OF THE PALACE 503
GREAT HALL RESTORED (MITLA) 503
GENERAL VIEW OF RUINS OF MITLA 505
GREAT PALACE OF MITLA-OAXACA 509
SOUTH SIDE OF FOURTH PALACE OF MITLA 511
TERRA-COTTA MASK FOUND AT MITLA 512
THE ANCIENT CITIES
OF THE NEW WORLD.