CONTENTSCHAPTERPAGEI[Yucatan, the Land of the Mayas]3II[The Church of San Isidro and Its Fragrant Legend]24III[The First Americans]32IV[Don Eduardo’s First View of the City of the Sacred Well]49V[The Ancient City]58VI[An Idle Day in the Jungle]88VII[The Sacred Well]97VIII[Sixty Feet Under Water]118IX[Two Legends]150X[The Conquest]166XI[The Finding of the Date-Stone]179XII[The Construction of Maya Buildings]198XIII[Story-Tellers of Yucatan]198XIV[Forgotten Michael Angelos]211XV[The Tomb of the High Priest]236XVI[The Legend of the Sacrificial Pilgrimage]261XVII[Thirty Years of Digging]278 [Appendix]285