[17]. Peruvian Antiquities, Tschudi, p. 60. Compare III. Nephi, chap. viii.

[18]. I say the year A. D. 32, or 33, for the reason that we do not know how long the reign of Manco-Capac III—who is represented in the foregoing quotation as reigning "at the time of the birth of Christ"—continued after the birth of Messiah; not long evidently; but sufficiently long to make up the difference between A. D. 32 and the time of Messiah's death. Baldwin also refers to the same event, Ancient America, p. 266.

[19]. Born in France, 1814. Died at Nice, 1874. A French clergyman, ethnologist and author. He was teacher and priest in Canada and the United States 1845-48. From 1854-1863 he traveled extensively in Mexico and Central America studying Indian antiquities and ancient manuscripts.

[20]. Native Races, Vol. V., pp. 127, 129.

[21]. Ancient America, pp. 176, 177.

[22]. Pre-Historic America, pp. 16, 17.

[23]. Pre-Historic America, p. 527.

[24]. Native Races, Vol. III., p. 110.

[25]. Conquest of Mexico, Vol. I., pp. 105, 106.

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