[23] Torquemada, “Monarquia Indiana,” vol. II. p. 560. Ixtlilxochitl, in his fourth Relacion, says that the Toltecs used oblong pieces of copper shaped like hatchets, about the thickness of a real.
[24] Prescott, “History of the Conquest of Mexico. Critical Notes by Jose Ramirez,” vol. II. Cumplido.
[25] Veytia, “Hist. Antigua,” vol. I. chap. i.
[26] Veytia. Ixtlilxochitl says the same thing.
[27] These knots were Chinese; in Peru they were called quipos.
[28] The same as Kab-ul, “the Working Hand,” which we shall see at Izamal.
[29] Guillemin Tarayre, “Archives de la Commission Scientifique du Mexique,” pp. 378, 379.
[30] Veytia, “Hist. Antigua de Mejico,” vol. I. chap. xxv. p. 233.
[31] Sahagun, “Hist. General de las Cosas de la Nueva España,” lib. X. cap. xxix.
[32] Ixtlilxochitl, “Hist. Chichemeca,” cap. II. third and fourth Relaciones