[53] Ibid. chap. ii.

[54] Similar spindles, with whorls attached, have been found in Egypt and the Swiss Lakes.

[55] Sahagun, “Hist. de las Cosas de España,” lib. IX. cap. v.

[56] Mendieta, “Hist. Eccles. Indiana,” lib. II. cap. v.

[57] Cuauhtitlan’s Annals, translated by Sanchez Solis, “Annals of the Mexican Museum.”

[58] Veytia, tome I. chap. ix.

[59] Juarros, “Compendio de la Hist. de la Ciudad de Guatemala,” tome I. p. 87.

[60] Veytia, tome II. chap. iii.

[61] Sahagun, lib. VI. cap. xix.

[62] Sahagun, lib. VI. cap. xxi.