The Native Races [of the Pacific states], Volume 2, Civilized Nations / The Works of Hubert Howe Bancroft, Volume 2

by Hubert Howe Bancroft

[1088] Landa, Relacion, pp. 174, 48; Herrera, Hist. Gen., dec. iv., lib. x., cap. iv., lib. iii., cap. iii. The Chiapanecs were among the boldest warriors. Bernal Diaz, Hist. Conq., fol. 178.

[1089] Oviedo, Hist. Gen., tom. iv., pp. 38, 53; Gomara, Hist. Ind., fol. 264; Squier's Nicaragua, (Ed. 1856,) vol. ii., p. 342; Boyle's Ride, vol. i., p. 272.

[1090] Landa, Relacion, p. 172; Ximenez, Hist. Ind. Guat., p. 202.

[1091] Oviedo, Hist. Gen., tom. iv., p. 38; Landa, Relacion, p. 172; Herrera, Hist. Gen., dec. ii., lib. iv., cap. viii., dec. iii., lib. iv., cap. vii., lib. v., cap. x., lib. vii., cap. iii., dec. iv., lib. viii., cap. x.; Palacio, Carta, pp. 70-2; Villagutierre, Hist. Conq. Itza, pp. 391, 498-9; Squier's Nicaragua, (Ed. 1856,) vol. ii., p. 342; Brasseur de Bourbourg, Hist. Nat. Civ., tom. ii., pp. 558-9; Boyle's Ride, vol. i., p. 270.

[1092] Cotton armor called in some places escaupiles. Herrera, Hist. Gen., dec. iv., lib. iii., cap. iii. Both white and colored. Id., dec. iii., lib. v., cap. x., lib. iv., cap. vi., dec. ii., lib. ii., cap. xvii., lib. iii., cap. i. Called by the Quichés achcayupiles. Brasseur de Bourbourg, Hist. Nat. Civ., tom. ii., p. 91; Landa, Relacion, p. 172; Cogolludo, Hist. Yuc., p. 6; Bernal Diaz, Hist. Conq., fol. 2; Gomara, Hist. Ind., fol. 62; Las Casas, in Kingsborough's Mex. Antiq., vol. viii., p. 148; Oviedo, Hist. Gen., tom. iii., p. 484, tom. iv., p. 53; Alvarado, in Ternaux-Compans, Voy., série i., tom. x., p. 140; Squier's Nicaragua, (Ed. 1856,) vol. ii., p. 347.

[1093] Macanas used as weapons in Nicaragua. Oviedo, Hist. Gen., tom. iv., pp. 53, 33, tom. i., pp. 511-12, tom. iii., pp. 231, 484. Crystal-pointed arrows used by the Itzas, and chiefs had short flint knives, with feathers on the handles. Villagutierre, Hist. Conq. Itza, pp. 495, 41, 92. Hardened rods, or pikes. Cogolludo, Hist. Yuc., pp. 77, 2. Darts thrown from a 'tiradera.' Herrera, Hist. Gen., dec. ii., lib. ii., cap, xvii., dec. iii., lib. iv., cap. vi., lib. v., cap. x., lib. vii., cap. iii., dec. iv., lib. x., cap. ii. A bat was the sign of a Cakchiquel armory. Brasseur de Bourbourg, Popol Vuh, p. 225. See also Maya weapons. Squier's Nicaragua, (Ed. 1856,) vol. ii., p. 341, 347; Peter Martyr, dec. vi., lib. v.; Boyle's Ride, vol. i., p. 258; Scherzer, Wanderungen, p. 63; Landa, Relacion, pp. 48, 170; Las Casas, in Kingsborough's Mex. Antiq., vol. viii., p. 148; Waldeck, Voy. Pitt., p. 64, with cut; Morelet, Voyage, tom. i., pp. 186, 194; Diaz, Itinéraire, in Ternaux-Compans, Voy., série i., tom. x., p. 25; Id., in Icazbalceta, Col. de Doc., tom. i., p. 295; Bernal Diaz, Hist. Conq., fol. 2; Ximenez, Hist. Ind. Guat., p. 127.

[1094] See vol. iv., chap. iv., v., for a full description of Maya ruins, with plates. See Landa, Relacion, p. 174; Alvarado, in Ternaux-Compans, Voy., série i., tom. x., pp. 112, 117; Godoi, in Id., p. 158; Cortés, Cartas, pp. 425-6; Juarros, Hist. Guat., p. 87; Oviedo, Hist. Gen., tom. i., p. 534, tom. iii., pp. 477-8; Fuentes, in Kingsborough's Mex. Antiq., vol. viii., p. 243; Herrera, Hist. Gen., dec. iv., lib. iii., cap. iii., lib. x., cap. iii.; Villagutierre, Hist. Conq. Itza, p. 41; Andagoya, in Navarrete, Col. de Viajes, tom. iii., p. 407.

[1095] Torquemada, Monarq. Ind., tom. ii., p. 386; Cogolludo, Hist. Yuc., pp. 5, 77, 130, 181; Herrera, Hist. Gen., dec. iii., lib. iv., cap. vii., dec. iv., lib. iii., cap. iii., lib. viii., cap. x., lib. x., cap. iv.; Villagutierre, Hist. Conq. Itza, pp. 72-3, 76, 142, 281; Landa, Relacion, pp. 168, 174, 176; Las Casas, in Kingsborough's Mex. Antiq., vol. viii., pp. 144, 148; Palacio, Carta, pp. 70-2; Oviedo, Hist. Gen., tom. i., pp. 276, 511-12, 523, tom. iii., pp. 230, 477, tom. iv., pp. 53-4; Gomara, Hist. Ind., fol. 61, 264; Juarros' Hist. Guat., p. 185, etc.; Peter Martyr, dec. viii., lib. v.; Ximenez, Hist. Ind. Guat., pp. 170, 198, 202-3; Alvarado, in Ternaux-Compans, Voy., série i., tom. x., pp. 112, 138; Diaz, Itinéraire, in Id., pp. 17-18; Squier's Cent. Amer., pp. 325, 333; Id., Nicaragua, (Ed. 1856,) vol. ii., p. 342; Brasseur de Bourbourg, Hist. Nat. Civ., tom. ii., pp. 544, 558-9; Ternaux-Compans, in Nouvelles Annales des Voy., 1843, tom. xcvii., p. 46; Morelet, Voyage, tom. i., p. 186; Boyle's Ride, vol. i., p. 259; Fancourt's Hist. Yuc., pp. 92, 116.

[1096] Two spindles with golden tissue. Cortés, Cartas, pp. 3, 422. Six golden idols, each one span long, in Nicaragua. Herrera, Hist. Gen., dec. iii., lib. iv., cap. v. 20 golden hatchets, 14 carats fine, weighing over 20 lbs. Id., lib. iv., cap. vi. Houses of goldsmiths that molded marvellously. Id., cap. vii. See also Id., dec. i., lib. v., cap. v. Little fishes and geese of low gold at Catoche. Cogolludo, Hist. Yuc., p. 4. Golden armor and ornaments at Tabasco River. Id., pp. 12-13. Idols of unknown metals among the Itzas. Villagutierre, Hist. Conq. Itza, pp. 495, 497. Gilded wooden mask, gold plates, little golden kettles. Diaz, Itinéraire, in Ternaux-Compans, Voy., série i., tom. x. pp. 16, 25. Vases of chiseled gold in Yucatan. Brasseur de Bourbourg, Hist. Nat. Civ., tom. ii., p. 69; Id., in Landa, Relacion, p. 32; Benzoni, Hist. Mondo Nuovo, fol. 102; Oviedo, Hist. Gen., tom. iv., pp. 39, 95, tom. i., p. 520; Peter Martyr, dec. iv., lib. i., dec. vi., lib. ii., vi.; Torquemada, Monarq. Ind., tom. i., p. 354; Godoi, in Ternaux-Compans, Voy., série i., tom. x., p. 178; Squier's Nicaragua, (Ed. 1856,) vol. ii., p. 346. Respecting a copper mask from Nicaragua and two copper medals from Guatemala, see vol. iv. of this work.

[1097] For slight notices of the various mechanical arts of the Mayas see the following authorities: Oviedo, Hist. Gen., tom. i., pp. 276, 350, 521, tom. iv., pp. 33, 36, 105-9; Torquemada, Monarq. Ind., tom. i., p. 354, tom. ii., p. 346; Laet, Novus Orbis, p. 329; Cogolludo, Hist. Yuc., pp. 4, 13, 187, 196; Herrera, Hist. Gen., dec. ii., lib. ii., cap. xvii., dec. iv., lib. viii., cap. ix., lib. x., cap. ii., xiv.; Landa, Relacion, pp. 116, 120, 128-9; Villagutierre, Hist. Conq. Itza, pp. 100, 311-12, 495, 499-501; Remesal, Hist. Chyapa., p. 293; Peter Martyr, dec. iv., lib. ii., dec. vi., lib. iii.; Benzoni, Hist. Mondo Nuovo, fol. 98, 102-3; Ximenez, Hist. Ind. Guat., p. 203; Gomara, Hist. Ind., fol. 268; Cortés, Cartas, p. 489; Andagoya, in Navarrete, Col. de Viajes, tom. iii., p. 416; Las Casas, Hist. Apologética, MS., cap. cxxiv.; Id., in Kingsborough's Mex. Antiq., vol. viii., pp. 147-8; Palacio, Carta, p. 44; Squier's Nicaragua, (Ed. 1856,) vol. ii., pp. 339, 346; Foster's Pre-Hist. Races, p. 212; Brasseur de Bourbourg, Hist. Nat. Civ., tom. ii., pp. 69, 172, 563.