[IX-63] Mayer, in Schoolcraft's Arch., vol. vi., p. 589, pl. vi.; Id., Mex. as it Was, pp. 100-1; Id., Mex. Aztec, etc., vol. ii., p. 274; Gondra, in Prescott, Hist. Conq. Mex., tom. iii., pp. 89-90, pl. xvi.
[IX-64] Mosaico Mex., tom. iii., pp. 402-3, with plates; Calderon de la Barca's Life in Mex., vol. i., p. 203; Mayer's Mex. as it Was, pp. 85-8, 97; Id., in Schoolcraft's Arch., vol. vi., pl. v., fig. 3.
[IX-64] Bullock's Mexico, pp. 326-8. Plates of six other relics, perhaps found in the city.
[IX-65] Mayer's Mex. as it Was, pp. 31-2, 85-8. 'Indio triste' also in Mosaico Mex., tom. iii., pp. 165-8.
[IX-66] Anahuac, p. 138.
[IX-67] Gondra, in Prescott, Hist. Conq. Mex., tom. iii., pp. 103-8, pl. xxi-ii.
[IX-68] Chavero, in Gallo, Hombres Ilustres, Mex. 1873, tom. i., p. 151.
[IX-69] See vol. iii., pp. 355-7, 413-15, of this work.
[IX-70] Brasseur de Bourbourg, Hist. Nat. Civ., tom. iv., pp. 303-5, speaks of 'les murs gigantesques de ses palais, les statues mutilées, à demi enfoncés dans le sol, les blocs énormes de basalte et de porphyre sculptés, épars dans les champs de Tetzcuco.' Bullock, Mexico, pp. 381-7, 399-400, says, 'you pass by the large aqueduct for the supply of the town, still in use, and the ruins of several stone buildings of great strength.... Foundations of ancient buildings of great magnitude.... On entering the gates, to the right are seen those artificial tumuli, the teocalli of unburnt brick so common in most Indian towns.' The site of the palace of the kings of Tezcuco extended 300 feet on sloping terraces with small steps; some terraces are still entire and covered with cement. It must have occupied some acres of ground, and was built of huge blocks of basalt 4 or 5 by 2½ or 3 feet. 'The raised mounds of brick are seen on all sides, mixed with aqueducts, ruins of buildings of enormous strength, and many large square structures nearly entire.... Fragments of sculptured stones constantly occur near the church, the market-place, and palace.' Both Brasseur and Bullock are somewhat given to exaggeration, and they also refer, probably, to other remains in the vicinity yet to be described. 'The ruins of tumuli, and other constructions of unbaked bricks, intermingled with platforms and terraces of considerable extent, are still to be traced; and it is asserted, that many of the Spanish edifices are constructed out of the ruins of the Teocallis.' Latrobe's Rambler, pp. 184-5. Other authorities on Tezcuco: Nebel, Viaje; Mayer's Mex. as it Was, p. 221; Id., Mex. Aztec, etc., vol. ii., pp. 274-6; Id., in Schoolcraft's Arch., vol. vi., pl. v., fig. 7; Tylor's Anahuac, pp. 96, 150, 236, 262-3, with cuts; Bradford's Amer. Antiq., pp. 76, 83, 110; Beaufoy, in Antiq. Mex., tom. ii., div. ii., pp. 70-1; Mexico, Anales del Ministerio de Fomento, 1854, tom. i., pp. 448-9, 719; Willson's Amer. Hist., p. 73; Conder's Mex. Guat., vol. i., p. 332; Hassel, Mex. Guat., p. 132.
[IX-71] On Nezahualcoyotl's country palace at Tezcocingo, see vol. ii., pp. 168-73, of this work.