[349] Mœurs des Sauvages, vol. 2, pp. 194, 195.
[350] Madrid, 1870, vol. 14, p. 320.
[351] Ibid.
[352] Ternaux-Compans, Voyages, vol. 9, p. 159.
[353] Among others consult Crónica Seráfica y Apostolica of Espinosa, Mexico, 1746, p. 419, speaking of the Asinai of Texas in 1700: "Siembran tambien cantidad de Gyrasoles que se dan muy corpulentos y la flor muy grande que en el centro tienen la semilla como de piñones y de ella mixturada con el maiz hacen un bollo que es de mucho sabor y sustancia."
[354] Brasseur de Bourbourg, Hist. Nations Civilisées, quoted by Bancroft, Native Races, vol. 3, p. 421.
[355] Sahagun, in book 7, Kingsborough, p. 71.
[356] Squier, Serpent Symbol, p. 193, quoting Torquemada, lib. 7, cap. 8.
[357] History of Mexico, Philadelphia, 1817, vol. 2, p. 79. See the additional note from Clavigero, which would seem to show that this etzalli was related to the espadaña or rush.
[358] Monarchia Indiana, vol. 2, lib. 6, cap. 38, p. 71.