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If the perusal of this book fails to awaken in this country an interest in ancient American civilization and history, then I will foUow the advice said to have been given by Jesus of Nazareth to his dis- ciples when sending them on their mission of spreading the gospel among the nations: "And "whomsoever shall not receive you, nor hear you, "when ye depart thence, shake off the >iust under
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"your feet. . ." St. Mark, chap, vi., verse 11 — for I shall consider it useless to spend more time, labor, and money on the subject in the United States, re- membering the fate of Professor Morse, when he asked Congress for permission to introduce his elec- tric telegraph in this country.
In this small book (which two of the most prom- inent firms in New York have positively refused to pubhsh behoving it to be a bad speculation), I pre- sent only such facts as can be proved by the works of well-known writers ancient and modern, and by the inscriptions carved on stone by the Maya learned men and historians. It is for you. Reader, to judge if they are worthy your consideration.
ILLUSTRATIOI^S.*
Symbolical stone found in the Mausoleum of high
pontiff Cay at Chichen. 19
View of the pyramid called "House of the Dwarf,"
at Uxmal, 34
Ground plan of the Sanctuary, 85
Ground plan of the Temple of Mysteries, . . . 86
Part of cornice surrounding the Sanctuary, ... 39
Cross bones and skeletons carved on the cornice of the
Sanctuary, 89
Part of a statue with apron on which is sculptured the
image of an extended hand. (From Uxmal.) . . 40
Symbolical slab with title of the high pontiff, . . 45
Symbols from the turret dedicated to the high pontiff
Cay in the palace of King Can, at Uxmal, . . 65
Tableau of the creation, from the east facade of the
palace at Chichen-Itza, 72
Prince Coh in battle (from mural paintings at Chichen- Itza), 78
Prince Coh's body laid out for cremation (from mural
paintings at Chichen-Itza), 80
Slab from Prince Coh's Mausoleum, at Chichen, leop- ard eating the heart of his enemies, .... 85
Dying leopard with human head, from Prince Coh's
Mausoleum at Chichen-Itza, 86
Priest of Osiris making an offering (from the tombs of
Thebes), 86
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Statue of Prince Coh, found in his Mausoleum at Chichen-Itza, now in the National Museum in the
City of Mexico, 87
Slab from Prince Coh's Mausoleum at Chichen, repre- senting Queen Moo, under the figure of a macaw, eating the heart of her enemies, .... 88 Tableau of the Mastodon worship, at Chichen, . . 93 Sculptures on monolith gate at Tiahuanuco (Peru), from a model in the museum of the Long Island Historical Society in Brooklyn, .... 102 Small terra cotta heads from British Honduras, . . 104 Symbols of lower Egypt (from Sir Gardner Wilkin- son's works on Egypt), 115
PlateXVII, partll. ofTroanoM.S., . . . .116
Plate XXV. part II. of Troano M.S., head dress of
mother Earth, 118
Bas-reliefs from small room at the foot of Prince Coh's
monument at Chichen-Itza, .... 118, 119
Maps of the Maya Empire, 120
Yaxche, sacred tree of the Mayas, 124
Plate VI., part II. of Troano M.S., .... 126
Worship of sacred tree (Papaya) from a Mexican M.S.,
in the library of the British Museum, . . . 134 Plate XXIV., part I., Troano M.S., . . . .137 Sons of King Can, represented under the symbol of deer-heads, totem of the country, plate XVI, part