79 The Chinese designation ho, applied to the limits of space, is
particularly interesting in connection with the Maya ho and its
homonyms.
80 “The Mongol-Mayan Constitution,” The American Antiquarian, May and
June, 1898. It is with all the more genuine appreciation that I
point out how Mr. Wickersham, anticipating my publication of the
same conclusion, has recognized that the Zuñis, Mexicans and
Peruvians as well as the Chinese, were ruled by what he aptly terms
the “Quadriform Constitution,” since it has taken me years of hard
study to perceive this common basis. I likewise draw attention to
his study in primitive law, “The Constitution of China (Olympia,
1898),” but must remark that I strongly differ from his conclusions
in the recently published Answer to Major Powell’s inquiry “Whence
came the American Indians?” (Tacoma, 1899.)