the human sacrifices these heathen were accustomed to offer at each new
year to their gods; the bloodthirsty Christian Spaniards spoke much in
the same way of these sacrifices three centuries ago. While the Indios
did what they honestly believed was right, and did it in a most merciful
manner, without torture, the cruel invaders, in the name of the gentle
Jesus of Nazareth and of the Mother of God, burned these poor Indios
alive by hundreds (Las Casas says by thousands), or gave them to be torn
in pieces by the dogs. Let the Christian nations hold their peace over
the human sacrifices of Central America, when they remember the Holy
Inquisition, St. Bartholomew, and the tortures of Jews, Turks, witches,
Quakers, and other heretics, sanctioned by the Christian Church,—murders
so cruel, so unprovoked, that they make the sacrifices of the Indios seem
no worse than justifiable homicide. Were the sacrifices to Tohil so much
more sinful than the sacrifices so common in this enlightened nation of
children born, or unborn, to the Molochs of Comfort or Reputation?
[41] The Spaniards found, according to Herrera (Decade III. lib. iv.),
paintings done at Utatlan eight hundred years before the Conquest, in
which were represented the three kinds of royal insignia,—indicating an
antiquity greater than that of the Aztecs.
[42] Monarquia Indiana, lib. ii. ch. xii.
[43] Among the curious illustrations in the Kingsborough Collection are
coats of armor belonging to the nobles, consisting of a shirt of simple
body-form, embroidered or painted with various devices. With these are
helmets, sometimes of conical shape, but frequently in form of animal
heads.
[44] Carrera was a servant in the family of the Marquis de Aycinena;
afterwards a drummer-boy in the regiment under his master’s command. A
pamphlet was published to prove that this young half-breed was a natural
son of Aycinena. From the countenance as represented on the coins there
is indication of Negro and Indian, rather than Spanish, blood in his
parentage.
[45] “Art. 24. El ejercicio de todas las religiones, sin preeminencia
alguna, queda garantizado en el interior de los templos; pero ese
libre ejercicio no podrá extenderse hasta ejecutar actos subversivos ó
practicas incompatibles con la paz y el órden público, ni da derecho para
oponerse al cumplimiento de las obligaciones civiles y políticas.”
[46] “Lectura, nociones practicas de la lengua patria, conocimientos
de objectos, escritura y dibujo lineal, geografía e historia, moral y
urbanidad.”
[47] A new series of stamps was issued in 1886; and it is reported
that they were furnished to the Government free of cost by a private
individual, who asked as his only compensation the entire lot of stamps
of the old issue then on hand. Evidently the rage for old postage-stamps
has a money basis, and this contractor expects to get a corner on old
Guatemaltecan stamps; and no doubt he will make profit on his venture.
[48] These are not the edible figs, but many varieties of the fig family
that form an important food for monkeys and birds. In the latter part of
this book I have given a list of the more important trees of this forest
region.
[49] Professor Sereno Watson, of the Harvard College Herbarium,
collected, during two winter months in the Department of Izabal, five
hundred species of plants, many of them new to science (Proceedings of
the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, vol. xxi. pp. 456 _et seq._).
Notes of some of these will be found in the Appendix. He collected no
less than twenty-five species of palms.
[50] In the Appendix will be found a list of the woods under their local
names; but as these vary in the different provinces, it will be of little
use in determining the trees from which they are obtained. Rosewood is
said to be furnished by at least three trees not connected botanically,
and the application of the name “cedar” is as puzzling.
[51] Mr. Coffin, the hospitable magistrate at Punta Gorda, gave me some
of the best oil; and in the limited experiments I have tried with it, its
properties much resemble those of coconut-oil.
[52] Lahaina, Salangore, Elephant, Ribbon.
[53] Even at nine cents per pound it pays as well as the best Jamaica at
fourteen cents.
[54] Cacao: How to grow and how to cure it. London: Prepared by the
Jamaica Government.
[55] Compendio de la Historia de la Ciudad de Guatemala, t. 2, p. 95, ed.
1818.
[56] The Colony of British Honduras. D. Morris, London, 1883, p. 76.
[57] British Honduras, p. 100.
[58] The Naturalist in Nicaragua, p. 56.
[59] Compendio, t. ii. p. 94, Concerning the Tepulcuat.
[60] See Appendix for account of the habits of the zompopos.
[61] Dollfus et Montserrat, Voyage géologique dans les républiques de
Guatemala et Salvador. Paris, 1868.
[62] Not for the pseudo-geologists who see glacial action on every bed of
recent lava or in every railroad embankment.
[63] Vandegehuchte.
[64] Rockstroh.
[65] Brasseur de Bourbourg, ii. 44.
[66] La Sociedad Económica, No. 6, March 14, 1880.
[67] Thomas Belt, The Naturalist in Nicaragua, p. 71.
[Illustration: A MAP OF GUATEMALA.]
INDEX.
[_Illustrations are marked by italic pagination._]
Abutilons, 88.
Acacia, 192.
Acajutla, 11.
Acorns in bark, 110.
Agatized wood, 70.
Agaves, 113, 355.
Agua Blanca, 197.
Agua, Volcan de, _159_, 387.
Aguacateca, 278.
Aguan River, 9.
Aguardiente monopoly, 101.
Aguas calientes, 5, 81, 381.
Akahales, 261.
Alaguilac, 278.
Alajuela, railroad, 22.
Alcaldes, _146_.
Aleman, Hotel, _91_, _92_.
Alligator, eggs, 372.
pear, 366.
shot, 75, 371.
Almolonga, 145, 269, 387.
Almuerzo, 30.
Altar of Tohil, _122_.
Alvarado, Jorge de, 11.
Pedro de, 265.
widow of, dies, 389.
Amapala, 16.
Amates, Los, 214.
Amatitlan, 174.
Laguna de, 9, 174.
Antigua, _159_.
ruins of, _161_.
Antonio, Saint, prayer to, 274.
Ants, 375.
in qualm-tree, 57.
leaf-cutting, 413.
white, 51, 375.
Apes, origin of, 234.
Argueta, 135, 151.
Armor, coats of, 258.
defensive, 258.
Arms of Guatemala, _281_.
Army, 296.
Asamblea Nacional, 292.
Ass at Jutiapa, 194.
Assassination attempted, 181.
Atitlan, Lago de, _154_, _156_, 402.
boat at, _153_.
Volcan de, 132, 382.
Audiencia Real, 281.
Avalanche from Agua, 358.
Avocado pear, 366.
Azacualpa, 192.
Bahama grass, 369.
Ball at Sacapulas, 116.
Ball-game, _257_.
Balsam coast shaken, 390.
Bananas, 351.
Baños de Medina. (_See_ Bath.)
Barbasco, 213.
Barbecue, _50_.
Barillas. M. L., _145_.
Barrack Point, _27_.
Barracks, Livingston, 33.
Barrancas, 87, 157.
Barrios, J. R. _149_.
in exile, 290.
president, 291.
visited, 180.
Puerto, 60, 61.
Bath, Atitlan, 152.
Bola de oro, 183.
Ciudad Vieja, 160.
Escuintla, 172.
in Pacific Ocean, 165.
Bats, destructive, 226.
vampire, 45.
Bay Islands, 17, 67.
Beans, 365.
Beetles, 374.
Belgian Colony, 36, 60.
Belize, City of, 74.
River, 8.
Bibliography, 430.
Birds of Guatemala, 374.
Black sheep, 137.
Blacksmiths at Zacapa, 210.
Blow-gun, 236.
Boas, 62.
Boat at Atitlan, _153_.
Amatitlan, _174_.
Boca-nueva Valley, 79.
Bonaca Island, 17.
Botlass-fly, 375.
Bourbourg, Brasseur de, 230.
Brand on slaves, 267.
mare, _102_.
Breadfruit, _170_, 365.
Breeds, mixed, 421.
Bridge, Los Esclavos, 191.
ropes, _107_.
vines, 79.
Bridling a mare, 155.
Bromelia Pinguin, 191.
Buenaventura, San, 9.
Bullfight, 185.
Bulls, gentle, 82.
Burial-ground, 119.
mound, 106. (_See_ Campo Santo.)
Burned kings, 268.
Butterflies, 53, 374.
Caballos, Puerto de, 16.
Cabildo of Coban, 93.
Cabracan, 236.
Cacao, 345, _346_.
Cáceres, Alonzo de, 16.
Cactus, 114.
lassoed, 210.
Cahabon River, 9, 75.
Cakchiquel Chronicle, 259, 277.
Cakchiquels, 262.
Calabash, 123, 193.
Calonyction speciosum, 349.
Calletano, Luciano, _24_.
Canajpú, 9.
Candles offered, 208.
Cane-brake, 74.
Cane heads, 162.
Cannibalism, 249.
Canoa, 66.
Cántaras, 117.
Campo Santo, Livingston, 27.
Quiché, 119.
Coban, 98.
Guatemala, 182.
Caratasca, Lago de, 9.
Carcaste, 126, 198.
Carib boys, 274.
prayer, 274.
Caribbee, 273.
Caribs, 271.
Carillo, 22.
Carmen, Church of, _179_.
Carrera, Rafael, 287, _288_.
tomb of, 178.
Cartago, 9, 22.
destroyed, 391.
Volcan de, 383.
Cartina, Lago de, 10.
Cassava, 32, 365.
grating, _32_.
Castillo de S. Felipe, _69_.
Castilloa elastica, _347_.
Cathedral, Santiago, 178.
Cayo Paloma, 42.
Cazuela, 82.
Cecropia-tree, 57.
Cedar, 337.
Ceiba-tree, 49.
Sacapulas, _118_.
Cenotes, 53, 385.
Censer, ancient, _251_.
modern, _207_.
Centipedes, 374.
Central America, bounds, 2.
mountains, 3.
lakes, 9.
rivers, 7.
Cerbatana, 236.
Cerna, defeated, 290.
president, 289.
Cerro Quemado, 141, 382.
Chamá, Sierra de, 6.
Chamiquin, 83.
Champa building, 56.
Champerico, 145.
Chicaman, 108, _110_.
Chicha, 68, 163.
Chichería, 163.
Chichicastenango, 127, 129.
Children desired, 250.
Chile, 366.
Chile relleno, 366.
Chimalmat, 236.
Chiote, 366.
Chiquimula, 208.
Chixoy bridge, 106, _107_.
River, 8.
Valley, 114.
Chocolate, _346_.
drink, 422.
planting, 255.
Chocon River, _44_.
Chontales, 18.
Chorti language, 278.
Church, Carmen, _179_.
Coban, _94_.
confiscation, 292.
Quezaltenango, _143_.
ruined, Antigua, _161_.
service, Coban, 99.
Circumcision, 247.
City of Belize, steamer, 74.
Ciudad Vieja, 160.
destroyed, 388.
Civil service, Quiché, 253.
Clavigero quoted, 229.
Cleanliness, want of, 422.
Climbing-palm, _332_.
Cloth pattern, _95_.
Coatepeque, Lago de, 401.
Coban, Campo Santo, 98.
church, _94_.
Plaza, _94_.
Indio, _99_.
Cobre, 359.
Cochineal, 337.
Cockscomb Range, 6.
Coconut, 358.
young, _360_.
Cocos, 365.
Coffee, 343.
crop, 344.
esencia de, 84.
Liberian, 344.
Cohune palm, 49, _330_.
Coir, 359.
Colegio de Libertad, 101.
Señoritas, 142.
Coloradía (Leptus sp.), 34.
Comajen, 51.
Comal, 71.
Comayagua plain, 6.
Comida, 30.
Composite, 87.
Conch soup, 376.
Conch, trumpet, 76.
various kinds, 376.
Confiscated church, 292.
Confra palm, 333.
Congrehoy Peak, 384.
Conquistadores, 282.
Constitution, 286.
Convolvulus, 81, 427.
Cookery, 314, 421.
Cooking-bench, 82.
Copan, 229.
Córdoba founded, 20.
Corn at Argueta, 151.
man made from, 235.
Corozal mines, 11.
Corozo palm, 329.
Coseguina, eruption, 399.
Cotuha, king, 231.
Court at Livingston, _318_.
trials, 318.
Coyote, 371.
Crab-catching, 240.
Creation of world, 233.
man, 235.
Criba, Laguna de, 10.
Cross-breeding, 421.
Cross on monoliths, 220.
Cruz, Serapio, 289.
Cuatro-reales, _147_.
Cuajinicuilapa, 191.
Cuartillo, _102_.
Cuchumatanes, 6.
Cuilapa, 191.
Culhuacan, 229.
Cunen, 111.
Currency of Guatemala, 305.
Cuscatlan, 261.
Danta, 370.
Deaf-mutes, school for, 300.
Dahlia, 112, 158.
Dávila, Padre, 202.
Death-rate, 65.
Debt, public, 302.
Departments, Costa Rica, 22.
Guatemala, 294.
Honduras, 15.
Nicaragua, 20.
San Salvador, 12.
Depilto mines, 19.
Deluge, Quiché, 234.
Dentistry, Quiché, 238.
Desmoncus, _332_.
Devisadero mines, 11.
Dogs, half-fed, 83.
Dolls at Antigua, 162.
Dragon Rock, _55_.
Dulce, Rio, 9, 41.
Dwellings, no ruins of, 420.
Earrings, 225.
Earthquake, Santa Cruz, 90.
terms, 390.
Earthquakes, 387.
theory of, 407.
Education, public, 296.
Elena, Santa, 208.
Encuentros, 130.
mine, 11.
Eruptions, volcanic, 386.
Esclavos, Rio de, 8, 191.
Escuintla, 164.
conquered, 269.
founded, 261.
Esencia de café, 84.
Espina blanca, 192.
Esquipulas, 201.
Santuario, _202_.
Ethnographic Chart, _271_.
Euphorbia, 84.
Exancul, 141.
Expenses of Guatemala, 303.
Exports of Guatemala, 312.
Ex-votos, 205.
Falls of Michatoya, 173.
Feather-work, 256.
Ferns, 335.
Ferro-carril del Norte, 62.
Feudal system, 231.
Fibre, agave, 355.
banana, 354.
ixtli, 355.
pita, 354.
plantain, 354.
Ficus elastica, 349.
Figueroa, Bishop, 203.
Fish, 373.
at Ilopango, 403.
Flores murdered, 142, 286.
Fonseca, Gulf of, 11.
Forced loan, 290.
Forest at Chocon, _324_.
Fort of San Felipe, _69_.
José, 177.
Frank on Mabel, _106_.
Frijoles, 365.
Frogs, 373.
Fruits, 368.
Fuego, Volcan de, 151, _392_.
Galero, Don J. M., 134.
Game, 369.
Garden, Sololà, 134.
Quezaltenango, 144.
Garrapatos, 376.
Gil, San, _59_.
Girdle-weaving, 252.
Goyavas, green, 78.
varieties, 368.
Granada, 20.
Granadillas, 93, 368.
Granados, President, 290.
Grasses, 369.
Grasshopper, 57.
Gualan, 212.
Guanaja, or Bonaca, 17.
Guatemala City, _178_.
Street, _176_.
Guatemaltecan names, 418.
Guavas, 368.
Guepiles, 189.
Guija, Lago de, 10.
Guinea grass, 369.
Gucumatz, 229.
Gumarcah, 232.
Heights of mountains, 424.
Henequen, 355.
Hevea braziliensis, 349.
Hikatee, 372.
Hippodrome, 187.
Hondo Valley, 207.
Honduras, 13.
Interoceanic Railway, 17.
name of, 419.
Horse astray, 199.
Hospitals, 316.
House, Carib, _30_.
Houses in Coban, 96.
Hueytlat, 230.
Humming-birds fighting, 217.
nest, 57.
Hunahpu, 235.
Hunapu volcanoes, _191_.
Huntoh, king, 258.
Huracan, 233.
Icaco plum, 367.
Ideographs, _251_.
Iguanas, _47_, 372.
Ilocab, 231.
Ilopango, Lago de, 402, _403_.
sacrifice at, 404.
Imports of Guatemala, 308.
Incense-burner, 207.
India-rubber, 346, _347_.
Indigo, 337.
Instituto Nacional, 183.
Intibucá, cool, 13.
Istak volcano, 381.
Istapa, 8, 168.
Ixils, 278.
Iximché, 259.
Ixtli fibre, 355.
Izabal, 224, _225_.
Lago de, 224.
Izalco formed, 395.
Izmachi founded, 231.
Iztayul, 231.
Jacinto, San, 207.
Jaguar (tigre), 371.
Jaguilla, 370.
Jefes politicos, 294.
Jesuits banished, 291.
Jicara, 123, 124.
Jocote fruit, 89, 367.
Jocote village, 108.
José, San, Costa Rica, 21.
Guatemala, 165.
Juan, San, Rio, 9.
Jutiapa, 193.
Kataure, 126.
Kingdom of Guatemala, 1.
Kings of Quiché, 253.
Kitchen, monks’, 104.
Labor Wage, 314.
Lacandones, 8.
Ladron at Quiché, 127.
Lago, Amatitlan, 174.
Atitlan, 152, _154_, _156_.
Guija, 10.
Lamp, native, 98.
La Paz, 192.
La Tinta, 81.
La Union, 11.
Las Quebradas relics, 224.
Lassoing cactus, 210.
Law of Guatemala, 295.
Legislature, Costa Rica, 22.
Guatemala, 292.
Salvador, 12.
Lemoa, 127.
Lemons, 358.
Lempa, Rio, 10.
Lempira rebels, 283.
Leon founded, 20.
Libertad, 11.
Libraries in Guatemala, 301.
Limas, 358.
Limes, 358.
Limestone corroded, 54, _55_.
Limon, Puerto, 22.
Lion bird, 46.
Listones, 95.
Livingston, 28.
death-rate, 65.
free port, 36.
landing, 26.
street, _28_.
Lobelias, 88.
Logwood, 337.
Loma-Larga mines, 11.
Los Amates, 214.
Machete, _65_.
Mafìa (devil), 275.
Mahogany, 335.
Mail-service, 307.
Maiz, 39, 363.
Mam, 230.
Mama-caixon, 263.
Man created, 234.
Man on fire, 159.
Manàca palm, 49.
Managua destroyed, 20.
Lago de, 10.
Treaty of, 21.
Manatee, 370.
Manihot, 365.
Mango, 367.
Mangroves, 323.
Manzanillas, 171, 367.
Mapachines, 370.
Maps, 256.
Mare sunstruck, 172.
to bridle a, 155.
Marimba, 122, _123_.
Markets in Guatemala, 188.
Masaya eruption, 385.
Mask in Museo Nacional, _200_.
Matagalpa mines, 19.
Matapalo-tree, 325, _326_.
Maya language, 275.
Measures and weights, 425.
Mecapal, 78.
Merendon, Sierra del, 6.
Mermaids in church, 112.
Metatle, 70, 363.
Michatoya Falls, 173.
Rio, 8.
Mico, El, crossing, 223.
Miguel, San, 84.
Volcan de, 396.
Mines, 11, 14, 19.
Miracle, Esquipulas, 206.
Mixed races, 421.
Molina, Don Luis, 95.
Money in Guatemala, 305, 424.
Monkeys, 73, 369.
Monoliths, _219_, _220_, _221_, _222_.
Monte Rico, 198.
Montezuma’s embassy, 262.
Months, Quiché, 256.
Moon-plant, 349.
Morazan, General, 286.
Mosquito Reservation, 18, 21.
Motagua, Rio, 9, 211.
Mozo hiring, 78.
Mozo on road, _198_.
Mozos de cargo, 78, 279.
Museo Nacional, 183.
Nachan, 229.
Nahoas, 229.
Naiads in a spring, 85.
Names of towns, 418.
Newspapers, 301.
Nicaragua, 18.
Lago de, 10.
Volcanoes, 383.
Nopal, 338.
Nutmegs, 362.
Ocós, Puerto de, 172.
Ocote, 76.
Offspring desired, 250.
Oil of cohune, 331.
Ometepec, 10, 387.
Omoa, 16.
Montaña de, 6.
Opals, 14.
Oranges, 357.
cheap, 109.
Teleman, 80.
Organs in church, 128.
Orchids, 333, 428.
Pablo, San, 211.
Pacaya palm, 331.
Volcan de, 216.
Paddle and machete, _65_.
Painting, Quiché, 250.
Palenque, 229.
Palin, 173.
Palms, 328.
Palo Cortez, 211.
Panajachel, 155.
Panela, 105, 342.
Pansos, 9, 76.
Papaya, 366.
Paper, 256.
Parties, political, 285.
Passion-flower, 44, _376_.
Patzicia, 158, 391.
Patzùn, 157.
Pawpaw, 366.
Peccaries, 370.
Pelican shot, 42.
Petaca making, _276_.
Peten, Laguna del, 9.
Petrifying brook, 104.
Pharomacrus mocino, _97_.
Photographs taken, 423.
Piedras Gordas, 198.
Pier, San José, 166.
Pimento palm, 331.
Pine (Pinus), 337.
Pine-apples, 191, 361.
Pine-needles, 110.
Pipiles, 271.
Pit-craters, 401.
Pita, 104, 357.
Pitpans, 8.
Plantains, 351, _352_.
Plants, indigenous, 425.
Plaza, Coban, _94_.
Sacapulas, _118_.
Plough, Indian, _340_.
Pocomam women, _275_.
Pokomans, 262.
Poconchi Indios, 82.
Poknoboy palm, 331.
Political parties, 285.
Polochic, Rio, 8, 72.
Polygamy, unlawful, 254.
Popul Vuh, 230.
Porpoises in Golfete, 67.
Postage-stamps, 307.
Potato-fields, 136.
Potatoes, sweet, 365.
Pottery, 117, _189_.
Poyas, 17.
Prado, Juan, 105.
Prayer, Quiché, old, 249.
Prayer, Quiché, Christian, 417.
President Barillas, _145_.
Barrios, _149_.
Carrera, _288_.
Cerna, 289.
Granados, 290.
how elected, 293.
visited, 150, 180.
Primavera, 105.
Prisons, 116.
Privies, absent, 154.
Procession, religious, 186.
Professional instruction, 299.
Pronunciation of names, 129.
Provisions, price of, 314.
Puerto Barrios, 60, 61.
Caballos, 16.
Cortez, 16.
Limon, 22.
Pulque, 355.
Puma, 371.
Pumice, 174.
Pumice razors, 153.
Punishments in Guatemala, 319.
Punta Arenas, 22.
Pupuluca, 271.
Qualm-tree, 57.
Quaternity, 149.
Quekchi Indio, 93, 277.
Quetzal, 97.
Quetzalcoatl, 229.
Quezaltenango, 141.
alcaldes, _146_.
church, 143.
Quezaltepeque, 206.
Quicab, king, 258.
Quiché, Santa Cruz del, 118.
language, 277.
names, 233.
prayer, 417.
ancient, 249.
sacred book, 230.
trousers, 119.
Quirigua, plan, _217_.
River, 216.
Railroad Map, _168_.
to San José, 165.
Razor of pumice, 153.
Religion free, 295.
Remedies, Indian, 317.
Retalhuleu, 145.
Revolution, 283.
Rey portentoso, 232.
Rice-crops, 39, 357.
pounding, _356_.
Rivas, 18.
Road-building, 106.
Roatan, 17.
Rock Island, 43.
Rocket-making, 160.
Roof-tile, _89_.
Roses, 87.
Rosewood, 337.
Rozales, Don Alonzo, 193.
Ruins, Antigua, _161_.
Quirigua, 217.
Utatlan, 120.
Sacapulas, 115.
Plaza, _118_.
Chixoy Valley, _114_.
Sacate buying, 157.
Sacatepequez, 262.
Sacaton, 192.
Saccharine, 64.
Sacrificatorio, _122_.
Sacrifice, human, 249.
at Ilopango, 404.
to Tohil, _246_.
Salcaja, 140.
Salmwood, 337.
Salvador, San, 11.
City destroyed, 392.
San Andres, 156.
Cristobal, 103.
Felipe, 67, _69_.
Gil, _59_.
José, 165.
Juan, 20.
Miguel, 11.
Tucurú, 84.
Volcan de, 396.
Santa Ana, 395.
Catarina, 196.
Cruz, Alta Verapaz, 90.
breakfast, 103.
Cruz (2), 109.
Cruz del Quiché, 260.
Maria wood, 337.
Volcan de, 141.
Santo Tomas, 36, 60.
Chichicastenango, 127.
Santuario, Esquipulas, 202.
Sapodilla, 337.
Sapote, 131.
Sapoton fruit, 44.
Saquinimac, 237.
Sarsaparilla, 350.
Sarstun, Rio, 8.
Sauce, 70.
Schools in Guatemala, 297.
Scorpions, 374.
Seat, stone, _280_.
Secondary instruction, 298.
Secretaries of State, 293.
Segovia, Rio, 9.
Semetabaj, 156.
Serpiente, _36_.
Shaving with pumice, 153.
Sheol, men in, 89.
Sinca language, 278.
Sipacua, 236, 240.
Sisal hemp, 355.
Slaves branded, 267.
Smilax, 350.
Snakes, 62, 67, 377.
Sololà, 131, _132_.
Sonsonate, 11.
Spanish stirrup, 184.
Spiders, 374.
Squashes, 365.
Stamped paper, 102.
Stevia, 112.
Stirrup, ancient, 184.
Stoll, Dr. A., 271.
Street, Guatemala City, _176_.
Livingston, _28_.
Subsidence, 158.
Suchitan, 195.
Sugar-cane, 340.
crop, 342.
mill, _341_.
yield, 39.
Sulphur spring, _63_.
Suyacal, 78.
Tactic, 88.
Taltusas, 370.
Tamahù, 87.
Taxes in Guatemala, 303.
Teachers’ Institutes, 297.
Tecpan Quauhtemalan, 160, 259.
Tecum, 260.
Tegucigalpa, 16.
Telegraphs, 306.
Teleman, 80.
Temple, ancient, _245_.
Tenedores, 63.
Terminos, Lago de, 8.
Tepepul, king, 259.
Teponaztles, 258.
Theatre, 181.
Theobroma cacao, _346_.
Tigres, 371.
Tilapa, Rio, 266.
Tile on roof, _89_.
Tipitapa, Rio, 10.
Tizate poison, 243.
Tobacco of Copan, 15.
Tohil’s altar, _122_.
Toldo, 66.
Toliman, San Lucas, 9.
Tomas, Santo, 60.
Chichicastenango, 127.
Tonalá, Battle of, 266.
Topiltzin Acxitl, 230.
Toranjas, 358.
Tortilla-making, _71_, 363.
Totonicapan, 137, _138_.
Trachyte, 406.
Trapiche, 196.
Trinity, Quiché, 230.
Trousers in Quiché, 119.
Trujillo, 16.
Tucurú, 84.
Tula, 229.
Tultecas, 229.
Tultec emigration, 260.
Tun, 258.
Turtle, 372.
Turtle nest, 216.
Tzutohiles, 277, 278.
Ulúa, Rio, 9.
Uspantán, 110, 277.
Usumacinta, Rio, 8, 116.
Utatlan, 120, 232.
Utila, 384.
Vado Hondo, 208.
Vampire-bats, 45.
Vanilla, 334.
Vara, 96.
Vejuco de agua, _54_.
Vejucos, 51.
Vine bridge, 79.
Vital statistics, 316.
Volcanic action, 406.
cones, 407.
Volcanoes of Central America, 380.
Votan, 229.
Vucubatz, king, 258.
Vucub-caquix, 235.
Warree, 370.
Warree cohune, 331.
Washout on road, _157_.
Water-vine, _54_.
Watson, S., collection, 327.
Weaving, 95, 139, 252, 255.
Wedding at Patzùn, 158.
Weights and Measures, 425.
Wheat, 364.
Wheat market, Sololà, 132.
Whistle, Las Quebradas, 227.
Wizard, 263.
Woman created, 235.
Woods, native names, 411.
Writing, Quiché, 250.
Xbalanque, 235.
Xelahu, 145, 267.
Xibalbay, 229.
Xicaques, 17.
Ximenes, 230.
Xmucane, 234.
Xpiyacoc, 233, 234.
Xuchil, rape of, 269.
Xutiapan, 194.
Yam, 365.
Yampuk, 262.
Yojoa, Lago de, 10.
Zacapa, 210.
puros, 211.
Zapotitlan, 266.
Zarco, Rio, 74.
Zarza, 350.
Ziricote, 337.
Zompopos, 413.
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_From a Letter from Dr. HOWARD CROSBY._
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_SCRIBNER’S GUIDE-BOOKS._
THE INDEX GUIDE TO TRAVEL AND ART-STUDY IN EUROPE.
NEW EDITION. 1887. LEATHER BINDING.
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PART II.—_Plans and Catalogues of the Art Galleries of Europe._
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THE MEXICAN GUIDE.
_NEW EDITION FOR 1887._
=By THOMAS A. JANVIER.=
_One Volume, 16mo. With large folded maps. Leather, net, $2.50._
THE MEXICAN GUIDE has received the official endorsement of the Mexican
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_AN IDYL OF THE SUMMER ISLANDS._
BERMUDA.
=By JULIA C. R. DORR.=
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_A NOTEWORTHY BOOK._
OUR ARCTIC PROVINCE.
_ALASKA AND THE SEAL ISLANDS._
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illustrations, of which there are about a hundred, are engraved from the
author’s original drawings and water-color paintings.
_Philadelphia Record._ There has scarcely been a book published on Arctic
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THE MIDDLE KINGDOM.
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the wonderful country and people it treats of.”—_N. Y. Tribune._
COREA: THE HERMIT NATION.
By WILLIAM ELLIOT GRIFFIS,
AUTHOR OF “THE MIKADO’S EMPIRE,” AND LATE OF THE IMPERIAL UNIVERSITY,
TOKIO, JAPAN.
=1 Vol., 8vo, with numerous maps and illustrations, new edition, $2.50.=
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EAST OF THE JORDAN.
A Record of Travel and Observation in the Countries of Moab, Gilead, and
Bashan, during the years 1875-1877.
By SELAH MERRILL, _Archæologist of the American Palestine Exploration
Society_.
=With illustrations and a map. 1 Vol., 8vo, new edition, $3.00.=
No other American is so much at home in the East Jordan country as Mr.
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BRAZIL: THE AMAZONS AND THE COAST.
By HERBERT H. SMITH.
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Notes of a Journey, in 1873, in the Russian Province of Turkistan, the
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With a Chapter showing Russian Progress in Central Asia during the last
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By EUGENE SCHUYLER.
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THE MAKING OF NEW ENGLAND.
=1580-1643.=
=By SAMUEL ADAMS DRAKE.=
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AN AMERICAN FOUR-IN-HAND IN BRITAIN.
_By ANDREW CARNEGIE._
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ROUND THE WORLD.
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TRIUMPHANT DEMOCRACY; OR, FIFTY YEARS’ MARCH OF THE REPUBLIC.
_By ANDREW CARNEGIE._
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CHRONICLE OF THE COACH.
CHARING CROSS TO ILFRACOMBE.
By JOHN DENISON CHAMPLIN, Jr.
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THE RUSSIANS AT THE GATES OF HERAT.
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_=Illustrated with portraits and maps. Paper, 50 cts.; cloth, $1.00.=_
ARMY LIFE IN RUSSIA.
=By F. V. GREENE=,
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_Late Military Attaché to the U. S. Legation in St. Petersburg, and
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_=One Volume, 12mo. New Edition, $1.25.=_
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absolutely in the background.”—_International Review._
THE SNAKE DANCE OF THE MOQUIS OF ARIZONA.
Being a Narrative of a Journey from Santa Fé, New Mexico, to the villages
of the Moqui Indians of Arizona, with a Description of the Manners and
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While Captain Bourke’s narrative presents an extraordinarily interesting
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“The work forms a valuable contribution to the study of native American
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incidents of travel, and characteristic anecdotes, culminating with the
accounts of the tablet and snake dances, generally written in a plain
unaffected style, make it very agreeable reading.”—_The London Academy._
_BY THE SAME AUTHOR._
AN APACHE CAMPAIGN IN THE SIERRA MADRE.
_=One Volume, 12mo, paper, 50 cents; cloth, $1.00.=_
HISTORY OF THE SECOND ARMY CORPS IN THE ARMY OF THE POTOMAC.
By FRANCIS A. WALKER,
_Brevet Brig.-Gen. U. S. Vols.; Asst. Adj.-Gen. of the Corps, Oct. 9,
1862-Jan. 12, 1865._
_WITH THIRTY-ONE PORTRAITS AND THIRTY MAPS._
1 Vol., 8vo, 750 pages, $4.00.
General Walker served through the war with the famous Second Army
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FIFTY YEARS’ OBSERVATION OF MEN AND EVENTS, CIVIL AND MILITARY.
By E. D. KEYES,
BREVET BRIG.-GEN. U. S. A., AND LATE MAJOR-GEN. U. S. V.
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INSTRUCTIONS IN RIFLE AND CARBINE FIRING FOR THE UNITED STATES ARMY.
By CAPT. STANHOPE E. BLUNT, _Of the Ordnance Dep’t, U. S. A._
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THE SAILOR’S HANDY BOOK AND YACHTSMAN’S MANUAL.
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THE BOAT SAILER’S MANUAL.
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THE AMERICA’S CUP.
HOW IT WAS WON BY THE YACHT AMERICA IN 1851, AND HOW IT HAS BEEN SINCE
DEFENDED.
By CAPT. ROLAND F. COFFIN,
_Author of “Sailors’ Yarns,” “Archibald the Cat,” “How Old Wiggins Wore
Ship,” Etc., Etc._
=_1 vol., 12mo. With Illustrations. Paper, 50c. Cloth, $1.00._=
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the emblem of the yachting supremacy of the world—commonly called the
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_THE MOST ATTRACTIVE WORK ON YACHTING EVER ISSUED._
AMERICAN YACHTS.
Plates by FREDERICK S. COZZENS. Text by J. D. J. KELLEY, Lieut. U. S. N.
LIST OF SUBJECTS:
I. The Early Racers.
II. Sandy Hook to the Needles—1866.
III. An Old Rendezvous—New London.
IV. Off Brenton’s Reef.
V. Rounding the Light Ship.
VI. The Finish off Staten Island—1870.
VII. In the Narrows—A Black Squall.
VIII. Running Out—New Bedford.
IX. Off Soundings—A Smoky Sou’wester.
X. Robbins Reef—Sunset.
XI. Around the Cape—Marblehead.
XII. Over the Cape May Course—1873.
XIII. By Sou’west Spit.
XIV. Moonlight on Nantucket Shoals.
XV. Lying-To off George’s Banks.
XVI. A Stern Chase and a Long One—1876.
XVII. A Breezy Day Outside.
XVIII. Crossing the Line—New York Bay.
XIX. Minot’s Ledge Light.
XX. For the America’s Cup—1881—The Start.
XXI. A Misty Morning—Drifting.
XXII. In Down East Waters—Boston Bay.
XXIII. Before the Wind—Newport, 1883.
XXIV. Under the Palisades.
XXV. Ice Boating on the Hudson.
XXVI. Signal Chart.
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THE AMERICAN BOY’S HANDY BOOK; OR, WHAT TO DO AND HOW TO DO IT.
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The Campaigns of the Civil War.
13 VOLUMES, CLOTH. WITH MAPS AND PLANS.
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=I.—The Outbreak of Rebellion.= By JOHN G. NICOLAY.
A preliminary volume, describing the opening of the war, and covering the
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Bull Run.
=II.—From Fort Henry to Corinth.= By the HON. M. F. FORCE.
The narrative of events in the West from the Summer of 1861 to May, 1862;
covering the capture of Forts Henry and Donelson, the Battle of Shiloh,
etc., etc.
=III.—The Peninsula.= By ALEXANDER S. WEBB, LL.D.
The history of McClellan’s Peninsula Campaign, from his appointment to
the end of the Seven Days’ Fight.
=IV.—The Army under Pope.= By JOHN C. ROPES.
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=VI.—Chancellorsville and Gettysburg.= By GEN. ABNER DOUBLEDAY.
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=VII.—The Army of the Cumberland.= By GEN. HENRY M. CIST.
From the formation of the Army of the Cumberland to the end of the
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=VIII.—The Mississippi.= By LIEUT. FRANCIS VINTON GREENE.
An account of the operations—especially at Vicksburg and Port Hudson—by
which the Mississippi River and its shores were restored to the control
of the Union.
=IX.—Atlanta.= By the HON. JACOB D. COX.
From Sherman’s first advance into Georgia in May, 1864, to the beginning
of the March to the Sea.
=X.—The March to the Sea—Franklin and Nashville.= By the HON. JACOB D.
COX.
From the beginning of the March to the Sea to the surrender of
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=XI.—The Shenandoah Valley in 1864. The Campaign of Sheridan.= By GEORGE
E. POND.
=XII.—The Virginia Campaign of ’64 and ’65. The Army of the Potomac and
the Army of the James.= By ANDREW A. HUMPHREYS.
=XIII.—Statistical Record of the Armies of the United States.= By
FREDERICK PHISTERER.
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THE NAVY IN THE CIVIL WAR.
=In three volumes, 12mo, uniform with “The Campaigns of the Civil War.”=
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=_Price, per volume, $1.00._=
=I.—The Blockade and the Cruisers.= By PROFESSOR J. RUSSELL SOLEY,
U. S. Navy.
=II.—The Atlantic Coast.=—By REAR-ADMIRAL DANIEL AMMEN, U. S. Navy.
=III.—The Gulf and Inland Waters.= By COMMANDER A. T. MAHAN, U. S.
Navy.
Two Years in the Jungle.
The Experiences of a Hunter and Naturalist in India, Ceylon, the Malay
Peninsula, and Borneo.
By WILLIAM T. HORNADAY,
Chief Taxidermist U. S. National Museum.
One vol., 8vo, pp. xxii. 512, two folding maps and 51 illustrations.
Price, $3.00.
THE EXPEDITION AND ITS OBJECT.
The author relates the experiences of a hunter and naturalist in India,
Ceylon, the Malay Peninsula, and Borneo; and certainly no richer
hunting-ground could be found anywhere else in the world. Mr. Hornaday is
chief taxidermist in the United States National Museum. He was formerly
connected with Professor Ward’s Natural Science Museum of Rochester,
N. Y., and his expedition to the East was in the interests of that
establishment. While his book is in some respects like such works as
those which Du Chaillu and Sir Samuel W. Baker have written to delight
and interest a multitude of readers, he has imparted a vast amount of
information, a large part of which is new and of the greatest moment to
the naturalist.
Mr. Hornaday started from New York in 1876. From England he went finally
south to India, arriving at Bombay; he went across country to Benares;
from here he made an expedition to the north to Cawnpore and Agra. From
Benares he worked his way to Calcutta, journeyed down the Bay of Bengal
to Madras; southward again, he made a complete circuit of Ceylon, then
to the Malay Peninsula, and finally to Borneo, where his adventures with
the orangutan were met, ending his two years of fruitful and entirely
successful search. The illustrations are many, and most of them are taken
from Mr. Hornaday’s own sketches. Though it may seem to be stating much,
it certainly may be truly said that a more interesting book of travel and
adventures was never published.
“Decidedly the most interesting and instructive book of travel and
adventure in the East Indies it has ever been our good fortune to
read.”—_Baltimore News._
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good book of travel.”—_Morning Post_ (London).
“To the naturalist, Mr. Hornaday’s book cannot but be as deeply
interesting as to the sportsman and traveller.... It deserved
to be distinguished from among the mass of books of sporting
adventure.”—_Melbourne Argus._
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A CHARMING BOOK FOR WHEELMEN.
[Illustration]
A CANTERBURY PILGRIMAGE.
Ridden, Written, and Illustrated by JOSEPH and ELIZABETH ROBINS PENNELL.
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illustrations with which the artist-authors covered their pages are
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LAWN TENNIS
AS A GAME OF SKILL.
_With the Latest Revised Rules, as played by the best Clubs._
By Lieut. S. C. F. PEILE, B. S. C. Edited by RICHARD D. SEARS. One
volume, 12mo, flexible cloth. 75 cents.
_CONTENTS._
PREFACE BY THE AMERICAN EDITOR.
HINTS TO BEGINNERS.
COMMON FAULTS.
COURTS, NETS AND APPURTENANCES.
GENERAL PRINCIPLES AND CLUB RULES.
THE SINGLE GAME.
THE DOUBLE GAME.
RULES THAT ARE OFTEN DISREGARDED.
WHEN TO TAKE A BISQUE.
A CHAPTER FOR LADIES.
LAWS OF LAWN TENNIS.
TABLE SHOWING METHOD OF CALCULATING DIFFERENTIAL ODDS.
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_For sale by all booksellers, or sent, post-paid, by the publishers_,
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[Published May 18, 1887, after four years’ elaboration.]
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THE WORKS OF JULES VERNE.
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