[1179]Brasseur de Bourbourg,Hist. Nat. Civ., tom. ii., p. 575, says that the body was deposited in the grave seated upon a throne.[1180]Ximenez,Hist. Ind. Guat., pp. 210-14;Palacio,Carta, p. 119;Cogolludo,Hist. Yuc., pp. 699-700.[1181]Unless a great number of people were living in it, when they seem to have gathered courage from each other's company, and to have remained.[1182]Landa,Relacion, p. 196;Herrera,Hist. Gen., dec. iv., lib. x., cap. iv.[1183]Villagutierre,Hist. Cong. Itza, p. 313.[1184]Palacio,Carta, p. 119;Oviedo,Hist. Gen., tom. iv., p. 48.[1185]Palacio,Carta, p. 78;Brasseur de Bourbourg,Hist. Nat. Civ., tom. ii., p. 556.[1186]Landa,Relacion, pp. 196-8;Herrera,Hist. Gen., dec. iv., lib. x., cap. iv.[1187]Oviedo,Hist. Gen., tom. iv., pp. 48-9. In the island of Ometepec the ancient graves are not surrounded by isolated stones like the calputs of the modern Indians, but are found scattered irregularly over the plain at a depth of three feet. Urns of burnt clay are found in these graves, filled with earth and displaced bones; and vases of the same material, covered with red paintings and hieroglyphics, stone points of arrows, small idols, and gold ornaments.Sivers,Mittelamerika, pp. 128-9.[1188]Landa,Relacion, p. 196;Herrera,Hist. Gen., dec. iv., lib. x., cap. iv.; Id. lib. viii., cap. x.;Ximenez,Hist. Ind. Guat., p. 214;Villagutierre,Hist. Conq. Itza, p. 313;Palacio,Carta, pp. 76-8.[1189]Peter Martyr, dec. vi., lib. v.[1190]Andagoya, inNavarrete,Col. de Viages, tom. iii., p. 414;Herrera,Hist. Gen., dec. iii., lib. iv., cap. vii., dec. iv., lib. x., cap. iii.;Oviedo,Hist. Gen., tom. iv., p. 111;Gomara,Conq. Mex., fol. 23;Dávila,Teatro Ecles., tom. i., p. 170;Cogolludo,Hist. Yuc., p. 700;Landa,Relacion, pp. 112-14;Villagutierre,Hist. Conq. Itza, p. 402;De Laet,Novus Orbis, p. 329.[1191]Landa,Relacion, pp. 100, 122, 188-90;Villagutierre,Hist. Conq. Itza, pp. 312, 516;Dávila,Teatro Ecles., tom. i., p. 203;Herrera,Hist. Gen., dec. iv., lib. x., cap. iv.;Cogolludo,Hist. Yuc., pp. 180, 187-8;Gomara,Hist. Ynd., fol. 62;Las Casas, inKingsborough's Mex. Antiq., vol. viii., pp. 147-8.[1192]Gomara,Hist. Ynd., fol. 268;Dávila,Teatro Ecles., tom. i., p. 148;Oviedo,Hist. Gen., tom. iv., p. 33;Las Casas,Hist. Apologética, MS., cap. xlvi.[1193]Crónica Seráfica, pp. 25-6.[1194]Herrera,Hist. Gen., dec. iii., lib. iv., cap. vii., dec. iv., lib. iii., cap. ii.;Oviedo,Hist. Gen., tom. iv., p. 39.
[1179]Brasseur de Bourbourg,Hist. Nat. Civ., tom. ii., p. 575, says that the body was deposited in the grave seated upon a throne.
[1180]Ximenez,Hist. Ind. Guat., pp. 210-14;Palacio,Carta, p. 119;Cogolludo,Hist. Yuc., pp. 699-700.
[1181]Unless a great number of people were living in it, when they seem to have gathered courage from each other's company, and to have remained.
[1182]Landa,Relacion, p. 196;Herrera,Hist. Gen., dec. iv., lib. x., cap. iv.
[1183]Villagutierre,Hist. Cong. Itza, p. 313.
[1184]Palacio,Carta, p. 119;Oviedo,Hist. Gen., tom. iv., p. 48.
[1185]Palacio,Carta, p. 78;Brasseur de Bourbourg,Hist. Nat. Civ., tom. ii., p. 556.
[1186]Landa,Relacion, pp. 196-8;Herrera,Hist. Gen., dec. iv., lib. x., cap. iv.
[1187]Oviedo,Hist. Gen., tom. iv., pp. 48-9. In the island of Ometepec the ancient graves are not surrounded by isolated stones like the calputs of the modern Indians, but are found scattered irregularly over the plain at a depth of three feet. Urns of burnt clay are found in these graves, filled with earth and displaced bones; and vases of the same material, covered with red paintings and hieroglyphics, stone points of arrows, small idols, and gold ornaments.Sivers,Mittelamerika, pp. 128-9.
[1188]Landa,Relacion, p. 196;Herrera,Hist. Gen., dec. iv., lib. x., cap. iv.; Id. lib. viii., cap. x.;Ximenez,Hist. Ind. Guat., p. 214;Villagutierre,Hist. Conq. Itza, p. 313;Palacio,Carta, pp. 76-8.
[1189]Peter Martyr, dec. vi., lib. v.
[1190]Andagoya, inNavarrete,Col. de Viages, tom. iii., p. 414;Herrera,Hist. Gen., dec. iii., lib. iv., cap. vii., dec. iv., lib. x., cap. iii.;Oviedo,Hist. Gen., tom. iv., p. 111;Gomara,Conq. Mex., fol. 23;Dávila,Teatro Ecles., tom. i., p. 170;Cogolludo,Hist. Yuc., p. 700;Landa,Relacion, pp. 112-14;Villagutierre,Hist. Conq. Itza, p. 402;De Laet,Novus Orbis, p. 329.
[1191]Landa,Relacion, pp. 100, 122, 188-90;Villagutierre,Hist. Conq. Itza, pp. 312, 516;Dávila,Teatro Ecles., tom. i., p. 203;Herrera,Hist. Gen., dec. iv., lib. x., cap. iv.;Cogolludo,Hist. Yuc., pp. 180, 187-8;Gomara,Hist. Ynd., fol. 62;Las Casas, inKingsborough's Mex. Antiq., vol. viii., pp. 147-8.
[1192]Gomara,Hist. Ynd., fol. 268;Dávila,Teatro Ecles., tom. i., p. 148;Oviedo,Hist. Gen., tom. iv., p. 33;Las Casas,Hist. Apologética, MS., cap. xlvi.
[1193]Crónica Seráfica, pp. 25-6.
[1194]Herrera,Hist. Gen., dec. iii., lib. iv., cap. vii., dec. iv., lib. iii., cap. ii.;Oviedo,Hist. Gen., tom. iv., p. 39.