Memoir of an Eventful Expedition in Central America: Resulting in the Discovery of the Idolatrous City of Iximaya, in an Unexplored Region; and the Possession of Two Remarkable Aztec Children, Descendants and Specimens of the Sacerdotal Caste, (now Nearly Extinct,) of the Ancient Aztec Founders of the Ruined Temples of that Country, Described by John L. Stevens, Esq., and Other TravellersJ.W. Bell, 1850 - 35 sidor |
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... remain entirely unknown to the world . The Padre told him of vast ruins , in a deserted and desolate region , but four leagues from Vera Paz , more ex- tensive than Quiche itself ; and of another ruined city , on the other side of the ...
... remain entirely unknown to the world . The Padre told him of vast ruins , in a deserted and desolate region , but four leagues from Vera Paz , more ex- tensive than Quiche itself ; and of another ruined city , on the other side of the ...
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... north - east course , in which , according to Antonio , the river Legartos took its principal sup- ply of water , and remain at a large village , adjacent to its banks , which they had seen , about five leagues distant ; 16.
... north - east course , in which , according to Antonio , the river Legartos took its principal sup- ply of water , and remain at a large village , adjacent to its banks , which they had seen , about five leagues distant ; 16.
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Sida 6 - One look at that city was worth ten years of an every-day life. If he is right, a place is left where Indians and an Indian city exist as Cortez and Alvarado found them ; there are living men who can solve the mystery that hangs over the ruined cities of America ; perhaps who can go to Copan and read the inscriptions on its monuments. No subject more exciting and attractive presents itself to my mind, and the deep impression of that night will never be effaced.
Sida 31 - Their peculiar and strongly distinctive lineaments, it is now perfectly well ascertained are to be traced in many of the sculptured monuments of the central American ruins, and were found still more abundantly on those of Iximaya. Forbidden, by inviolably sacred laws, from intermarrying with any persons but those of their own caste, they had dwindled down in the course of many centuries, to a few insignificant individuals, diminutive in stature, and imbecile in intellect.
Sida 31 - They were, nevertheless, held in high veneration and affection by the whole Iximayan community, probably as living specimens of an antique race so nearly extinct. Their position, as an order of priesthood, it is now known, had not been higher, for many ages, if ever, than that of religious mimes and b;icc!i;malf in a certain class of pagan ceremonies, highly popular with the multitude.
Sida 7 - ... hovering for one or two years on the borders of the country, studying the language and character of the adjoining Indians, and making acquaintance with some of the natives. Five hundred men could probably march directly to the city, and the invasion would be more justifiable than any ever made by the Spaniards ; but the government is too much occupied with its own wars, and the knowledge could not be .procured except at the price of blood. Two young men of good constitution, and who could afford...
Sida 5 - The padre declared that in his younger days he had chmbed to the top of the Sierra Madre, a height of ten or twelve thousand feet, and looking from the summit, over an immense plain extending to Yucatan and the Gulf of Mexico, he had seen with his own eyes, in the remote distance, " a large city, spread over a great space, with turrets white and glittering in the sun.
Sida 6 - ... climbed, and the position of the mysterious city, the interest awakened in us was the most thrilling I ever experienced. One look at that city was worth ten years of an every-day life. If he is right, a place is left where Indians and an Indian city exist as Cortez and Alvarado found them ; there are living men who can solve the mystery that hangs over the ruined cities of America ; perhaps who can go to Copan and read the inscriptions on its monuments.
Sida 6 - No subject more exciting and attractive presents itself to my mind, and the deep impression of that night will never be effaced. Can it be true ? Being now in my sober senses, I do verily believe there is much ground to suppose that what the padre told us is authentic.
Sida 6 - Guatimala, has never been explored, and that no white man ever pretends to enter it, I am satisfied. From other sources we heard that from that sierra a large ruined city was visible, and we were told of another person who had climbed to the top of the sierra, but, on account of the dense cloud resting upon it, had been unable to see anything. At all events, the belief at the village of Chajul is general, and a curiosity is roused that burns to be satisfied.
Sida 31 - The place of residence assigned to our travellers, was the vacant wing of a spacious and sumptuous structure at the western extremity of the city, which had been appropriated, from time immemorial, to the surviving remnant of an ancient and singular order of priesthood, called Kaanas, which it was distinctly asserted, in their annals and traditions, had accompanied the first migration of this people from the Assyrian plains.
Sida 18 - that a man of the same race as Senor Hammond, who was of a bright-florid complexion, with light hair and red whiskers, had been sacrificed and eaten by the Macbenachs or priests of Iximaya, the great city among the hills, about thirty moons ago, (previous to May, 1849).