Transactions of the American Ethnological Society, Volume 1Bartlett & Welford, 1845 - America |
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1st pers Acamapichtli Acatl according Acolhuas added Ajau alphabet America Amharic amongst ancient appears Arabic Atzecs Borgianus Boturini Ca-uac calendar called Calli cambez Chichimecs Cipactli Clavigero Codex Tellerianus Codex Vaticanus Cohuatl compounded conjugation conquest copy corresponding cuchi cycle derived designated eclipse Ehecatl Ethiopic expressed feet Fernando D'Alva formed Gama Gama's Gesenius given Grammar Grave Creek hieroglyphics Himyar Himyaritic Huasteca Indian languages inscription intercalation king letters locoh lord Maya means memti Mexican Mexico month mound nations nouns object observed origin Otomi Ozomatli paintings particle passive voice period of 260 plate Plur plural Poconchi prefixed present preterite probable pronouns Quecholli reign respect Rödiger Sahagun singular solar Spanish stone supplementary days syllable Tarasca Tecpatl tenses termination Tescuco third person thirteen days thou tion Tlazolteotl Tochtli Toltecs Tonalamatl transitive verbs trecena tribes tumulus twenty valley verb vowel words Xolotl Yucatan
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Page 487 - Lessons, analysed; the Book of Psalms with interlineary translation — the construction of every Hebrew word being clearly indicated, and the root of each distinguished by the use of hollow and other types; and a Hebrew and English Lexicon, containing all the Hebrew and Chaldee words in the Old Testament Scriptures.
Page viii - The mystery that still envelops the history and origin of the American races of man— the phenomena connected therewith— the diversity of languages— the remains of ancient art and traces of ancient civilization among the aborigines of Peru, Mexico, and Central America —the spontaneous growth or imported origin of...
Page 220 - I am loved. Thou art loved, He is loved, We are loved, Ye are loved, They are loved.
Page ii - This Constitution may be altered or amended by a vote of three-fourths of the members present at any regular meeting, and notice to alter or amend the same shall be given at least one sitting before a vote thereupon.
Page 352 - As to the form of the graves, they are rude fabrics, composed of rough flat stones (mostly a kind of slaty limestone or slaty sandstone, both abundant in our State). Such flat stone was laid on the ground in an excavation made for the purpose; upon it were put (edgewise) two similar stones of about the same length as the former, and two small ones were put at both extremities, so as to form an oblong cavity lined with stones, of the size of a man ; the place for the head and feet had the same dimensions....
Page 330 - Gama has adduced several instances of both practices, in the part of his dissertation which relates to the statue of the goddess of death, found buried in the great Square of Mexico, of which he and lately Mr. Nebel have given copies. Her name is Teoyaomiqui, which means, to die in sacred war, "or in defence of the gods;" and she is the proper companion of Huitzilopochtli, the god of war.
Page 388 - ... greatest probability that the inscription owes its origin to tribes from the Pyrenean peninsula, who in very remote ages may be supposed to have visited the Transatlantic part of the world; or to inhabitants of the British Isles, sojourning in this remote country before the close of the 10th century. Accordingly this may be considered as a result almost certain of the data before us: that this inscription is of European origin and of a date anterior to the close of the tenth century...
Page 171 - I cannot see any possible reason that should have prevented those, who after the dispersion of mankind moved towards the east and northeast, from having reached the extremities of Asia, and passed over to America, within five hundred years after the flood. However small may have been the number of those first emigrants, an equal number of years would have been more than sufficient to occupy, in their own way, every part of...
Page 195 - Society, Vol. i, p. 203) he dismissed them entirely from historical consideration with the words: "The tradition respecting the Toltecs ascends to so remote a date, and is so obscure and intermixed with mythological fables, that it is impossible to designate either the locality of their primitive abodes, the time when they first appeared in the vicinity of the Valley of Mexico, or whether they were preceded by nations speaking the same or different languages.
Page 206 - Indians were constantly resorting to him : a man who had quarrelled with his neighbour ; a wife who had been badly treated by her husband ; a father whose son had been carried off as a soldier : a young girl deserted by her lover : all who were in trouble or affliction came to him for advice and consolation, and none went away without it. And, besides this, he was principal director of all the public business of the town, the right hand of the alcado ; and had been consulted whether or not I ought...