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Rh Sarstoon river, headwaters of, 165; crossed by Cortés, 246.

School-boys at San Antonio, 54.

Schoolmaster, at San Antonio, 52-4; illiterate, 55; drunken, 111.

Schulte, Mr., 168, 235-6, 240.

Scorpions, 123.

Secretario, the, at, Santa Maria, 31, 32, 53, at Sacabajá, 75, at Cajabon, 159.

Sensontes, see Mocking-birds.

Sepusilhá river, (see also Santa Maria and Usumacinta rivers), 167.

Serpents' heads in sculpture, 80.

Shrove Tuesday carnival at Monte Cristo, 220.

Sierra, La, valley of, 42.

Smallpox, near Copan, 132.

Snake-bite, 90, remedy for, ib., charm against, 171.

Snakes at Copan, 123, at Quirigua, 150; Indian reason for not killing, 168.

Rattle-snakes, 123, in carvings, 206.

Tamagás, 123, 170.

Soconusco, province, 61.

Sololá, 71, embroidery at, ib., weaving industry at, 71-2.

Sortilege by drowning at Chichén Itzá, 208-10.

Spoonbills, 216.

Squirrel, purchase of, 152, his adventures, 153-4.

Steamer, disaster to, 141.

Stephen, village judge at Pisté, 199, death of his little son, 201.

Stephens' account of the ruins at Chichén Itzá, 198, at Copan, 127, at Utatlan, 68, of others, 253.

Stoll, Dr. Otto, 37, writer's ascent of Fuego with, 40.

Stone figure at Menché, 238.

Stone idols, near Mixco, 15, 253.

Stone implements (axes etc.) and Obsidian knives, at Chiché, 75, at Copan, 126, at Ixkún, 178, axes how best procured, 114.

Stones as tests of wives' fidelity, 50-1.

Strongholds of tribes encountered by Spaniards, 70.

Stuart, Col., 8.

Sugar-cane, cultivation of, 107, use of leaves of, 117.

Sunday-night custom at San Antonio, 104. worship at Belehú, 88.

Sunflowers, 8, 22, 32, 33.

Sweet, Mr., joins writer at Chichén Itzá, his valuable help, 202, 208, 211.

TABASCO, province, old map of, 244, ruins in, 252-3. river, 61, 212. Cortés at, 195-6, 244.

Tacaná, volcano, 7.

Tactic, hamlet, 105.

Tajamulco, Volcano, 7.

Takinsakún, ruins near, 181.

Taltusas or gophers (Geomys hispidius), 33.

Tamagás, poisonous snakes, 123, 170.

Tanuh and his descendants, caciques of Utatlan, 67.

Tapir, 174.

Tayasal, island stronghold, 70, 232, headquarters of the Itzá tribe, 245, visited by Cortés, ib., missionary expeditions to, 245-8, betrayed, 248; Ursua's expedition to, ib., buildings at, 249; becomes an insignificant village, ib.

Teal, 216.

Tecpan, 60.

Tecum, cacique of Utatlan, 67.

Tehuantepec, gulf of, heavy seas of, 6. Isthmus, Maya settlements east of, 242-3.

Temples, at Menché, 238. at Palonque, Temple of the Cross, 227-8, 238. Temple of the Foliated Cross, 227-8. Temple of Inscriptions, ib. at Tikál, 233.

Tenosique, falls above, 168; 215, 240, 245.

Teotihuacan, Mexico, ruins at, 242, 252.

Tepititan, 245.

Thomae, Mr. and Mrs., their hospitality, 90, 105.

Thompson, Mr. E., his work at the ruins of Labná, 198, 202.

Tierra de guerra, Tuzulutlan, 96.

Tiger, altar carved in shape of, at Chichén Itzá, 207.