Travels amongst American Indians : their ancient earthworks and temples : including a journey in Guatemala, Mexico and Yucatan, and a visit to the ruins of Patinamit, Utatlan, Palenque and Uxmal . in which theseIndians in Yucatan conducted the ceremony of inflict-ing death by arrows, proceeds to state what wasdone if the priests, for some special reasons, directedthat the victim should be offered to the gods inaccordance with their more appalling rites. Ifit had been decided to take out the heart, he wastaken to the patio with much pomp, and was accom-panied by many people, and after being dau
Travels amongst American Indians : their ancient earthworks and temples : including a journey in Guatemala, Mexico and Yucatan, and a visit to the ruins of Patinamit, Utatlan, Palenque and Uxmal . in which theseIndians in Yucatan conducted the ceremony of inflict-ing death by arrows, proceeds to state what wasdone if the priests, for some special reasons, directedthat the victim should be offered to the gods inaccordance with their more appalling rites. Ifit had been decided to take out the heart, he wastaken to the patio with much pomp, and was accom-panied by many people, and after being daubed overwith blue, and his mitre placed on his head, he wascarried to the round step which was the place wherethese sacrifices were made, and after the priest(sacerdote) and his officials had anointed this stonewith blue colour, and had cast out the devil by puri-fying the temple ; the unfortunate man that was tobe sacrificed was then seized, thrown suddenly back-wards upon the stone, and held there by the legsand arms kept apart from the middle. Then camethe sacrificer with a stone razor, and struck withmuch dexterity and cruelty, a gash between the ribs * See chapter vii. ^ m. .-_~j_ ?. jt- Casa dp: las Monjas, Uxmal.
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