. Contributions to North American ethnology. Vol. I-VII, IX. Indians of North America; Ethnology. This character (Fig-. 50) has already been referred t;0 as occurring on Plates XX-XXIII of the Manuscript and 25-28 of the Codex, and as being used to denote the "stone heap" on which the Uayeb idols were placed. The reasons given for this belief I think wan-ant me in assuming it to be codTect. Referring to the Lexicon we find that j^ii' signifies "a stone serving- to form the divisions in a Fig. 50. Katun or cycle"; jU^^'^'j "stones placed one upon another, serving to cou
. Contributions to North American ethnology. Vol. I-VII, IX. Indians of North America; Ethnology. This character (Fig-. 50) has already been referred t;0 as occurring on Plates XX-XXIII of the Manuscript and 25-28 of the Codex, and as being used to denote the "stone heap" on which the Uayeb idols were placed. The reasons given for this belief I think wan-ant me in assuming it to be codTect. Referring to the Lexicon we find that j^ii' signifies "a stone serving- to form the divisions in a Fig. 50. Katun or cycle"; jU^^'^'j "stones placed one upon another, serving to count the intervals in a cycle"; Pi)iz, "a stone oh a fishing line," and tun, stone in a general sense. As the connection in which it is found relates to the end and commencement of periods of time, I take for granted that if it represents a word it is either the first (^^/~~) or second (ppic). This combination (Fig. 51) found on the back of the spotted dog in Plate XXI, appears from Landa's statement, as already shown, to represent "bread of ; The usual form of the combination, Fig. 51. which is found very often, is given in Fig. 52, but the order in which the characters are placed is frequently the reverse of that given in the figure. I think I have presented for the other cardinal points—north and south— are given in Fig. 54. As there is yet some doubt as to their assign- ment I pass them for the present, allowing the conclusion heretofore reached in reference to them to stand. The character shown in Fig. 55, wlien placed on a figure, Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Powell, John Wesley, 1834-1902; Geographical and Geological Survey of the Rocky Mountain Region (U. S. ); Smithsonian Institution. Bureau of American Ethnology. Washington : Govt. Print
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