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Here I dismissed my men from Tenosique, who had shown discontent during the whole expedition, and accepted Mr. Molina's kind invitation to go down the Chacamáx in one of the cayucos of the firm of Romano, as far as the Usumatsintla and to Montecristo, lying just below the confluence of the two rivers. Thence the return by steamer to my little house at our station in Tenosique offered no further difficulties.
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During the last days of our stay Heaven favored us with the most glorious weather. On the 12th of September we began our return march, without however taking leave of our Lacantun friends, since they had expressed their intention of accompanying us as far as Tinieblas. Arrived at the Paso del Chocolhá, we made ourselves comfortable in the large champa belonging to the Indians, who likewise arrived toward evening.
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intercourse with us when Māx was not present, and willingly gave me all the information I desired. I questioned the people very closely as to whether they knew of any ruins in the forests of this region. Unfortunately, absolute ignorance seemed to prevail among them in regard to the matter. Indeed, I had already convinced myself of the fact that cities built of stone had never existed in the neighborhood of Pethá.
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previously heating the stone red-hot, but this is not always done. The cleaving is effected by means of a piece of deer-horn, especially prepared for this purpose, and by means of this elastic medium the blow of the mallet is transferred to the edge of the stone.{{img float |file=Maler Researches in the Central Portion of the Usumatsintla Valley p37 fig 12.png |width=200px |align=left|cap={{sc|Fig. 12. - Package of Flint Flakes, from which Arrow-points are made.
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previously heating the stone red-hot, but this is not always done. The cleaving is effected by means of a piece of deer-horn, especially prepared for this purpose, and by means of this elastic medium the blow of the mallet is transferred to the edge of the stone.{{img float |file=Maler Researches in the Central Portion of the Usumatsintla Valley p37 fig 12.png |width=200px |align=left|cap={{sc|Fig. 12. - Package of Flint Flakes, from which Arrow-points are made.
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It is hardly to be expected that a remnant of those ancient breeds of dogs — ''Techichi'' , ''Xoloitscuintli''. ''Itscuintepotsotli'' — should still be preserved among the Lacantuns. All the lumbermen who had come in contact with these Indians had seen only dogs of the same breed as those found everywhere in Mexico. There were only a few domestic animals to be seen on Māx's premises . The only mammals were dogs , which are always tied up, and belong to the present modern breed.
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previously heating the stone red-hot, but this is not always done. The cleaving is effected by means of a piece of deer-horn, especially prepared for this purpose, and by means of this elastic medium the blow of the mallet is transferred to the edge of the stone.{{img float |file=Maler Researches in the Central Portion of the Usumatsintla Valley p37 fig 12.png |width=200px |align=left|cap={{sc|Fig. 12. - Package of Flint Flakes, from which Arrow-points are made.
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Hoping to throw light upon the still more important question as to the kind of pictorial representations still made by these Indians and whether they are of a hieroglyphic character, I looked about me very carefully in Māx's huts, but of course without exciting the suspicion of the people. I regret to say that nothing bearing upon this matter could be found.
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previously heating the stone red-hot, but this is not always done. The cleaving is effected by means of a piece of deer-horn, especially prepared for this purpose, and by means of this elastic medium the blow of the mallet is 1-2. Package of Flint Flakes, fkom which Aiirow-points are made. transferred to the edge of the stone. The layers thus obtained (Figs. 12, 13) then receive the desired shape and an edge (Fig. 14), by means of a piece of an old knife (now made of iron).
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a, bow; b, bird bolt; c, wooden-pointed arrow for samll game; d, stone-pointed monkey arrow; e, stone-pointed arrow for large game. ⅛. the ends. Each end is firmly wound with a small cord, which is covered with resin, but the horns themselves are left free to receive the end loops of the bow-string, which is made of an agave cord, the windings of the small cord preventing the string from slipping when the bow is drawn.
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The bows ( [[Page:Researches in the Central Portion of the Usumatsintla Valley.djvu/44| Fig. 11 ]] ) are usually made of ''guayacan'', or ''xibé'', or else of ''chicozapote''. The length of the men's bows varies from one hundred and fifty to one hundred and seventy centimetres, that of the larger boys from one hundred and twenty-five to one hundred and thirty-five centimetres. All the bows are thicker towards the middle and taper very much toward The bows (Fig.
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small size (9 X 12 cm.) give a distinct picture of the features and dress of the men, women, and cliildren (Plate VI, 3, 4, 5). The men wear an ample shirt-like garment, of strong, somewhat coarse cotton material, which reaches down to the calves of their legs ; but on their hunting expeditions or on journeys they wear a garment of extra-coarse fleecy material.
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Although this people, so simple in its wants, is incapable of genuine joy, a certain feeling of general satisfaction, nevertheless, became evident among them. Meanwhile I had set up the small camera in order to take a few photographs before this pleasant mood should vanish. As my brightly varnished camera with its brass mountings was a pretty sight when set up on its slender tripod, the people were not at all frightened by this magic box.
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pour of rain. We therefore took our leave, and lost no time in reaching the nearest tree-bridge. We notched the slippery surface of the trunlc with our machetes, so that this passage lost much of its peril. Then after reaching the point which brought us in line with the dead brother's milpa, we cut our way directly through the forest and without much difficulty reached the abandoned group of huts.
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Māx was not at all overjoyed at our arrival, but resigned himself to the inevitable. He promised us provisions — maize bread, ''potsol'', ''māxcal'', etc. - for the next day, when I was to visit him again with my men. For the present I found myself compelled to return as quickly as possible to the camp, as the day was near its end and we were threatened with a {{hws| down |downpour}} Māx was not at all overjoyed at our arrival, but resigned himself to the inevitable.
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Chankin first took a path to the large waterfall. The river, which was very full at this season, rushed with tremendous force downward over terraced rocks into the lake. Our Indian took his way unconcernedly through the midst of this mass of water. I had had a stout walking-stick cut for myself, and there was nothing for me to do but to follow the man or to stay behind.
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Chankin, who had learned a little Spanish in his frequent intercourse with the neighboring monterías, was a robust man in middle life, and was dressed in a shirt-like garment of coarse cotton. Long raven-black hair surrounded his beardless face, which was of a genuine Indian cast. His wife was of smaller frame, and was also dressed in cotton; her face and arms were badly bitten by flies. A fine set of bow and arrows wrapped in bark lay on the bottom of the cayuco.
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over it with small pieces of wax a large sheet of the transparent paper, and standing on a projecting rock, as best I could, I proceeded to make the tracing. Scarcely had I finished this somewhat trying task when my men told me that an Indian boat was coining toward us. I told the men to quietly await its arrival.
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Chankin, who had learned a little Spanish in his frequent intercourse with the neighboring monterías, was a robust man in middle life, and was dressed in a shirt-like garment of coarse cotton. Long raven-black hair surrounded his beardless face, which was of a genuine Indian cast. His wife was of smaller frame, and was also dressed in cotton; her face and arms were badly bitten by flies. A fine set of bow and arrows wrapped in bark lay on the bottom of the cayuco.
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project four comblike droppings. This little picture most resembles certain perforated vessels in which the women wash the maize, which has been soaked in lime water. There are several more red hands above the perforated pot and the foot at a distance of about seven metres above the surface of the water. Is it possible that this picture on the rock indicates the grave of a woman ?
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the lake has no beach; but I think it probable that ducks, herons, and pelicans frequent the lake in the dry season when the water has fallen perhaps full five metres and large portions of the shore are above water. We found the water very deep everywhere, and therefore used only oars and never poles. Returning from the southwest arm, we skirted the southern shore and the inlets on that side, and came to an exceedingly beautiful soutliern passage, which led back to the main or large eastern basin.
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character. The smoke had colored these vessels a beautiful dark-brown. From the rafters also hung bundles of tobacco leaves, which were most carefully wrapped in banana leaves. My men could not resist the temptation of taking a few of these for their own use. Several bows and arrows and other small trifles lay on the timbers at the base of the roof or hung on the vertical poles of the walls.
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I had photographed them, I quickly put the vessels back in their places. Luxuriantly tall maize surrounded the huts, but there was a space left in which bloomed the beautiful yellow Simpalxochitl and the Espuelas — red dotted with white. There was also a little bed of Yerba buena.
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dwellings, which were surrounded by several small huts, which served for kitchens, sleeping-rooms, and shelters for small domestic animals. All were made entirely of poles roofed over with palmleaves. The two main houses and the adjacent huts were filled with household implements of every description, and gave a very complete idea of what the present Maya-Lacantun industry can produce in the way of articles for household use.
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dwellings, which were surrounded by several small huts, which served for kitchens, sleeping-rooms, and shelters for small domestic animals. All were made entirely of poles roofed over with palmleaves. The two main houses and the adjacent huts were filled with household implements of every description, and gave a very complete idea of what the present Maya-Lacantun industry can produce in the way of articles for household use.
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We crossed the lake in the direction of the waterfall, where we had seen the small boat disappear ([[Page:Researches in the Central Portion of the Usumatsintla Valley.djvu/101|Plate V, 5 ]] ). We found at the right of the waterfall a small inlet hidden among the trees, to the bank of which several cayucos were fastened. We secured our boats here and followed a rather rocky trail inland.
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We crossed the lake in the direction of the waterfall , where we had seen the small boat disappear ([[Page:Researches in the Central Portion of the Usumatsintla Valley.djvu/101|Plate V, 5[[). We found at the right of the waterfall a small inlet hidden among the trees, to the bank of which several cayucos were fastened. We secured our boats here and followed a rather rocky trail inland.
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to navigate it! Fearing rain in the night, we went promptly to work to erect a large champa close to the water, covering it as well as we could with palmleaves and pieces of cloth. We also slung from tree to tree the hammocks which we had brought with us, and soon in grateful repose forgot the hardships of the day.
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Memoirs Peabody Museum. Vol II. Plate XXXIII. Piedras Negras: Plan of the Ruins.
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