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Title: The ancient cities of the New World : being travels and explorations in Mexico and Central America from 1857-1882
Year: 1887 (1880s)
Authors: Charnay, Désiré, 1828-1915
Subjects: Indians of Mexico Indians of Central America
Publisher: London : Chapman and Hall
Contributing Library: Getty Research Institute
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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recious objects. When this was accompHshed, I entrusted thefreight to some picked men to convey it to Piste, whither weshould follow. All the time we had been at Chichen we had looked, but invain, for Colonel Triconis promised visit. We regretted it allthe more as through his kindness we had obtained our escort,which had proved so helpful in our work. Our saddle and pack-horses had arrived from Citas; we were at the foot of thepyramid, putting the last hand to the loading, when the Colonelrode up. To shake hands, to tender our thanks for his civility,was all we had time to do before we all set out for Piste, where weparted : Colonel Triconis to return to Valladolid, and we to Citas. In the order of our march the squeezes went first, formingimmense rolls covered with tarpaulin. We followed in silence,and our band had all the appearance of a funeral processionconveying the sacred ornaments of the priests of olden time. We reached Citas without accident, and two days later werein Merida.
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SECOND PALACE OF KABAH. CHAPTER XIX. KABAH AND UXMAL. Departure for Ticul—Uayalceh—Mucuiche—Sacalun—An Old Souvenir—Ticul—Excavations at S. Francisco—Failure—Yucatec Vases—Entertainment atthe Hacienda of Yokat—A Sermon in Maya—Hacienda of Santa Anna—Important Remains—The Ruins of Kabah—Monuments Surveyed—FirstPalace—Ornamental Wall—Cisterns—Inner Apartments—Second Palace—Great Pyramid—Ancient Writers Quoted—Stephens Drawings. The road to Kabah, our next stage, passing by Ticul, lies asusual through a flat tract of land, varied here and there by-plantations of henequen and maize. We reach the haciendaof Uayalceh about nine oclock, where we make a stay of a 2 B 2 ;72 The Ancient Cities of the New World, few hours to breakfast, visit the plantations and the house,consisting of an immense pile of building surrounded bycloisters, reared on an elevated eminence, presumably the siteof an Indian palace; it being doubtful whether the Spanishbuilder w

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