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Title: 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
Year: 1894 (1890s)
Authors: Brine, Lindesay, 1834-1906
Subjects: Indians -- Antiquities Guatemala -- Antiquities Mexico -- Antiquities North America -- Description and travel
Publisher: London : S. Low, Marston & Company
Contributing Library: Brown University Library
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An Angle of the Casa de las Monjas. SACRIFICIAL CUSTOMS. 345 of the left side below the teat; he then thrust in hishand and took hold of the heart like a furious tigerand snatched it out still palpitating, and put it upona dish which he gave to the priest, who took itquickly and anointed the faces of the idols with thefresh blood. * This statement of the sacrificial customs inYucatan is in accordance with the Report made byPalacio; concerning the sacrifices of the captivestaken in war by the Pipiles, a tribe who werebelieved to be of Mexican origin and were thendwelling near the Pacific coast of Guatemala. Itmay also be surmised that the ceremonies performedby the priests of the Quiches upon the altars atUtatlan were of a similar nature. It thus seemsevident that the barbarous practices that are sup-posed to have been introduced by the Aztecs intoMexico, during some period subsequent to thetwelfth century, were becoming prevalent in CentralAmerica. It is possible that the custom of of

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