" [Footnote 1: The Books of Chilan Balam, of the Mayas, the Record from Tecpan Atitlan, of the Cakchiquels, and the Popol vuh, National Book, of the Kiches, have much to say about Tulan.

El Libro de Chilan Balam de Chumayel, MS.]

The fragments of its chronicles, as preserved to us in the Books of Chilan Balam and by Bishop Landa, tell us that its site was first settled by four bands who came from the four cardinal points and were ruled over by four brothers.

[Footnote 1: El Libro de Chilan Balam de Chumayel, MS.; Landa, Relacion, pp.

[Footnote 1: El Libro de Chilan Balam de Chumayel, MS.; Landa, Relacion, p. 54.]

MS.; El Libro de Chilan Balam de Mani, 1595, MS.