. Mexico, a history of its progress and development in one hundred years. RUINS AT MITLA, PYRAMID OF THE SUN, SAN JUAN TEOTIHUACAN. 510 MEXICO were sacrificed to him yearly in countless pyramidal temples throughout therealm. Quetzalcoatl, a more beneficent deity, was described by the natives asa tall white man, with a large forehead and flowing beard, who taught his favored Bs^sssH^EtfStv $<*&* sf^^ftQSirf^s^syiHiiffsrtKJ — — 1 HBPlf tH^Hl BSE- S HnHgHpr 4 ? M R| Hi] 11 **« RUINS OF PALENQUE, CHIAPAS. people the art of government and the various arts of peace, forbade bloodysacrifi
. Mexico, a history of its progress and development in one hundred years. RUINS AT MITLA, PYRAMID OF THE SUN, SAN JUAN TEOTIHUACAN. 510 MEXICO were sacrificed to him yearly in countless pyramidal temples throughout therealm. Quetzalcoatl, a more beneficent deity, was described by the natives asa tall white man, with a large forehead and flowing beard, who taught his favored Bs^sssH^EtfStv $<*&* sf^^ftQSirf^s^syiHiiffsrtKJ — — 1 HBPlf tH^Hl BSE- S HnHgHpr 4 ? M R| Hi] 11 **« RUINS OF PALENQUE, CHIAPAS. people the art of government and the various arts of peace, forbade bloodysacrifices and permitted only those of bread, roses, and perfumes. This godof the air, as he was named, having incurred the displeasure of one of the otherchief deities, was compelled to leave the country, but on quitting the shoresof the gulf, he promised to return, and the Mexican always looked forward to theauspicious day. The ruins of Uxmal, Chichen, Izamal, Mayapan, and Labna have been ex-plored by Stephens and other archaeologists. Those of Uxmal, the most remark-able, are situated a
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