The Maya Chronicles Part 21

Cabil ahau.

Oxlahun ahau.

Buluc ahau.

Bolon ahau.

Uuc ahau.

Hoo ahau: ulci ?ul ti chibil uinic, yxma pic ?ul u kaba; ma paxci peten tumenelobi.

Ox ahau.

5. Hun ahau: paxci peten tan cah mayapan u kaba tu hunpiztun ychil hun ahau u katunile; lukci halach uinic tutul _y_ u Batabilob cabe _y_ cantzuc culcahobe; lay u katunil paxi uincob tan cah [167-1]cauec [167-2]chahiob u Batabilob cabe.

6. Lahca ahau te chabi Otzmal u tunile.

Lahun ahau, te chabi Zizal u tunile.

Uaxac ahau, te chabi Kancaba u tunile.

Uac ahau, te chabi hunnacthi u tunile.

7. Can ahau, te chabi atikuhe u tunilae; lay u katunil uchci mayacimlal tu hopiztun ychil can ahau u katunil lae.

Cabil ahau, te chabi chacalna u tunile.

Oxlahun ahau, te chabi euan u tunile.

8. Buluc ahau, u yaxchun kin coloxpeten chabi u tunile; laix u katunil cimci Ahpula Napotxiu u kaba tu hunpiztun Buluc ahau. Laix u katunil yax hulciob espanolesob uay tac lumil lae tu uucpiztun Buluc ahau u katunil tiix hoppi xpnoil lae tu habil quinientos diez y nueve anos D^o 1519 a^s.

9. Bolon ahau ma chabi u tunil lae; lay katun yax ulci obispo Fray Fran^co [168-1]to Ral, huli tu uacpiztun ychil ahBolon ahau katun lae.

Uac ahau, ma chabi u tunil lae; lay u katunil cimci Obispo e landa lae, tii xuli uhel Obispo xani.

Hoo ahau.

Ox ahau.

TRANSLATION.

The Record of the Katuns by the men of Itza called the Maya Katuns.

1. The twelfth ahau.

The tenth ahau.

The eighth ahau.

The sixth ahau; the well dressed ones were driven out.

The fourth ahau.

The second ahau.

The thirteenth ahau.

The eleventh ahau.

The ninth ahau.

The seventh ahau.

The fifth ahau; the town was destroyed by Kinich kakmo, ruler of Itzmal, and Pop Hol Chan on account of Hunnac Ceel.

The third ahau.

2. The first ahau; the remainder of the Itzas at Chichen were driven out; on the third year in the first ahau Chichen was depopulated.

The twelfth ahau.

The tenth ahau.

3. The eighth ahau; in this katun was founded a city by the remainder of the Itzas coming out of the woods from under the branches, from the midst of Xuluc Mul as it is called; they came from there and established the land called Zaclactun Mayapan, in the seventh year of the eighth Ahau katun; in this katun perished Chakanputun by fire, which destroyed it quickly, and suddenly consumed it.

4. The sixth ahau.

The fourth ahau.

The second ahau.

The thirteenth ahau.

The eleventh ahau.

The ninth ahau.

The seventh ahau.

The fifth ahau; foreigners came seeking men to eat; "breechless foreigners" they were called; the country was not depopulated by them.

The third ahau.

5. The first ahau; the district in the middle of Mayapan (or Tancah Mayapan) was depopulated in the first year of the first ahau katun; there went forth the governor Tutul, with the chiefs of the country and four divisions from the towns; in this katun the men in the centre of the town (or of Tancah) were driven out, and the chiefs of the country lost their power.