New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1858-01-22
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IpAape," nu..ao ~ .numr,st-
, Nv''"'"I pV"s no az Nicaragua, Heh'tes ~
C9osts,e az ga rude pecpH u p,ox. ,oe az (,us1a-
sssaLs also Of the nntivts o, ". -. and psza on
sapan, between the w. w., ~. liz of The Ctorsas
the fechc, o. ,hrir ne.yibors" He Also states that
n1 %'o,'oos Of Iabasco thsFo were sroh'h 'h'ee
" sne the CkoE,G! abonnd.ne IA "o'or, ana
:, - greater part ';te ns.s} q te P"0P",
eeeo ~ Ac In the same chapter, however,
'"s .is@ares tL0t Cor;cI, N taking care OF 10
ss"s,ou If the VGrious provinces on the N"rh
- 81 no DIV ,dodosc ae ia que l.an@n d' l"ba-co,
@somo tomo Il Bcmbre Gel ca<q"s asl l'"n'"oo,
20 seuor DE- Po;opcfGn que IN "n6,. Cast' '.ar'. sg
" n;,ca lLon,a!, como ~ sc dNessc tGrbara Porqne
- ~ m,s,ao - Chontal - lengUase Mca~Gn1. sDtr.
,e.. Ak. rt.., CAP. ''s'J - . >,
In Molns's MeAicar Dictionary 'as has. 1'feady
s.sn the word thOhtdI - tbos Ccii'd; |N1"'"''',
a." esirasgc.o sorast"ro.' .
f. seems conclusive from the above eN'r"c's that
the term ChoniG was applied, n N.ri2"s p'o'es, 10
she sense OF foreigners, OUTSIDE o1c''"nS, Oh"
s.yages 10 the radey Indian populations or tribes,
and wss never used specifically 90 designate any par
i.eulsr family; and shat. apPied ID languages u
Vac used 10 designate the vulgar ~nguage or Pdtos
81 the Inferior classes OF various .pu nu''n
nations The Cbontals are always Iode, barbhrous
,eanl. fhe lowest in rank Of the aboriginal families ;
and according 10 Ovedo, differing even among rsers
selves ~ iaFgUogc," az widely as the BG~PGas and
Italians.
Heryas in his 'Co,ol0rO e. las Lszguas CoROci-
So" &C. vol. l. .. 800, has fallen into very
rave errors in regard 10 language which he CALI
lAoDcI and which he mag mes extended from Near
aqua to Tabasco, and predOmiIHted in Guatemala
HE DEDUCTIONS, however no regards the diffusion OF
the language, exclusively founded VIVA, il said
by Herrara, and above quoted. His conclusion Ms
10 its having been the predominant language Of
Guatemala, results from total Misrepresentation
Of the same historian, and from @ mistake IN
understanding what Herara says of the Province
Of GuaZacOp8n specially, 0s applying To Qua
temala az a whole He understands HelTara
70 affirm, "que los lIndiosl de Gu0temola tienan 81
"lengua particular, y o6cdtciaH q los ChontGhs
and in fact quoting from his Relacion says tins:
" Son ,os ndiOs desta Provincial lGuazacapan huml-
" edes CORE entire eOs In lengua Mexlcana, aunque
" ia tieuan particular. UsabGn en- en- gevtlidad de
los ritos cue los Cbonaes, sus veziros' o6edccto1
" muoho a sus seaorcs vslia c que mas podla, y ell
" que era mas bombre de guerra, etc.
In discussing the subject, Helyas ADDS, that 'en
" Nicaragua y Tabasco Sc habla 10 lergua Chontai,
D." Ia quail seris 10 peculiar dc los Guatemaases,
yoyque estos estabdH SUjcos los ChoEolcS dc To
bssco" which is historically the reverse of the fact;
the Quichcs Zutuge and Kachiquels being in no de-
gree dependent upon the Iaba-cans, but entirely
independent OF them, aud even separately much the
moet powerful.
do not know on what authority il is stated that
the g Chontal language existed IL Oaxaca; il might
possibly be inferred from DE SouZas notice TINT the
Tray Domingo Grijelmo went TO Mexico in lJ3S, des-
tined for the conversion " dc Ia fcrociSHQ RociOS
" Ckontol, cayO ieHgn0 00rcndio tdizmeRte." He
DAD in 1852, having written sermons in the Zapoteca
language. The Zapoteca was spoken ia Oaxaca.
RafnesQUe, with his usual avitty grasps NJ the
faint resemblance in sound between Tzendal and
Chondal, To class them as the same language, and
aca,oninates has manufactured vocabulary elsewhere
yesrTed to, " Tzendal or Chondal.'