The Raymer enterprise., 1915-10-28

nm IN EdN''n IN IuF NIiIHI OF 4 low range
Esr SasE~I OF bills which crosses the state OF
f-~-1 YUcatan from east to west and is
about I0u miles from Chichen liza
writes SyIvanus e Morley IN Pan American
inou The derivation OF the name uxmal or
nSma, as some Of III" early historians wrote il
Is rather obscure OK is the Maya word tor
thFGr aHd Mai" in the same language means 10
fhss 70 pass thrive therefore would seem to
be ihc incoming OF The word though Why the
tFtuI EiH should AsFe RUued this name to their
.rrllai IS unknown
CONCERNING the foundation OF Uxn1al I'm. foI
'pN'nt tradition IS Fslgled bg Diego die I.apds
'fF s''HHd bishop OF Nucatau pbO wrote In rl
'f' generation after the conquest and Vim
''A'"'s q nave gathered his information from ma.
H'fs N"ll Sera"d In The former history Of thcir
."''"trNz Aitef The discovery uad 0cCupation of
'hfh'h il7a, which seems 10 have hcqr the frat
i"a'e "l any importance 10 be settled in Yuratsr
''ues TpFang mp everywhere and there f,.,Io.vod
IN era ot great prosperity How long tbrsr dif
'"fent elites lived at peace with one aurtbor co.,
are not told. hut In time dssonsnns arnsa and
tMift'N bccnme 30 frequent that the dIgarpr,
'"ft' Of the country found II ncrrsgarv m ,sD,,
""m' concerted nrtiua Ire order 10 erptrl.s ,,,.
ieH'' aud 10 festDf. order and peace # U,q
'''" "Fihed 10 bulld Joint capital, 4her. al
''''S W. hu'hpftlF shsnid reside and from which
'tth ore agreed 10 administer The Affairs of rts
'"N f'ih'9thf domain Without iovs oi fjn,c
'hE#e Hahs #rra carried ont lnfnt r-r,f,ar
vas built Ia usw aud unoncHpini frgiog ana
was called "Mayapau,' meaning the standard or
the Mayas" rhither all the lords aegar,,r,,,
and ns tho Hna step In the formation Of tra r,,,,'
rphlede7acy an overload one Cocoon was aiar,..5
ann dui% installed IN thR new capttnI a. fms
supreme ruler These cueuls laid the fourda, i'm,
tof an #fa OF prosperity which endured for many
1ttfE Later nItor an taterva not specified by
iAhHa 1T MS history, there entered the couutr,
'fhm the 5orth an alien people under the eadrr-
shlE Of their chief TUful Niu Tho reycorrers
previous to their arrival had wandered far tg
years in the wilderness without water 9tEnr than
tha which had iaiifn from the skies THIS co
tnetdcnCe nt 4 "i0yeaga wandering ig fan ,yfrF.r.
HesS Is sufficiently striking to arouse the gusrI
fion that the worthy bishop. in this part Of his
narrative, has been al some pains to forec II
ptnus coincidence with similar episode in the
Old Testament Immediately after their arrival
the wanderers beenn building In the mounta ms
not 30 miles distant from the capital a new home
Tor themselves. which they called uxmaL Far
dfnm being ahgered however by this appropr!a
Nha OF his territory SO near al hand Cocoon the
faiF OF the Mayapan. welcomed Tutul Xiu and
chem lAndn thus describes the event:
The people Of Mayapan formed a great friend.
shlp with the TntuI Xiu. rejoicing to see that
they cultivated the land Ike themselves In
this manner the Tuu XIu became subject To
the hws OF Mayapan, and allied themselves with
the older inhabitants of the country. and their
lord WAS highly esteemed by all"
Judging from IT'S size and magn1cence the XIu
I,l
IN the history OF Yucatan before the Spanish con.
quest indeed LanLa says as much
After time we are told. the supreme power
hald by the Cocoon family seems to have turned
their heads They became successfully more and
more oppressive, each striving to outdn his rrede-
fessors in acts of tyranny and violence How
ever there came a day at last when the other
ehels Of the eonfederacy could no longer endure
This despotic rule and conspiracy was hatched
to overthrow the oppressor With one accord
the conspiratnrs turned TO the then lord OF Tx
mai decendent of the original Tutul Xiu, who
had founded the city, the natural leader In this
movement for liberty In spite OF the fact that
he was OF foreign descent. lie is described as
having been true friend OF the public, veal as
his ancestors before him all of whom had held
resolutcly alopf from the tyrannies Of the Cocoon
family. On an appointed day the conspirators
led by the lord of Uxma, met at Mayapan. and
entering the palace OF Cocoon slew him and all
his progeny. save one son only. who happened
70 be absent from the city at the time on a mis-.
sion TO q distant province. After this sangun.
ary roprisal which avenged at one blow the op.
pressons OF many years, the property of the dead
ruler was seized and divided among his murder.
ers, and the capital was destroyed Whereupon
each chief departed into his own country ence
more and the confederaC, was dissolved After
the destruction OF Mayapan the TutuI Xiu aban.
doned Uxmal and founded new capital some 30
miles distant which they called Mani" meaning
IA MAYA 1T is passed emphasizing by this name
hat the old order was over. These events oc.
,urred about the middle of the fifteenth ceaiery.