QUICHE  or KIcIds, a tribe of Central See also:

• AMERICAN

American See also:

• INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN

Indians of Mayan stock . They inhabited western See also:

• GUATEMALA (sometimes incorrectly written GUATIMALA)
• GUATEMALA, or GUATEMALA LA NUEVA (i.e. " New Guatemala," sometimes written Nueva Guatemala, and formerly Santiago de los Caballeros de Guatemala)

Guatemala, where their descendants still survive . They were at the See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time of the See also:

• CONQUEST

conquest the most powerful of the three Mayan peoples in Guatemala, the other two being the See also:

• CAKCHIQUEL

Cakchiquel and the Zutugil . Their See also:

• CHRONICLES, BOOKS OF

chronicles are said to date back to the 8th See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century . Their sacred See also:

• BOOK

book, the Popol Vuh, containing a mythological See also:

• COSMOGONY (from Gr. K6Qµos, world and yiyvevGay to be born)

cosmogony, survives in a 17th-century See also:

• MANUSCRIPT

manuscript written by a Christianized Guatemalan . To this tradition may be due the remarkable similarity of the Quiche creation See also:

• STORY, JOHN (c. 1510-1571)
• STORY, JOSEPH (1779-1845)
• STORY, ROBERT HERBERT (1835-1907)
• STORY, WILLIAM WETMORE (1819—1895)

story to that of the Old Testament . Their See also:

• CAPITAL (i.e. capital stock or fund)
• CAPITAL (Lat. caput, head)

capital was Utatlan, near the site of the See also:

• MODERN

modern See also:

• SANTA

Santa Cruz Quiche, and was skilfully fortified . They had an elaborate See also:

• SYSTEM

system of See also:

• GOVERNMENT
• GOVERNMENT (0. Fr. governement, mod. gouvernement, O. Fr. governer, mod. gouverner, from Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, guide, rule; cf. Gr. xv(3epvav)

government and See also:

• RELIGION
• RELIGION, FOLKLORE, CUSTOM

religion . Records were kept in picture-See also:

• WRITING
• WRITING (the verbal noun of " to write," O. Eng. writan, to inscribe)

writing . The Quiche were the first Indians met by Pedro de See also:

• ALVARADO, PEDRO DE (1495-1541)

Alvarado in 1524 on his expedition into Guatemala . See further CENTRAL See also:

• AMERICA

AMERICA and See also:

• MEXICO
• MEXICO (Span. Mejico, or Mexico,)
• MEXICO, FEDERAL DISTRICT OF
• MEXICO, GULF OF

MEXICO; for the Popol Vuh see See also:

• ENGLISH

English edition by L . See also:

• SPENCE, THOMAS (1750-1814)

Spence (19o9); see also See also:

• NUTTALL, THOMAS (1786-1859)

Nuttall, See also:

• ANCIENT
• ANCIENT (also spelt ANTIENT; derived, through the Fr. ancien, old, from the late Lat. antianum, from ante, before)

Ancient American Civilizations (Camb .

See also:

• MASS (O.E. maesse; Fr. messe; Ger. Messe; Ital. messa; from eccl. Lat. missa)
• MASS, IN

Mass., 1901), and W . Bollaert in Proc . See also:

• ROY, WILLIAM (1726-1790)

Roy . See also:

• SOC

Soc . Lit. vii . 1862 .