In 1855 the Abbe
Brasseur took a copy of the original which he brought out at Paris
in 1861, with a translation of his own, under the title _Vuh Popol:
Le Livre Sacre des Quiches et les Mythes de l'Antiquite Americaine_.
Internal evidence proves that these legends were written down by a
converted native some time in the seventeenth century. They carry
the national history back about two centuries, beyond which all is
professedly mythical. Although both translations are colored by the
peculiar views of their makers, this is incomparably the most
complete and valuable work on American mythology extant.
Another authority of inestimable value has been placed within the
reach of scholars during the last few years. This is the _Relations
de la Nouvelle France_, containing the annual reports of the
Jesuit missionaries among the Iroquois and Algonkins from and
after 1611. My references to this are always to the reprint at
Quebec, 1858.
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