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64 BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY [bull. 44
northwestern border. Stoll, in his map, gives an area extending
across the north-central portion of Guatemala, spreading out to a
considerable extent around the Gulf of Dulce. The fact that a por-
tion of the tribe still resides in the vicinity of the Gulf of Dulce is
confirmed by Maudslay. As Stoll's map relates to an earlier date
than either of the others, and is based chiefly on the data furnished
by Juarros, who names the pueblos where it was spoken, it probably
gives more correctly the area formerly occupied by the tribe. As this
author (Stoll) limits his map to Guatemala, the area in Chiapas is not
given; however, it is referred to in his text (2:90) as including the
pueblos Santo Domingo delPalenque, San Pedro Sabana,Salto deAgua,
Tumbala and Tila in Chiapas. He adds that a few Choi families are
found in Tenosique in Tabasco. He states also that they claim their
territory formerly extended from the borders of Chiapas to the
Gulf of Dulce. Charencey (96) says the Choi commence about 23
leagues east of Cahabon. How this is to be understood is not very
clear. The area as given on the present map is a modification of
Stoll's map, so as to form a compromise with the other authorities.
Pimentel and Orozco y Berra give Mopan as a synonym of Choi,
though by others it is considered a subdialect of Maya proper.
Chanabal
(Synonym: Tojolabal)
The small tribe speaking this idiom is located by Orozco y Berra
along the southeastern border of Chiapas where it joms the Guatemalan
territory; Sapper's map v shows two small areas, one within
the bounds given by Orozco y Berra between the areas assigned the
Jacalteca and the Chicomucelteca, and the other about the pueblo
of Comitan and wholly embraced in the Tzental territory: this map,
however, relates to present conditions. Orozco y Berra seems to
have included portions of the Chicomuceltecan population, as one
of the pueblos he names (1:167) is Chicomucelo. Charencey (95)
limits the tribe chiefly to the parish of Comitan.
The Chanabal (Berendt ^vrites Chaneahal) is placed by Stoll in his
Tzental group, a classification which is now generally accepted.
The area, as mapped in the present work, is a compromise between
that of Sapper and Orozco y Berra, as the former is based on the
present reduced state of the tribe, while the latter includes areas
belonging to other tribes. In a subsequent work (1:132) Stoll
includes the Jacaltenango pueblo in the Chuje (or Chulie) territory,
and corrects the mistake into which he had been led by Juarros in
naming the language of this section Pokomam.