Book of Mormon Evidences From Ancient Aztec and Mayan Writings

* If the Mexicans were descended from the Jews, or acquainted with the books of the OldTestament it is the second proposition by which that interpretter (interpretter of the VaticanCodex) attempts to prove the first,-there would have been nothing surprising in their borrowingimages from passages in the Psalms and other books of the Bible descriptive of the Deity or of hisattributes .... VIII 31* ... implies an acquaintance on the part of the Mexicans with the Book of Genesis; a fact alreadynoticed by the interpretter of the Codex Vaticanus, who thence concluded that the Mexicans weredescended from the Jews .... VIII 55* The interpretter of the Codex Vaticanus is of the opinion that the ceremonies of the Mexicans,as well as their sacrifices, may be urged as proof of their being descended from the Jews. VI 235* The assertion of Adair that all Indians, particularly the Muskohge, have a sanctum sanctorum,or most holy place, in the manner of the ancient Jews, is fully corroborated ...in an inedited letterof M. de Buisson, descriptive of a temple of the Natchez, who were a powerful Indian tribedwelling on the banks of the Mississippi .... VIII 381 Supplement* If the Mexicans were descended from the Jews, and conscious of their origin, and that theywere God's people,- a fact which, like the ancient Jews, they frequently took occasion to remindHim of ...... nothing would have been more probable than that, when suffering hardships, and inextreme difficulty, they should have expected the quick coming of the Messiah; and to thatexpectation might be reffered ..... "Come quickly, since we expect you," which both theinterpretter of the Codex Telleriano-Remensis and the interpretter of the Codex Vaticanus affirmthat the Mexicans were accustomed to utter from the terraces of the houses on the festival ofHueymiccaylhuitl ... VIII 66• ... the various marvels which Gomara, Torquemada, Acosta, and Herrera testify that theMexicans believed to have occurred in the course of their pilgrimage from Aztlan,-such asheaven raining bread; water flowing at the command of their god from a dry rock; a smallbrook suddenly overflowing its banks, and causing the enemy to flee before them; thepunishment of thosewho murmurred against the will of Huitzlopochtli, and wished to remain in Tulan instead ofproceeding onwards to the promised land; the frequent consultations the priests held withtheir god, and the answers which they received .... VI 244* Oviedo says, that the Indians of Nicaragua refrained from all work on the days dedicated toreligious festivals, and the same custom existed among the Peruvians ...... that it was very probable that the sabbath of the seventh day was known in some parts ofAmerica .... VIII 135* Garcia, in his celebrated treatise on the origin of the Indians, adduces as a partial argumentin favor of the Mexicans being descended from the Jews, the similarity which many of theirlaws bore to those of the Pentateuch. This argument is so conclusive that it is unnecessary toinsist upon its force .... VIII 115* ... it may be inferred that altars of single stones were very common amonst the Jews, as theywere also amongst the Mexicans .... VI 492