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Ancient Nahuatl Poetry, Containing the Nahuatl Text of XXVII Ancient Mexican Poems, Brinton's Library of Aboriginal American Literature Number VII

Note 33 — INDEX OF NAHUATL PROPER NAMES, WITH EXPLANATIONS.

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Omitl, bone, chicahuac, strong. A specimen made of the bone of a fossil elephant is possessed by Señor A. Chavero, of Mexico. See Tezozomoc, Cronica Mexicana, cap. 55, and the note of Orozco y Berra to that passage in the Mexican edition. Also Sahagun, Hist. de Nueva España, Lib. VIII, cap. 20, who likewise describes most of the instruments referred to in this section.

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