Note 866 — Chapter XIX · MEDICINE AND FUNERAL RITES AMONG THE NAHUAS.
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Sahagun intimates that the puppet was for those who were slain by enemies, but adds, afterwards, that a puppet was burned with the same ceremonies in the court of the house, if they died at home. Hist. Gen., tom. i., lib. iv., pp. 314-15; Torquemada, Monarq. Ind., tom. ii., p. 587; Brasseur de Bourbourg, Hist. Nat. Civ., tom. iii., pp. 621-2. See this vol., p. 392.