The second jewel that arrested my attention was the exquisitely wrought gold pendant, also cast in a single piece, representing a descending eagle in a closed circle (fig. 3.)

In both cases the exact counterparts of the symbols hanging from the eagle's beak can be seen in Mexican MSS. (for instance in the Magliabecchi MS. on the "mantas" worn in festivals by the lords), and the same is the case with the signs on other jewels and the calendar signs carved on bone, which exhibit all the characteristics of Mexican conventional art.

These facts led me to investigate the possibility that the jewels and carved bones found in what had been an abandoned, plundered Zapotec tomb at Monte Alban might be those of Cuauhtemoc and the other Mexican lords who were taken as hostages by Cortés on

FIGURE 3.-JEWELS FROM TOMB 7 AT MONTE ALBÁN

(a) Gold ring in shape of an Aztec crown, with Cuauhtemoc's hieroglyph. (b) Gold pendant with Cuauhtemoc's hieroglyph.

his expedition to "Higueras" in 1524 and are known never to have returned to Mexico.

An illustrated paper, containing the results of my further study of the question, will soon appear in the Boletín de la Sociedad Mexicana de Geografía y Estadística.

It will be seen, by the foregoing details, that my suggestion that the jewels in question might have pertained to Cuauhtemoc was based on more substantial evidence than Miss Newhall realized, which nowise detracts from the merit of her article.

I regret that, as she was dealing with an unfamiliar subject, this talented young writer did not submit these comments to me for revision before publishing them and thus obviated the necessity for the publication of this note.-ZELIA NUTTALL.

NECROLOGY

COLOMBIA recently mourned the death of one of her distinguished journalists and statesmen, Dr. Guillermo Camacho Carrizosa, who died suddenly at Cachipay on September 3, 1932. Born at Bogota in 1876, he entered public life at an early age and on various occasions was a member of the municipal council of Bogota, the departmental assembly of Cundinamarca, and the upper and lower houses of the National Congress. In 1909 he was appointed Minister of Foreign Affairs and some years later represented his country in France, Italy, and Spain as Minister Plenipotentiary. Upon his return to Colombia he served for some years as Governor of Cundinamarca. At the time. of his death he was a member of the advisory board of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

CHILE lost one of her prominent public men by the demise last July of Don Eliodoro Yáñez Ponce de León. Born in Santiago on May 6, 1860, he was educated at the National Institute and the University of Chile, where he finished his law studies in 1883. Señor Yáñez entered public life in 1893 through his election to the Chamber of Deputies, and after many years of service as a legislator was elected president of the senate in 1924. As the founder of La Nación and El Correo de Valdivia Señor Yáñez also occupied a prominent place in Chilean journalism.

Admiral Guillermo Soublette, one of the most prominent figures in the Chilean Navy, died on August 26, 1932.

The death of Gen. Leonidas Plaza Gutiérrez, twice President of ECUADOR, has been deeply felt throughout his native country. When he passed away on September 17, 1932, General Plaza was 66 years old. He was first elected to the Presidency in 1901 on a reform platform; in 1912 he was elected for the 4-year term ending in 1916. On his death the Government of Ecuador, in recognition of the many services which he had rendered his country, decreed three days of mourning throughout the Republic.

On October 1, 1932, Dr. Agustín T. Whilar, one of the foremost educators in PERU, died at Lima at the age of 75. Born in Nicaragua, he went to Peru at an early age. There he studied at the University of San Marcos and from the date of his graduation devoted all his

energy and enthusiasm to the promotion of education in his adopted country. He was the educator of several generations, the founder of the Colegio Peruano de Lima and the Escuela Normal de Preceptores, and the author of numerous textbooks and a number of important works on pedagogical methods.

Don Antonio Bachini, who for many years played a prominent part in the political life of URUGUAY, died at Montevideo on September 11, 1932. Born in the town of Dolores in 1860, at the age of 15 Señor Bachini found himself owner, editor, printer, and distributor of a provincial newspaper when its former owner was forced to emigrate for political reasons. The manner in which he acquitted himself in this undertaking gave him his start as a reporter on one of the Montevideo dailies. His activities during his long years of public life were not restricted, however, to newspaper work. He served two terms in the Chamber of Deputies, was Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1907 to 1910, and in 1923 was appointed Uruguayan Minister to Portugal. Later he served his country in the same capacity in Germany and England and shortly before his death had been appointed Minister Plenipotentiary to Brazil.