The land whence he came was vaguely called _ualum uotan_, the land of Votan.
His message was especially to the Tzendals.

Previous to his arrival they were ignorant, barbarous, and without fixed habitations.

He collected them into villages, taught them how to cultivate the maize and cotton, and invented the hieroglyphic signs, which they learned to carve on the walls of their temples.

It is even said that he wrote his own history in them.
He instituted civil laws for their government, and imparted to them the proper ceremonials of religious worship.

For this reason he was also called "Master of the Sacred Drum," the instrument with which they summoned the votaries to the ritual dances.
They especially remembered him as the inventor of their calendar.