[American Hero-Myths by Daniel G. Brinton]@TWC D-Link bookAmerican Hero-Myths CHAPTER VI 7/50
He dwelt in the town Cromuscuaro, which name means the Watch-tower or Look-out, and the hour in which he gave his instructions was always at sunrise, just as the orb of light appeared on the eastern horizon.
One of the feasts which he appointed to be celebrated in his honor was called _Zitacuarencuaro_, which melodious word is said by the Spanish missionaries to mean "the resurrection from death." When to this it is added that he distinctly predicted that a white race of men should arrive in the country, and that he himself should return,[1] his identity with the light-gods of similar American myths is too manifest to require argument. [Footnote 1: P.Francisco Xavier Alegre, _Historia de la Compania de Jesus en la Nueva Espana_, Tomo i, pp.
91, 92 (Mexico, 1841).
The authorities whom Alegre quotes are P.P.Alonso de la Rea, _Cronica de Mechoacan_ (Mexico, 1648), and D.Basalenque, _Cronica de San Augustin de Mechoacan_ (Mexico, 1673).
I regret that I have been unable to find either of these books in any library in the United States.
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