In his work Historia de las Indias de Nueva España e Islas de la Tierra Firme (History of the New Spain Indies and Terra Firma Islands), Spanish friar Diego Durán pointed out that the natives “composed very extensive histories of their forefathers.
अज्ञानतेच्या आवेशात येऊन [लोकांनी] तो नष्ट केला नसता तर आपल्याला पुरेशी माहिती मिळू शकली असती.