Show i 21 maya indians indiana have been pioneers in corn at in the republic of guatemala there exists a number of most interesting ruins apparently the remains of temples and other oilier public buildings there are ninny many individual monoliths erected as 03 monuments of different sorts sculptured will human fines faces and figures and animal designs as well ell as hieroglyph les which arclie time have not as yet been able to decipher accurately one such stone bears a date in alayan chronology flitch has been computed to coincide with A D of the gregorian cut endner the carving of this monolith which Is the largest of the surviving reni remnants nants Is still clear and perfect despite the hie long procession pt of cen aurlea that his has passed over it inscriptions script ions and represent ut ions on this and other stones tend to the belief that indian corn was first cultivated in guatemala the corn cakes eakes of the mayon indians were probably the first attempts to cook corn or malze and these cakes ore are still today bodny the die staple of the guatemalan and Blex mexican ican diet |