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at the island stepping stones across The origin of the remarkable the Pacific. The last lap of the American civilisations which were journey to the western shores of destroyed by the Spanish has long Central America was, however, been something about which science prodigious one,far more dangerous has held too strongly contrasting and longer than that of Columbas views. Up until only recently, those fifteen hundred years later.

who stood out on the theory that This little community, landing, they were developments of a native managed to gather to itself other American race were few, indeed.. elements of strength from surround- But within the past decade so much By the recent discovery of certain ing tribes. It is possible that when evidence has been brought to light unmistakable and easily translatable they landed the great catastrophe that now the show is on the other Chinese characters carved upon the famine or pestilence, whatever it was foot. wells of a Toltec pyramid in Teotihad just worked its will with the buacan, an ancient, long buried city Mayan peoples and so no opposition was encountered by them. At the In a valley of Mexico, new and astonishing light has been thrown same time, the Aztec civilisation had apon one of the great mysteries of not yet become powerful enough to

the world.

resist them.

That certain tribes of North: American Indians are of ancient Mongolian origin is, of course, con- ceded. These without question, made their way from Asia over the Bering Straits. Perhaps, there was a land! bridge which connected what is now Alaska with Siberia. AMERICANS AND PLEISTOČENE AGE? But the southern. races, such as

At any rate the invaders thrived. It has long been known that the At least they managed to conquer extraordinary civilisation which arose in Central America perhaps as far and to hold about 800 square miles back as 30,000 years ago, bad its of the Mexican valley. They took origin in a race of pyramid builders, the architecture and the arts of the the Mayans, the Aztecs, the Inces of called the Mayans. Something bap Mayans and developed them with South America, and their associated certain Asiatic trimmings. And in tribes, present a problem which can- pened to this people so that, perhaps, their great cities they lived, surround- not be explained by any immigration 3,000 years ago their numbers were ed always by more or less inimical enormously lessened and their strength decreased. About, 1,000 Aztecs and the remnants of the old years ago began another civilisation Mayans, who, it is clear, never ceased called the Aztec, with which most to look upon them as invaders.

Whether the Telecs also were readers are familiar.

But between the Mayan ascendency destroyed by pestilence and famine and that of the Aztecs there is scanty or were finally overwhelmed by the evidence of the existence of a lost hostile civilisation surrounding them, In the absence of race named the Toltecs, and these is not known. have long held a doubtful position in records referred to it can probably the inind of science. It was clear ever be known from Aztec or Mayan from the traditions of both Azteca

ASIATICS IN MEXICO..

sources.

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from the far north. In the first place they would have left traces of their occupation on their way to the south. There are no such traces. Furthermore, the civilisation of South America was absolutely different from that of the north.

Those who held to. the theory of-origination in Asia were forced, therefore, to assume either that the early Americans passed over by way of the Pacific land bridge which But it is, the hope, as well as hundreds of thousands of years ago and Mayans that the Toltecs did not the belief, of the excavators of existed between Asia and America belong to either of them. Yet'except their enormous crumbling pyramids Teotihuacan, that they will find or by way of boats across the ocean. and great jungle buried cities, so records by these Asiatics which will On the other hand, they could not little evidence remained of what they got only make clear their own origin explain certain absolutely un-Asian actually had been, that for a long and fate, but also solve the equally characteristics in architecture and time scientists believed that instead great mysteries of the history of ornamentation in the buildings. Con of having been lost they had no real those into whose lives they thrust versely, those who held for an

themselves.

indigenous origin were confounded, existence. It was also conceived

The Chinese symbols found and as in the case of the Toltecs, by that the word Toltec simply meant "builder" and had been applied to identified up to date are those for distinctly Asian characteristics upon sun and moon" and eye" houses and temples The new dis- certain ancient forefathers of the Ideographs signifying "turn to coveries reconcile these differences Mayans by descendants-much in the same way as "patriarchs are right" and "tura to left" have also and make plain how they occurred. been-deciphered. All these charac Particularly was the pyramid referred to to-day.

ters have been 'absolutely, identified long held to be a purely Egyptian by the Honourable F.X. Fong, Chinese structure which is found in such The destruction of practically all Charge d'Affaires in Mexico, who quantities throughout Central Ame the written records both of Mayans saya. "I can emphatically state rica, a mystery, indeed. Those who and Aztecs by the fanatical Spanish that the character of certain sigut believed the ancient American cul at the time of the conquest of and figures which have been found ture to be Asian pointed to them as Mexico, wiped out this source of upon the walls of the new pyramid proof that those who settled in information - Centuries of oppression, is Oriental. The special signs America brought the idea with them

· have caused all.except a fragment,of] for "sun" moon," "eye" and those from the East. Those who held the the legendary history of this Ameri- indicating motion from left to right, opposite view contended that the can civilisation to be lost from the and from sight to left, are paralleled pyramid form was also indigenous memories of the conquered races. in an astonishing exactress in anto America and had spread from

The recent, discoveries at Testi old Chinese manuscript which I Americs to Asia. huacannot only of the amazing possess, and which is now in the It is interesting to note that characters, but of other inscriptions, phands of Louis Cabrera, Secretary of evidence is steadily accumulating pottery and ornamentation would | Hacienda, in Mexico, for study by that the latter view is corrects. It seem to indicate that at least 2,000 the Archaeological Department of the will also be surprising to many to years ago, there was "an" in Government they can be read know that there are pyramids. In vasion of Asiatica, either Chinese, with ease by any one familiar with Mexico which are much larger than or Mongola who found foop the audent script of my country. those of Egypt. At ancient Cholula, hold on the west coast of Mexico, inding minion, entirely fute near Pueblo,, a pyramid remains These were the Tolters."""The adven

Onestal character of which covers twice the area of the turers' came: "sailing in their junks) the pottery and carvings that have famous porarold of Cherps on the Nile, along without doub, the chain, ply been rung Guntacan and exceeds the latter also in: valk Southern Pacific Islands. They start Some

well be Mongolic or although it is not so high, since the ed, probably from Malaysia or „Jáva, | even ertain regions of India, | American pyramids were built simply

eastward they proti but

belong, as foundations for temples. themselves and secured bratër to Anis

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