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Article THE RUINED CITIES IN CENTRAL AMERICA. ← Page 7 of 7 Article THE HAMILTON MANUSCRIPTS. Page 1 of 6 →
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The Ruined Cities In Central America.
other stones in Egypt and Assyria , but , as we have before noted , they are but a guide-book to the religious ceremonies and worship of this ancient race . With regard to the living testimonies which serve to shed some
faint light upon the strange extinction of civilization throughout so vast a region , they are slight , but not devoid of significance . Among * several of the Indian tribes there exist traditions of their having migrated originally from the west , and of hostile collisions with people in fortified towns , who were defeated by their ancestors : a repetition
of the Goth and Vandal exploits in the Old World . Among the Delaware Indians , a story or legend states : " The great race of the Lenni-Lenapi inhabited a territory far to the west , many centuries ago , and they , when migrating in on easterly direction , came upon a numerous and civilised people , called the Alligewi , occupying the country on the eastern banks of the Mississipi , dwelling in fortified
cities . Having applied to this people for permission to cross the river , that they might continue their route eastward through their territory , the demand was at first acceded to , on condition that the Indians should not make settlements within their boundaries ; but subsequently it would seem repented of , for while crossing the
Indians were attacked by the Alligewi . A fierce battle ensued , and the Lenni-Lenapi being reinforced by the Iroquois , who were also migrating in an easterly direction , they made such fierce and repeated assaults upon the Alligewi that th ~ y abandoned their towns and territory , and fled down the banks of the river . " The traditions of the
Iroquois corroborate this tradition , and earthworks and mounds in that direction are asserted by the Indians who dwell there to have been erected by a people who at an early date were exterminated by their forefathers . Such is the legend that bears the probability of being a true story ; and at a time when the world was young and the
Old World ' s history was buried in the mists and fogs of prehistoric times . _ 2 = 3 S ~ gsE _ l— .
The Hamilton Manuscripts.
THE HAMILTON MANUSCRIPTS .
Tl / TUCH controversy has been aroused , and much pain created b y -L " - * - the sudden announcement that this almost priceless collection of MS ., priceless to us as inherent value and national interest , has passed away into a foreign collection . Many remarks have been somewhat freely made as to the parsimony of the English Government and the liberality of the Prussian Treasury Department in such matters ; and comparisons have been hazarded equally liberally as to
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
The Ruined Cities In Central America.
other stones in Egypt and Assyria , but , as we have before noted , they are but a guide-book to the religious ceremonies and worship of this ancient race . With regard to the living testimonies which serve to shed some
faint light upon the strange extinction of civilization throughout so vast a region , they are slight , but not devoid of significance . Among * several of the Indian tribes there exist traditions of their having migrated originally from the west , and of hostile collisions with people in fortified towns , who were defeated by their ancestors : a repetition
of the Goth and Vandal exploits in the Old World . Among the Delaware Indians , a story or legend states : " The great race of the Lenni-Lenapi inhabited a territory far to the west , many centuries ago , and they , when migrating in on easterly direction , came upon a numerous and civilised people , called the Alligewi , occupying the country on the eastern banks of the Mississipi , dwelling in fortified
cities . Having applied to this people for permission to cross the river , that they might continue their route eastward through their territory , the demand was at first acceded to , on condition that the Indians should not make settlements within their boundaries ; but subsequently it would seem repented of , for while crossing the
Indians were attacked by the Alligewi . A fierce battle ensued , and the Lenni-Lenapi being reinforced by the Iroquois , who were also migrating in an easterly direction , they made such fierce and repeated assaults upon the Alligewi that th ~ y abandoned their towns and territory , and fled down the banks of the river . " The traditions of the
Iroquois corroborate this tradition , and earthworks and mounds in that direction are asserted by the Indians who dwell there to have been erected by a people who at an early date were exterminated by their forefathers . Such is the legend that bears the probability of being a true story ; and at a time when the world was young and the
Old World ' s history was buried in the mists and fogs of prehistoric times . _ 2 = 3 S ~ gsE _ l— .
The Hamilton Manuscripts.
THE HAMILTON MANUSCRIPTS .
Tl / TUCH controversy has been aroused , and much pain created b y -L " - * - the sudden announcement that this almost priceless collection of MS ., priceless to us as inherent value and national interest , has passed away into a foreign collection . Many remarks have been somewhat freely made as to the parsimony of the English Government and the liberality of the Prussian Treasury Department in such matters ; and comparisons have been hazarded equally liberally as to