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About The west shore. (Portland, Or.) 1875-1891 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 1, 1879)
December, 1879. THE WEST SHORE. 37 ANCIENT AMERICA. Dr. J. M. Peeblei, in a recent lecture in Sui Krancieoo npon the above auhjeot, took ocoa tinn to My that hit faco ouoo crimaonod in Egypt when naked by a aoholarly native en gaged in the Cairo Mnaeum how the buried and half-buried oitiea of Central America and the pyramidal ruini of Yucatan and aouthern Mexico compared with thoeo of Kgypt. The lenaon waa: "Visit and atudy tho wondera of your own country before traversing foreign ianda." The speaker pronounced the railniad from Vera Crnz to the City of Mexico a aplen did apecimen of engineering. The Axteo Ana- liuac, the vale of the Montezuma, haa an area of aome (iOO square miles. It waa the aunny homo of the old Aztecs, The Altec and Toltcc relica preeerved in the City Muaoum of Mexioo were intensely intcri-sung, inaamiiun as tnoy established the fact of maritime relation and inter oceanic interaonrae between the Tolteca and the Phamtciana and Egyptian!. Aa the I :uncntian rocks, far to the north of ua, comti- reapooU Ualed if not excelled ua. The Aatece I '" "o- teiivtatuttl ...... AOuptaHl Innr or leu of their arta and science. The calendar tone that now real against the aide of the Unman Catholic Cathedral in the City of Mex ioo ia a Tolteo rather than an Alc production. Ia it aakeit, 'Who were the Tollece!' They were the doecomlanta of the Nahuaa, and Una wu a conglomerate nationality, maile up nf the autwhthonic raoea and the remnanta of thoee who peopled the Atlantia lale. Traveling in Yucatan ia hardly aafe and very inconvenient. Merida, the oapital, haa hut one lintel, and that it kept hy a Spaniard. It ia 65 milea from Me rida nut to Uxmal. The Maya Indian! in theee regioni are friendly, hut the aouthern tribea are warlike." aaaerti that the farmer, having the ninat and natural ovcuatinii, ought to And life plea ant. He alone, atriotly !ieaking, haa a I Una can a man take root and thrive withnnt I....M 11.. hi. Li.a... l.i. O..I.I ! I low many tiea, how many rocoiimee he haa; hia CLEOPATRA 8 NKKDI.R. Tho recent difUoultiee concerning the obehak winch the Khedive nf Kgypt pretested to Americana, had it. origin in the natural ilialike d the Kgyptiani to the diamanlltng ol thr country of wnrka of art. The Tang rV.yt, puhliehed at Alexandria, in Arabic tad Krerwh, expnaati ite aentlinenla in the fullowiug man ner: "America ii making preparation, la take away (mhi ui the aide oheltak of Cleopatra which we now pmuia Tkle mwi MtoaUhea 111, and we cannot believe that it U true. Thia monument Mnnga to the country, ami bo one can di.pnee of it without the aulhnrtaalien nf the nation. If thi be allowed, we may Hud aome day that the pyramida are Ireaelouimt into itone iuarrtee and uael for building hnueee The tune haa come when more atleulioa ahonld lie yiveii to the preaervatioa ol our KINtiKR hock, ECHO CANYON, UTAH. tute tho oldeat range of rooke in the world i aa Cholula ia oonaiiiered the oldeat pyramidal structure known, whv may it not be true that thia ia the old world, and that the Egyptian learned pyramid-building from the ancient Americana of thia continent! "1 aaw," raid the apeakar, "carved upon templed ruina in Yuca tan, hawks' and other birda' heade airnilar to thuae upon the templee, tonilsx aud obeUake id Egypt Among the mine of Uxmal and Pnlrn- iiue 1 eaw the oarve.1 oroea ami me eamc pnaiiw friendship with calUe, hia team, hia d, bit tree; the aatiafaetma in hia growing crope, in hi. improved llolda; hia intimacy with nature, with bird end beaat, anil with the .luick.niug elemental fnroaai hie cooperation with lb. cloud., anil, aeaeona, heal, wind, rain awl Inert Nothing will lake the venoiie aocial OTMMl which the oily and erUliciel life breed, eul ..I a man like farming like direct end Uiog ooav lacl with the Mel It drawa owl Wi """ humblee him; leachee him p.litno ami rever ence, and retlorea Uw pi-p" t" h" tarn Cling to the farm, make math of It. Pl ynuraell into li, brnlow yoar aaert and J'' f - ta ... . ur ul vu an-1 liraiu upon II, aa , . radiate yoM virtue altar your day a work ia arti.Uo wealth, and aw. reetsKt aow.rtUd I" the feetlgee ol the peat, wblek mad Kgypt I glnrMHl. eymbola ao eonimoo iu India, PiimuKia ami the Eaati and 1 further aaw the oliieele.l eerie-iu, the mummy eheped aarcopliagua, the wloge.1 rod and tbo lamp immortal, ao frequently atara f a At a 1 J a.-. I. . I . u. If nan 111 in ftgypuan toruua ami wop.-. - - - - , . reaearch oouni me ejiaience eu.i . .... Atlantia lale: donht that there were commer-1 .. t- . Mt,m, is Utah, otal relatione in ancient limee between Una .j..li. tare u last way country, Tolteca proUldy, and the old nation" tame many rwaarliaWe i-iu ' of Eun)s and EE Huaho. before I of rock M Chriat, aaid that the art ol night aailing waa! 9mriag ,y of the eoft eoll, iag l"' taught id ancient Tyre.' Thai indwalee , a , MnL Tlae aaaaaae faalaatK knowledge of the manoera oompaaa. loaatuiyj r naaaaad aeoardiag to the eeoood expe-litioa eetit out by Neol.o II. an hai-wn'' " lk,, u, ..ppaaJ u, an. lent KgypUan king, reached Una oonliceiiL the whlB th m aaaw-l. The tiret SkSti of thi. king .ailed dowa the hear toJtAM g. Indian ocean. d.bll tl Cape, ami ri,-rr., c. , , the Pillar of Hereutea. The anoenU in aome I pit Rok, UovUa mute, a Thai Nw ork si.ir enme time ago Mil I a long aeeowal l the ertilteial aaanafaeiare ol i Una oLilak liy aa Anmlaaa. waa wan eeapUf al lor lite parpuee by the Kkeailve, at ike Ilea ' of the doaaltua ol a .molar ana la K.aglan.1 1 1 a alleged that Ike retaflaaaa Mpnetillone ol the past4e woot-l ant aenall laa reaaaval al Uw original, and ea il wee raaadveal la neatf , aiak Iheea laV In belief Inal at) iaiui... nt.uk woaltl be pained oat a, la Kaglaak i YVktl ia tna IWHleh in Klwallva eipUiawl laal Ibe onglaal wuld l aeal to PiagUavl aad th laiiUUuo h.pl i" aaUely la rel'atl" pra rlteaa mi tiMprieeea. He lae Aawrwaa tlptr rla l'yad r.mral paveaaeai Ol eoare. laee le aanMaUj laUluaa le ta eaar etary. In ear evearl II will at aaake dirlereae t.. New ork ntvetaar Ike eeawieh ta ertglaal or a Ua latalawaan, ara. vaUel It eaaae Ireea Egypt, II will aV We aytatthu with in Kisiaaa la Itaw eefawta to aiaap ta i annual al ibeer wnrka el art Tke i.ttwaal l a pyramid aa wall eaaniataal w feaea Bay. VVe twaajiiak aaw tee Ik I'afile MM, ifaaawv aaat UttmUk Vea.