Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1816-07-06
From The y. York Evening Poss.]
HISTORY OF THE WESTERN
COU ETNV.

The last Por, Folio, 10 june, costsins liters-
~ article from correspondent oI that MOlS,
whose de ign il to shev that probably tue AOo-
ris,ncs OF the Western Country were the descen-
sants 81 civilized people ~ eastern Asa u pee
pie, who the writer supposes had made great AL
vatces in civilization and the arts, bat who were
forced to ny their country, by the sudden eucio&eh
'nent Oh toe. But before ae ends ths 2d para
graph OF has speculation, his probability is exehan
sed .or certainty. have saii continues he, that
this was probably fact. veature To al that
1t WAS most certainly ts Fact in regard 10 the Alto
rigincS.' lie then encounters whatever may seem
to initiate with ihis opinion, aud among other DIFF
hcuities he undertakes dispose OF, is that arising
from colour. According 10 uniiorm tradition, the
people who iurmeriy inhabited the western coun-
try were 1sllss people :, bat the Asiaties being
dark people, presents rather sorr.idsbie oAec.i-
on 20 our aathcr's ingenious theory which, howe
yer, he avoids by verbal criticism Oh the word
1otite, by asserting that when applied to peoule.
It may mean dark: or IT that won't do, then he
man Gains Contrary to natural history, u0twitl-
stancing the many learned attempts t. prove ID
mat tue colour OF people may be chsnsej by
.e.imste, local, and nther phy seal causes" cus,
IA all similar cases, haze always considered one
well authenticated fact worth thousand of tlis
most ingenious arguments tiat ever ,Ul from the
lips Of tne learned and therefore present such
readers As cake d-ightin tiis sort &C s, CT, with
ah Interesting letter which received by late
arrival, from eorrssDn,ient in London whom
number OF the Evening vost should ever chance to
meet has eye, Will Uc pleased To accept lay best &C
kaow dscn!ents.
"London, 2Ist Fe5. 1916.
L TO tie Eitor ithe Neso York EVEN
ING Posr.]
little following account Of the discovery
OF f,'ne 'iel, by the a ,c-nt Br,sh ut very early
peri d' sho'iid appear sufficiently interesting, tue
hser,Dn OF few paragraphs III your truly useful
vaiuaoie aud respectable paper will greatly oelisa
"isny ut your fri-n mis- Oh tus side Of the water,
"ho viii re happy 10 give publicity in any Of their
parersa TO such remarks rs you may be pleased TO
express.
1T appears from the very ruany quotations
ircm VARIOUS publications. which have been selected
by The bes, British auiiqualaas, both ancient and
modem, that P.res Aiadoc Ap Owen Guyneth, a
Weieh FRINGE. discovered Am riea, ia the wear
ll70-three hundr. AID t.gentv-two years bsfore
the first voysse msd- b. Columbus and the same
= i'ice planted colony on tho west side of tie
Mi;s ss'ppi, the descendants Of whom are said to
suhsst IA or near tue same place by above an
.unare! eresltsble sGthOrs, who have particularly
express IL and the fact isrecognized in aneient
" eieh poetry, which existed long before th { first
voyage Was performed 10y Columbus.
90 he Iasi writer's on tuis subject are, DIR. Will
iams, Rector OF Sydenham, who has issued two
pub! cations, ard the Rev. Geo Burler, A. N. late
OF Coventry, who kas issued one all of which are
repiete with interesting Intelligence oa ibis point
! These books have been psrnsed by Richard Mae
key, chief mate of the Maria, capt. Miller, bound
10 New-YoylS
"for further proof please to look into James
Howell,s Letters yol. ., T. n, concerning the au-
cent Brito"s, and yoa viii fnd that Made APP
owen, Prince Of Wales, made two voyages 10 A
nerics at the time before mentioned. See also the
Sd volume of the Voyages Of the English ma
! ton, by Richard Husluyt, student Of Christ
Church, Oxford, page /. See also, Pasett's
Chrsiianography, p. Il. See Also 81 and last
vols OF the Turkish Spy, p. ooa. Also, PurchasJ'
Pilgrimage, vol s. p 500. Also, Brouehton, who
says that the faith If Christ preached in Ame-
rice, by some of our first pre- ates, who preached
IN Britain. Also, Geo. Abbott, Loryl-hrchbshop of
Canierbury's History OF the World, p. 255-5G-57,
who irt-rnls us that king Arthur had some know
! ledge OF America, and that Prince of Wales first
iou9d II ont. See also te Wells. Camhiis, written
| by David Powell and Sir John Price, Knight y, 225,
| translated into English by iismpa-y Love, gen
| temao, where YOU viii ind the reasons whsh in
| euetd the Prince Msdoc hp Owen Guyneth 10
travel. See slso Sir r. alter Raeish's History of
he World Sir Thomas Herbert's Trayc!i INTO
Persla, p. 355, Aona Antigua, By Henry Row
lands, p. III. Also, Tie Areaeo.ogia, by Edward
Lloytl.
Gle character and abilities Of some of these
an'hors, = sp etluliy mentioned in Guthrie's
G oSrapIy, p. 295.
81 am, Sir, it'll greatrespeet,
Your most GSedent
s. And humble servant,
"JOldN CHIFFITHS,