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'ars, IN which the supposition of the eastern
of:g'n OF the American tribes 10 very strong.
~ supported Believing they will not be
ieSnd wholly Ftale and unprotitabls, even to
such as ieel no particular curiosity in tina,
highiy interesting question, NE proceet! To
state a lew Of the prominent and remark ahis
'ac,s that have been gathered on tina, subiecl
within a few years past.
In some tribes of North America. the
words Halelujah and Jehovah are uttered by
'he indians IN an Invocation To the D,ety-
ana 'hey give them their true Hebrew sound
"hich Is, Allelujah and Yehooah The
words IN which We should msst naturally
look Tor conformity in lAnguage-lhoss
winch apply TO the Creator. Even did nc
resemblances exist, it would be easily ac-
counted Tor 10 the gradual disappearance oil
all languages, particularly favored in this in
stance oy the wandering habits Of the people.
mere are The Saxon, the Irish, the old dia>
iscls OF The North of Europe?
Nearly all the sborigines have a tradition
'i the de:uge, according in many cases mos,
perfectly with the biblical account; and a.
mon some Tribes professions take place az
'er Inc manner Of The Jews, and with similar
enbiems. well executed SCULPTURE exists
among the Mexicans representing Noah a.
nost on the tide ofthe dcIuge, approaching a
mountain whose top appears above the water.
ana near II also IL a female head. There is
ah".her illustration obviously referring 10 the
CONFUSION oil languages at the tower of Babel
'sa'hern girt Was dug up in the West
VI very ancient date on opening which four
verses from the billie were found written on
papyrus in the Hebrew character. Three
OF these are new in possession of a colleoe
rare we believe. This was evidently worn
as an amulet or charm, in the same manner
'ha' IN Asia passages of the koran are enera-
'eu %" swords, or written on slips ofpaper s,
carried ABOUT the person, by the followers of
Mohammed VI
ne high prices" of scripture NAV lie
iouha IN numbsrless mounds of tho West
a.coluIng 10 The most national hypothesis.
another supposiiion would make them ula
S I u observation. Ruins of the most spien
did temples in Mexico. gives its nI,ins tho
aspect OF fallen Jerusalem.
n Roman helmet and latin inscr;sion
discovered IN different parts OF the country,
,haRe known 10 US, that centuries PERHAPS
oeiare The Christian era, q Citizen of Rome
haa rouden upon this soil This merely
preVesthat communication existed between
lhis continent and The old world-wbich is
proved also by agreat number of other facts
ne arr oil embalming was thoroughly un,
aerstood ny some ofihe X eniucky tribes A
cavern hiled with mummies, eyiscerated. 6,
Tp -" io'us 81 iihen precisely like the
! Ely piians, and even the thT eads Iw listed in
mo same manner, were discovered by the
early settlers, whose utilitarian spirit con yer.
'ea them into fuel. They were evidently
ahcIsa', and none VI the natives could give
an account OF their origin. Some fragments
only have been gathered recently.
Fh9nician and Ly bian hieroeiyrhics have
been revealed, and ably elucrdaied by C. F,
falhnesque. These characters are of the
pictorial kind the earliest kind Of written
language a hand, an eye, a feather, &c.
STANG Tor different letters. Ifthe Phoenicians
reached this country, either 10y accident, or
ny regularly concerted sea voyages, might
not the lsrselites? The course of The lost
tribes, sy land journey, up TO the sources
OF the Euphraies, aud then due East, would
bring them, in the stated time, 10 Behring's
straits, where they could pass over easily.