The Columbia Democrat. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1837-1850, 1845-02-08
RrlNsly WISCONSIN.

Oa4he tNawdshtiver, Ia Jefferson Go,
Wisconsin,. are the remains of remarka,
BILE sun, whose erection Is attributed by
the traditions Of The lncians 10 a people
called the Agalsns. The shape OF the
ruin Is that o, an irregular paraleIogram,
constructed Of bricks haraI with straw
The outer wall is now between four aud
Ave fee, high, and aboul ,weniy'three ieel
wide; and appears O have been erected ol
unburnl bricks, which were afterwards
subjected to heat 60 intense as 10 Ieave
,hem mech harder than The ordinary brick
even after the lapse of centuries. The
stony OF the Indians in lha, vicinity IL that
many hundred years ago, warllke people
cam, IRON the northeast and, ty series
of successful baules, wresled their lands
from them. These people wete possessed
of tools and implements unkncwn 10 'h
Indians; had a knowledge OF agriculture
sbose ,hM Of The snblng,led tribes; and AS
,onishei the simpie aborleines BY The bnl'h
ings they constructed and the civilization
,bey displayed. After they had conquered
the Surrounding nations, the Azlalans pro
ceedeA 10 build a CITY, which they cflIen
hy their own name When century had
sIapsed, however. impelled by The thirst ol
further conquess they burnt Their ciIy AMI
moved OF 10 the soulhward. Thus lar Me
tradition Of the Indians!
In PrescoUs Conquest Of Mexico, we
qparn ,ha, the people inhablting the valley
Of rezcsco, were no, the original occupants
.of,he soil, but had come from country Ia
-she north which they called Azialan. The
monu nents of ,lIis nation agree, in aremaIk
able manner, with that discovered 10 Wis
consin The Wadilion, moreover, eXsllne
among two different races, holding no CON
.muntca,lon between each other, 10 a urIher
.contirma,ory proof lha. The subjects OF Mon
,ezuma originally occupied our north. vest
,e,n territory. Olher points OF similarity
between the builders of the Wisconsin rum
and the inhabitants of The valley OF Mexico,
are their warlike character and sUperlorly
n civilization 10 the red men We have no
doubt, therefore, that the A7teCs, ot whom
these Indian traditions tell, are one and
,ths $ amc people. ;.
Anoher curious fact is worth recording
ltsfuve We qui. this subject. The DelewaIe
Indians had a tradition, that This whole
country was once occupied by people
called lhe Allegwi, whose advances in civ
ilza,ion were FAR beyond their own; bu'
who eventually retired in south wes'erI,
direction from wha, is now the Unl'ed
States The fsrmer presence OF such
people here is made certain by their having
given name TO lhe Allegheny mountains;
and their re,rea. can be Esced towards the
Mississippi, and along the slopes OF Alaba
ma, by rude and gigantic ruins, very smi!a
in character 10 those in Mexico
I.igh, thus begins to bzeak.in upon tht
hitherto dark annals Of the Aborisnes
The .Crama Americana, Of DR.. 3. &
Morton, gives valuable information 10 those
des,rous Of pursuing this interesting suWec
and Bradford, Humboldt, Prescott, ana
n,hers may be consulted with advantage
we have referred TO the suHecs as en'
worthy Of investigation. Oar object is no
only 10 give the news and literature ol 'h'
lav, bu, to throw ou, hints on science AMI
new lac,s in history wherever ahe!
arse.