Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1846-12-31

lhe JsfkutAs Nbi-h 'nshtuud. Their htsory
The lew wtrtf, Who have ,roken Of tins
uiec are dipo,cd 10 conclude ths,the Nun
chic; are .he progeny Of Europeans, ard
mus have sc;,l,d IN MrIco since the DIS,
ccverv OF Am"tica Such m Inference.
ihoogh wsrr,osd by thc,r color their gen
'ienr,s Of character, pacific habn.. and com.
pafsu'e advance 10 civilization, 10 nearly
rfeoone liable Nuh their utter ignorance Of
their own origin It's highly improbable
thats colony % European sock would m
he space OF lhfe" teu,uties, have lou oil
recollection Of he isual county other
ancestors
TIE language might aid m removing he
doubts and clGCLh,rs which environ NE sub
ieci b1t nvithrf the author Of the work IN
question nor the schiieIsd noucss vi ich We
ha'e en- Ouutcted elsewhere, Efiotd 1ny sat.
na'iofy Information on tins head That
thsy DO not spring from The source which
has gwen birth TO the other itihe. Of Indians
.ufh,ientlv m.o,fcr The Nunch-.
- Ion the lAuet IN every respect bul ,n,s
even admitted, the ethnog toph,si doe, not adj
vance single step, but IL leh IN the bound
less beId Of speculation and conjecture with
OUT chart OF compau
10 the above curious given skeicl'of the
munehiss. the work we have eued ADDS an.
oihct deeply interesting account OF vaIious
Circumstances related 10 Lin by trappers and
Ha'eHefs, winch go 10 prove that IN the un.
irequenied pat Of the eastern boundary OF
Sonora, there 10 populous town, Of which
neither his'ot'sns nor gcogrsphers have made
menuon Stephens IN his incidents Of irav-
ell 10 fucaian. admits, the possibility Of the
ol in he x,,l, 81
MEXICO, similar 10 those OF which he ulscov-
ed the remains In uimsl and Palenque, and
Inhabited probably by the same race OF PEG.
pie.
From the nnrrations Of the travellers re-
tcrrcd to, such community, comparatively
civilized and populous, does exist 1t was
first seen at distance by some hardy adj
ycn;urcr'. who had reached mountain
peak overlooking M extensive VALLEY, but
were unable to find a passage down its pre-
clpitpus sides, subsequently, an exploring
party WAS formed Of twenty. or five and
twenty persons, who succeeded III reaching
the Sumit of tho mountain In question, aud
thence bohcld a city with all the architectu-
raj b. luty Of d"nrs rin-rd rdif-cs '.-
@, &
cat, "ItnIts uyuncs ana palaces, aulu winch
swarming population was distinctly obscr-
we'd, apparently ingagcd in the prosecution
of their various avocations After incrcdi-
bic labor descent Of almost perpendicular
stccpuess was found, hardly practicable cI-
ccp. t. the most intrepid moun,a!neer. Half
tho number Of the exploring party sIccccd-
ed in their perious attempt to reach the
bottom aud enter tho valley Their compan-
ions who remained in observation on the
mountain top, traced them to the city. into
which they saw them boldly venture, and
minglc with the inhabitants; but, as il is
related, they we're never seen or heard of
again Tie remainder Of the party. after
vainIy waiting for their Temperance, du-
ring three weeks, were forced by hunger to
return home. Such story, although at
first glance seemingly the ideal coinage Of 4
heated brain, does exist and is invested
with the usual attributes Of authenticity.
The people inhabiting this valley are pre-.
sumcd f. he lie descendants of the ancient
Me1icaus How much Of truth and Of he
ton arc blended in these statements, it is
impossible to diyincN but, as events are ra-
pilly progressing. With will colonrc the
adlnccut country with the hardy pcrscvcr-
Ing and penetrating spirits Of the Anglo
Saxon race, the period is probably not yerv
r"m to when the N stcry which cnvcl"-
,ne White Indians and the inhabitants OF
the newly discovered city, above referred to.
viii be entirely dlspcllcd. Com Times