New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1849-03-28
The American Theological Society.

cety vas beld on Saturday evening lat and large
amount OF valastle Information elected from dheren,
sources, Wa, presented. The following abstract EN-
bodiss a. will be seen muea Of general Interest ana
Importance.
Mr.. J. X. BARTLETT, the Corresponding secre
tsry read letter from Mr. Z WILLS WILLIAMS dated
Canton, January ., ls4s-nhen Mr. w. was bu'ilJ en-
gagged In stucyiog the msnehu Language under native
teacher but 10 HE rsgre. the pronunciation OF the Man
Gnu differed so much from ths OF the BOOKS obtained
by him In the language that they were OF less than
vss expected. Indeed" remarks Mr. w. "it IN be
yond the powers Of the Roman Alphabet 10 exyress
many Of the CULTURAL sounds Of the language. How
far sban proceed cannot say, as contemplate At
present only TO learn enough TO read the characters
With facility both running and printed ths, can u.e
the type brought out"
Indian VocaJuldres, Traditions, lfe.--Mr
BARTLETT slso read communication from SIR. B. ~
Norman, spending Member Of the Society
mtting two Vocsbusres of the Indian Nations the
CHETInAcHEs and ATTAcAPAs-beng letter written
TO Sir William Dunbar respecting some Of the curios
tea Of the country, TO be communicated 10 La Soc
ei6 du Nord This letter, il is stated. written by
Martin Durable Esq the Commsndsnt of Attskspss
Qs) In leO2 The original Ms. is in French, but has
been translated almost literally. BY Mr.. w NJ Csrpen
ter of Opelousss La and as translated transmitted 10
the EtnnOlOg1ce Society by Mr.. norman
These two Nations Interesting In many respects are
extinct and, far the writer aware these
VOcsbulsres constitute the sole remsns OF their Ian
gusge which have survived them. The MSS were
found old papers and letters In the loft OF
a gentemsns hsuse In the neighbOrhoOd Of OpelOutss
La where they bad been some forty yesr-We under.
stand that these interesting reDtas will soon be placed
before the public In a convenient and durable form
number Of most curious and not little amusing
Traditions Of these Tribes embodied in the papers
IL
tract matter of interest 70 many readers whose
sympahies with the Red Men and their Institutions
less than their Legendary Literature II such il may
be termed II IA ss follows;
The Creation of he Sun and Moon The San and Moon
created, the tradition, for man and wife Tie
moon male was intended 10 WHY and illuminate Al
sef by baths was ndemned remain in the stale In
which from the hands OF is Crealor us nsh' ps
vile. The SIM wihca, being able to overtsIsi The Sun
TO the contrary more attentive In taking ner psns soa ".
befs merien the pefogsnye Of ,hsodng hs FL ~ re-.
venersOn among and mas often stopped 10 no ooarse
to give Them time overcoms their 70
prey, and ~ complete their voyages sro hsVe"
Such was one train Of these rude savages Ideas oil
the Creation their tales Of the origin OF Mankind and
of the World are still more curious, but We have not
room for farther extracts.
Ancient Works upon the RIO Gtia.-Mr. SQUIER
read letter from Col EMORY, transmitting plans OF
number OF ancient works buildings etc situated In the
Valley of the Rio Gls not described In the recently
publi.bsd Report of Col T. One of them was oil
large rectangular structure $50 feet long by 20 broad
anked by ten smaller edifces &c by "a feet Extend
ING nearly around these works an actqnd, or ca
nal for converting water Also the remains OF wal
Of sdobes The casa at the time OF Col. Emorys
vi.it wa. In complete ruin" one pile of broken
sdobes and foundation stones OF black ba'st Ano-
Their Of these structures exhibited creusr iovnuA
hat NH NJ
ton go feet In diameter, ana some"na, re,e nv ne
some of the singular monuments described py MI
Snuer in his recently published WORK on the ancient
Monuments OF the Mississippi Valley Another sum
lar circle In the immediate vicinity, was 500 ieet 10 oil
aneier Reside these there are many other rectsn2u
lar sructures to greater less extent displcsied
Mr. squier remarked that, from all the ihIormalop
which could be obtained appeared that there vs." no
monumental evidence To connect tue ancient 'nnsoa'
M This region with those OF the Valley Of Anahusc ard
Central America Ii remains 10 be seen "ht VIII d
the result OF comparison OF the languages OF the moqu
and other semi civilized tribes above Tue TIA WIN
those Of the ancient Mexicans
ancient Remains OF East IenneSsee.-Mr s0UlER
also read letter from Mr. J. C. NJ Ramsay Secretary
of the Historical and Antiquarian Society, communi-
eating variety Of facts relative to the Ancient Monu
uroepts of EsstTennessee. Among other monuments
I. rock rudely sculptuted which considered as IN
doubted an evidence of European discovery and ad-
venture as the celebrated one at Dighton, ID Mas
sachusctts.
The Monuments Of Ilestern Mr. fork-A com
munica,on was read by the same gentleman from MI
Charles Whit,lesey of Cleveland O expressing his en-
tire concurrence In the conclusions OF Mr. squer re-
spec,ng the date and origin Of the Ancient Monuments
of Western New York. Mr.. Whittesey suggests that
they may belong to the same system with those oil
Northern Ohio and gives several accounts derived
from the Indians tending to show the modern os'e VI
the works IN that section.
Explorations an the Edst.--Letters were read
by Prof ROBINSON from Rev Ell Smith and Rev W
NJ Thompsonthe latter giving an Interesting account
of bis explorations in and about Damascus and other
mart. of syria He observes that there are more ex
,en.ye remains of antiquity In Damascus than are gen
orally known and proceeds TO vivid description oil
ono of them one is an immense building, which ne
describes mnuteiy II Ia built OF heavy stone ~ PAGES
long ON the South side with door in the center sno
ON the West side II at present SO PAGES in length
Mr. Thompson also gave entertaining narrative o.
the different stages OF his Journey, with delineations OIL
the nature OF the country
african LaRgudges.-Prof. TURNER submitted
few observations on the late (Germsn) work oil Ut
Herman Kocler published at Gottenourg In ls4e') en-
titled A few Notices of BoNNr on the Coa't OF "ui
nas of ,s Language and its Inhabitants WORK con
talning many valuable remarks on English " spoken
BY the natives the difficulty OF acquiring kno~eos'
of the Bonny language, and lis grsnnmsuoA '"u0''o
their curious system Of Numerals, &C
The Picture Writing Of the iad'dHs-A letter
xss received from HrNRY r. SoHooLcRAFr. Esq. on
IN. scope and capabilities OF the wiring OF
the Indians In respec, the LsHas Ls"aPi Mr. School
crsfl SAYS, The name Lenno Lenspi has been SAID 70
mean original men, II means no such thing. Lenapl
|. the equivalent for the Northern Agonqnin-iH@''
meaning specifically an Indian. Lsrso is the equivalent
for ,,n0 or aHnish meaning common or genera, sno
Inns the Delawarcs like the Chippewsys ana ther
consentsl trbes called themselves a. at this DAY vac
common people the mass oil men, ~ aisunsu ''ne"
from Enslishmeu, Frenchmen. &c
archaeological Map Of Ne''- lorS.-Mr' seulkR
read communication from L. w. Morgan Esq OF no
chester detailing the plan of an Archaeological ana
Photographed Map Of Newiork, upon which De Is
snsased, aud which will be published by the smith
contain Institution In connection with Mr sguiers NE
moir on the Ancient Monuments OF THIS stsie'
The Fircmcn of the California saihns In the
Pacific.
The following paragraphs are from ie''e' IN 'D'
Jo,srral Of Commerce, dated Mszatani Feb. 10
One asv las, week certain "syxie." from New or
~. found ,ecreted by hremsn somewhere soou' W
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