Wisconsin tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1847-1854, 1849-05-04

! Major Noah is of the opinion that the ten
| tribes of Isreal were the originators of the
! cities whose ruins strew Mexico aud Central
| America. He concludes thus from a variety
OF circumstances. and especially from the
! fact that all our tribes of Indians, bearino the
strongest marks Of Asiatic origin, are identj-
| fed with the Israelites by the following re
| hgious rites
l. They believe in one God, q In their
computation time by their ceremonies of the
new moon. 3. IL their division of the wear
into four seasons. 4. In their erection of Il
temple, having an ark OF the covenant and al
50 IN their ceremony of affairs. 5. By the
division of the nation into tribes, with a chief
or general sacbem at their head. g. By their
laws of sacrifices, abIution, marriages, cere-
monies IN war and peace, prohibition of eat
ing certain things, by traditions, history, char
acter appearance, affinity OF their language
to the Hebrew, and finally by their eyerlast
ing covenant of heirship exhibited in per
petual transmission of its seal in their Resh.
q custom eniy Of late reiinquished.
The Ph9nicians (Canaanites) had discov-
cred a continent 500 years previous to the
migration OF the Israeiites, and were, it is as
sumed, the builders of the pyramids of Mex
leo and Central America, and Of Pa!anque,
Cholula, Otumba, T!ascala, and other cities
Of which the ruins now excite our astonish-
ment; and also the introducers of hero
glypaics, planigpheres, zodiacs, temples, mil
itary roads, yiaducts and bridges from Egypt.
Tyre, Babylon and Carthage. In the apo
crypbal book Of Esdras of great antiquity, it
is said:
Whereas, thou sawest another peaceabe
multitude: these are the ten tribes, which
were carried away prisoners out of their own
land. IN the time OF Osea, whom Saiamanazer,
King of Assyria, led away captive, and he
carried them over the waters, so they came
iuto another land.
They took this council among themselves
that they would leave the multitude of the
heathen, and 60 into another country, where
in never mankind dweIt, that they there NAV
keep their statutes, which they never kept in
their own land, (Assyria,) and there was
great way to 20, namely, a year and a half
According to Maj. Noah's theory, they
marched towards the northeast coast of Asia
some remained in Tartary. and many went
into China, where they have been 1000 years,
ppn3 are numerous at this day. The main
G0dy CTUS-Cti
nent, the more hardy keeping 10 the north
Hudson's Bay and Greenland the more cuI-
tivated passed down the shores of the Pacific
through California 10 Mexico, Central mer-
lea, and Peru, where they met their ancient
enemies the Canauites (PhGnicians) whom,
as once before, they dIspossessed of the coun-
tiy. Furthermore It is contended that they
resided IN California when the ships of Sol
ONION made their three years voyage, and fur
nished the gold Of Ophir to build the temple:
also that they are the settlers and proprietors
of Mexico, Peru, and the whole American
continent, and have been here centuries he
fore the advent Of Christianity. and patiently
await the promises of redemption.
William Penn, in writing Of the Indians,
said:
- found them with like counteDances TO
the II brew race. | consider these people
under a dark night, yet they believe in God
and Immortality, without the aid of metapbys-
les They reckon by moons-they offer
their first ripe fruits--they have a kind Of
feast Of tabernacles-they are said to lay their
affairs with twelve stones-they mourn year;
and observe the Mosaic law with regard to
separation"
These facts, with the opinions Of McKenzi,
Bertram, Beltrame, Smith, Penn, Menassah.
Ben Israel, the Earl Of Crawford, Lonez de
Gamara, Acosta, Mavenda, Maj. Long, BU-
+ dinot and Catlin, all eminent writers and
travellers, go to prove that the ten lost tribes
were the progenitors of the race aud ideas
found IN the New World, on its discovery By
bd Columbus. n. 7. Sun.