Burlington hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1845-185?, 1850-05-16
The Ten Los, Tribes Of Israel.

ing been asked TO indicate The "probable
location Of the Ten Lost Tribes of Israel ?'
submits the following highly interesting
views.
The subject, always one Of deep inter-
est, has occupied the research Of the most
eminent divines and historians. Many
years ago, Budinot, Of New Jersey, pub
lisheda work Of great interest, called the
"Star Of the West" in which he attempt
ed to prove the North American Indians
were the descendants OF the lost tribes
The work was read and laid aside with
credulity. Forty years, however, have
developed many circumstances and dis
coveries tending to confirm the opinion Of
Dr. Budinot, and the work, though out Of
print, is one which, to the curious, would
empty repay perusal.
We have never doubted the fact. Nine
and a-half tribes were carried capiives
from Samaria, two and-a-half Juda, Ben
iamin, and half OF Mannasseh remained
in Judea, or in the trans -Jnrdane cities,
aud the latter constitute the eight millions
Of the existing nations. All that we
know of the route taken is from the Sc
cond E>dra., an apocryphal book, but one
Of great antiquity, and one entitled TO re-
spect. The notice runs thus:
"Whereas, thou sawest another peace
able multitude these are the tribes which
were carried away prisoners on. Of their
own land in the time of Osea, whom Sal
manezer. King Of Asyria, led away cap
tive, and he carried them oyer the waters,
so they came into another land!
They took this counsel among them
selves ,ha, they would leave the multitude
OF the heather and 90 into . further coun-
try, wherein mankind never dwelt, that
they might there keep their statutes,
which they never kept in their ewn land,
(Asyria, \ and there was great way to
go, namely, year and a half.
They marched towards the north. cas-.
Of Asia some remained in Tartary, and
many went into China where they have
been 1900 years and are numerous at thus
day. The main body crossed at Bhering's s
straits to our continent, the more hardy
keeping to the North--Hudson's Bay and
Greenland; the more cultivated passed
down on the shore Of the Pacific, through
California TO Central America and Peru,
and there they met with their old enemy,
the Phenicians (the Canaani,es who,
having discovered the country 500 years
previously, had formed colonies, built the
city Of Pelanque, with pyramids, like
those they had erected in Egypt, at Cho-
tula, O,amba, Paxca, Mi,lans, Tlascola
together with hieroglyphics, zodiacs, TEN.
pies, military roads, aqusduc.s, viaduc's
bridges Of grea. beauty, existing at ,hi:
day, and proving that they were built ant
settled by those who is~A erected Tyre
Babylon and Carthage. When the tribe,
oT Israei encountered ,.s~ir old enemy il
the New World, they fell upon and de
s,royed them a second time, and whe.
Columbus discovered the country, h,
found the various tribes of Indians, who's,
origin was unknown. These are tn,
missing tribes, and this is the opinion o
Adair, Heckwelder, Charlevaux, Nc
Kenzie, Ber,ram, Smith, Brl,rame, Pend
Manasseh, Ben Isreal, the Earl of Craw
Long, Mslvenda Budinot, and all eminen
writers and travellers.
We trace the march Of the tribe
through Asia to this continent. Aite
800 years we find the red men of Ameri
ca, bearing the strongest marks Of Asiati
origin, and divided into three hundred dit
ierent nations, remarkable for their intel
lectual superiority, their bravery in wal
their faith in peace, and identity them
be the descendants of the lost tribes b
the following religious rites peculiar to a
our Indians, and to the lsrealites:
/. Their belief in one God.
| ?. In their computation Of time by thei
ceremonies Of the new moon.
3. In the division Of the year into fou
seasons. ....-
4. In their erection Of the temple-ha,
ing an ark OF covenant---ana also in til
erection Of altars.
5. BY the division Of nations into tribe
with chief or general sachem at ,hei
head.
6. BY their law of sacrifices, ablution
marriages, ceremonies in war and peac,
prohibition of eating certain things, b
traditions, history, character, appearance
affinity of their language TO the Hebrew
and finally by the everlasting covenant
aeir>hi exhibited in seal, in perpetu
trans snission of its seal in the flesh, Gu
tom only of late relinquished. All Il
Indians on the American continent, fro
Labrador TO Cape Horn, are the descen(
ants of the tribes which, as Esdras, say
went into further country.
Mr. Catlin who lived several yea
among the Indians of the north west, a
sures us that all The Mosaic laws, trad
tionary with them, were strictly enforced
and William Penn, who had no >uspicit
Of their origin, says, II found them wi
like conntenances to the Hebrew race,
consider the people under dark nigl
yet they believe in God and immortal
withou, the aid of metaphysics. Th'
reckon by moons, they offer their fir
+ ripe fruits, they have kind of feast
tabernacles, they are said to lay their &
,ers with twelve stones, they mourn
/, year, and regard Mosaic law with 'ega
to separation.
They are the missing, but never I
, lost, tribes of Isreal. They resided
California when the ships Of Solom
made their three years voyage, and iu
nished the gold OF Ophir for building I