New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-04-30

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mics,s and accordingly differs in like manner
| from modern pottery; while on the other hand II
frequently sgrees in material with the sncleot
vessels OF the baLn OF the B attic and the Gefman
Ocean.
Great diversity is tc De expected il the shaping
Of a soft mass Ike clay, which leaves so free
scope 70 the whims OF the srtiicer; nevertheless,
the forms OF the European vases, as exhibited In
our museums and those Of the American az por
/ tray ed BY Squier and Davis, Ancient Monuments
/ plate xlvI and Up l9l, 49,, are evidently Oh TIE
Isme character.
The implements found in the American graves
ssree in form, and partly also in material wlth
/ those found in Northern Europe, IN manner 50
! striking. that it cen hardly be owing TO mere
| chance The arrow and spear heads Of Europe
and America differ not az all or very slightly, ana
consist here as well as there Of the sharp edged
stones furnished by the country-fint, quartz, ard
obsidian2s The American stone dageers diher
from the European only IL so lar as they seem IN
/ tended 70 receive wood or bone handle, whereas
! in ours the handle IL formed OF the same pleceol
/ stone The knives Of flint and obsidian found IN
Europe and America, perfectly Identical, as IS
shown in the Ancient Monuments, p. 2l5. More
/ over, the " edge shaped knives i. e. the nipple.
ments which have hitherto gone by the name OF
I iHperiorased wedges or hADd-axes, and, When
only an inch and hall or two inches long, oy tnst
/ Of smulets are SO completely alike IN America
! and Europe, that one Is tempted 20 believe tnat
! the representations in the Ancient Monuments, p.
| 2l5. 500. we're prepared ffom European originals
/ The American stone axes also present, unmls-
! takaby the same character as the European
although their form is somewhat more artistic.
Still that portrayed in the Ancient Monuments,
! o 2ls Fig ia No ;. resembles one depicted by
( WorsaAe D. u; and that in the Anc Mon, Fig.
! ll4 No 9, is not unlike one IN the collection OF
/ the GeTmsn Society Of LviPsc.
The enigmstcal stone discs with hole IN the
center found in Scandinavia are also met with
| in the graves Of America -
! In America. also as in Europe bones and horns
are fashioned into implements, the uses OF which
are readily suggested by the form and nature OF
/ the materials.
Along with the stone utensils are found imPe-
/ nents of copper OF these some are mere lmlta-
tons of the stone implements, such ss the wedge
shaped knives and the lance points - The re-
semblance which q copper knife oHnd IN Amer
/ iCs5 bears to bronze knife In bOhemla' aP-
pears to be accidental
Lastly, among the articles from the graves are
70 be mentioned copper srmlets which have pre-
| csely the form of some found in Europe, and &C.
cordingly indicate a common taste in the shape OF
ornsments.~
| The undeniable coincidence in the cases above
enumerated, naturally leads Us to inquire into
/ the cause of this coincidence. Were these OBJ
! iects Of such kind that their form must neces.
! ssrily be determined by the common nature OF
man the coincidence would not surprise US. But
the specific forms of the earthvorks, the mode OF
buryiDg the dead, the composition and workman
ship of the pottery the manner OF shaping stone
! into indictments all point 10 an individual cuhYs
ton of a portion OF the human race anlndlcatlon
which is strengthened by the fact that we meet
| with the traces Of this cultivation only in line
which starting from the north east OF Atla,
passes through Central Europe In south wester.
! ly direction, recommences IN North America, ana
continuing from there through Central America
Dan IN
| South Sea Islands For We find in Southern 81
berin In Asia Minor, and in the steppes OF south
ern Russia in Europe, in Central Europe, be-
tween the Alps and Pyrenees on the one hand,
and the Frigid Zone on the other, and IN Amer
lea in the localities pointed out by Squler and
Davis, earthworks and graves Of the same char
tcter and essentially the same contents only with
this remarkable difference, that both form and
contents manifest constant Improvement IN pro
portion as We advance toward the West To the
| Siberian mounds are joined in Europe earthern
| enclosures; the irregular entertainments of Europe
| are converted in America into regular tormsi and
| the round tumuli Of North America become regu-
| lar terraced structures in the South and In Mex
co and receive their highest development In the
| Mexican teocalh. The rude ornaments OF the
| European barrows, consisting OF earthenware
| beads and the teeth OF wild beasts are exchanged
in America for polished stones OF regular shape
and the ruder forms Of the vases receive their
finest development in Peru These phenomena,
in my opinion, point TO an intimate internal con-
| nexioD for which can find no other explanation
than a gradual migration Of portion OF the hu-
man family from one part Of the world TO another,
| from one hemisphere to the other. 10 short, see
in it & colonization OF America by means oil an
| immigration from Europe
This suppostion 10 further strengthened by the
| consideration that mutual intercourse 6etlceen
| america and Europe must have existed in the
| primitive times. In OsnRbruck 10 the Kingdom
| Of Hanover, and in the Dutchy Of Holstein, there
- -, tain de If lluF
urns, battle.axes. flint knives, and mail clay
uiDeS. These are or 6 inches in length, and orna-
| mented the orhce is cut Oft obliquey and bears
evident marks Of having been smoked irons
| The American graves are also very frequently
found to contain pipes Of clay and stone the clay
pipes seem to possess the primitive forms Of our
| small clay pipes and to be entirely similar TO
those found IL Hanover and HolStein 3, 1t neces
sarily follows from this that the practice Of
smoking belonged TO the people who constructed
the graves in America; but il is also equally in
| disputable tsat men who smoked were buried 10
! Europe. That the custom OF smoking was not
| common TO all the Europeans TO whom the graves
owe their origin, is evident from the fact that in
| but comparatively few graves HAYS pipes been
| found. 1t 10 therefore to be presumed that IN
such graves either strsDgers were buried or men
Who bad had intercourse vito strangers, and that
consequently the practice Of smoking was intro
| duced from abroad. This practice can be shown
| 20 have existed frat Of al in China and America
| and from one or the other. Of those countries il
must have been brought in the ancient time TO Eu
rope. When we reflect that in the graves of the
eastern parts ss also in the interior Of Europe no
pipes are found, and that they occur only in the
| countries bordering on the German Ocean, We
| can hardly doubt that smoking must have been
introduced into Europe by means Of intercourse
with America. II may be objected that Europe
ans may have taken 70 smoking Of their own &C
| cord as well as Americans. But in that case il
would be necessary 10 assume that there ex
listed in the vegetable productions or in the ma
ture of the country q special Indictment thereto
and supposing this Indictment to have continued,
il is perfectly inexplcable that u habit which is
not acquired in the first place without consider
ahIe efnrf and Ia afterHard very ditfcult 10 lay