New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-08-25
ARORIGINEs OF NICARAGUA.


An interesting paper on the Aborgines of
Nicaragua was presented and read on Wednesday by
Mi f. 6. SeuIrR. late L :. Charge d'AHares to that
country Il gives the results of ms recent inyeStlga
lions relative TO an ancient Aztec colony IN Nicna
qua the languages and relations Of the original occu
pants and some considerations on the subject OF abo
rigina migrallOnS.
The paper was As follows
ON AN AZTEC COLONY IN NICARAGUA.
The fact ofthe existence OF an aboriginal Mexican
Colony, more than thousand miles distant from the
principal seats of Aztec CIVILIZATION and separated
nom them bN numerous and often hostile nations
and tribes with different institutions, and speaking
different languages, Is certainly one of interest and
importance IN all archaeological Investigations That
such Colony existed on the narrow lSthmuS
between Lake Nicaragua and the Pacific Ocean,
was asserted by some Of the early chonlclerS,
but tie proofs Of the fact were not pre-
scented. Il has never received full credit among
students Indeed, as late As 1890 Di Latham, IN ms
cruOlie work on " The Varieties OF Man. regards
the evidence upon tins point a "by no means con-
elusive Il, therefore, shall be able to complete
the evidence. and establish concluSvely that such
colony did exist IN the region above indicated, al
the period OF the Discovery IN the Fifteenth Cen
tury shall have the satisfaction of fixing more
and very important point OF departure IN Amer
lcan chronological inquiries Important, As showing
that tbs continent has not been exempt from those
mgraonS, corresponding TO the currents and tides of
The ocean, which have, earlier or later, swept over
ably by nteImixiure and change OF soll and climate,
HE condition and relations OF IL inhabitants
Within ten years after Balboa, crossing the 18th
mrs OF Daren, buckerand sword IN hand had rushed
INTO The waters OF the Paclnc, and claimed Its almost
limit shores FOR the crown OF Spain. while COrtez
vet struggling against The armies Of MonteZuma,
early - 1922, a Spanish Captain Gil Gonzalez de
ANlla, sailing from Panama, had discovered the
coasts OF Nicaragua. and penetrated INTO the interior
OF that remarkable country, unerrlngly marked out
10y The circumstances of geographicai position and
physical conformation. - the theater OF yasier en-
ieTprlses than human daring has hitherto conceived.
or human energy vet attempted. lie found here
region where Nature has lylShed her richest gifts
anc assumed her most magnificent formS-hgh vol
canoes gentle slopes level plan 5. and broad and
beautiful lakes and rivers and ali combined With
fertility OF soil and salgbTousneSS Of climate prob
ably unsurpassed BY ANY equal extent OF country
uloer The tropics. These were conditions emlnently
favorable Ter bringing together primitive communi-
ties OF men, and for nuriuring ana sustaining vas.
population. That Il dbl 50, We have net only the
testimony OF Gonzalez, but also OF all the early chron
lc!eIs and he who has passed over is broad plans
ana lUxurai slopes. M observed Us attractions and
RESOURCES VIII te prepared 20 credit the assertion Of
The pOus Las CaSas, that Il Was "Oae OF The best
peop.ed countries IN all America"
rom we testimony % the early explorers. and
iIVm existing sources Of information. we know that
the lEdi~nS 81 Nicaragua were then a. now. divided
INTO two wlcey separated, It net radically distinct
families, corresponding neayiy with the natural
dNiSsCuS Of The country
pou he l0w alluylons, and among the dense
dank forests Of the Ausriic Csast there existed A
few scanty, wandering tribes, maintaining preca.
rOus subsistence by hunting and hsAiag with l.,t.e
or 70 agriculture. cesiitt,e Of civil ORGANISATIONS
with cetaSed religion, aDc generally corresponding
with tie CARDS OF the ISLANDS, 10 whom they sus-
tanned close anlt,eS. OF these rude trioes Il II no;
nv present purpose 10 Speak Their descendants.
Siil further cebaSed ~ the introiuctoa OF negro
blood, may still be found IN tae W.etched Noses Og