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

he draxn "a 10 the race 20 which the people De-
lopged and We still find traditions ana remains
Of populations in America which conl'm these
conclusions. ,
souier and Davis give US in the Ancient 'u'
pnents in Plate NLVIl a side-vle~, ana Ia
p1sts XLVIII Z front ard vertical view, OF
.LplI found in n ancient American grave. IL mas
a tolersbly high forehead, squiiine nasal ooae,
. tolersbly high upper sw with strong teetu' ana
cheek. bones which, as compared with ths Verts4,
rave only that degree OF prominence ~nlch Is
in Caucasian crsnla CAucRs al
,kull. which was taken from az ancient grave AZ
Altrsn.tadt. in the province OF Sschsen, kinsdom
III Prussia. agrees in its proportions with the
American skull, excepting that It has very IN
considerably larger facial angle
These proportions lead to the conclusion tnat
the American skull when living and clothed WIN
flesh. bad & prominent aquiline no'e and OToau
MINER lin and that its cheeks could not nave oeen
sfrikirslv promipent. DR. Morton in his Craola
Americana, Philadelphia 1892 has described tnls
skull and he states with respect to the sncIen.
American skulls in general, that they are isrBer
than those Of the present Indians, and that they
tAve a greater vertical and frontal diameter d
greater facial angie, and greater internal ca9s'
civ from SIS TO 20 cubic inches. When we con-
slider that the Caucasian race has, taken on an
average, q lofty Uranium, prominent ana nleu
forehead loval shaped facel prominent nose
n oderAte sized cheek bones, high upper a"'
and a mean internal capacity OF g cubic lncnes,
and that tie American race has 10 general 10"
and stropgly receding forehead, stumpy nose,
very prominent cheek. bones, rather broad lace,
and a mean internal capacity OF 50 cubic inches
we can hardly be deceived in attributlns tals
.kuu 10 the Caucasian rather than the American
race The learned DR.. Morton, 1t Is true, mas
nscribed il TO the TotecAn family to those sA0iIs
IL approaches the nearest-among the present
I'm
do so only because this previous appearance OF
the Caucasisns in Anne RIGA seemed to him lmpos'
able.
This same Caucasian feature which we were
obliged 10 assume in the SKULL ust described ana
presented to us again in quite striking manner
on the pipe heads pictured in Ancient Monuments
p. PAS &c, and in the masks delneated IN the
lame work DID. $50, s5l. We behold in them the
oval style OF face the lofty forehead, the regular
somewhat sharp and prominent nose, the straight
set eyes, and high upper lip but the low lore
head. the long and narrow eyes inclined upward,
in an oblique direction, the prominent cheek
bones, the stumpy nose, the broad face, and the
etreatiug frontal bone OF the American race as
described to us by ethnOlogists, we cannot hnd
The same cast of features differing from tnat OF
the present Americans was found by Alexander
Won Humboldt in the earthen masks discovered
among the wild indians on the Mosquito Coast, In
the efhsies of the palace Of Militia at Osxaca IN
New Spain, on the reliefs at Palenque in Guate-
mals, and in the Aztec paintings
We find ourselves compelled by these testimo-
pieG TO regard the people who constructed the
mounds and who were doubtless not less accu
rate in their representations OF themselves tnah
we see them to have been in those OF animals. As
belonging TO the Caucasian race. And In tacs
this conclusion is further strengthened by evident
traces that present themselves OF white popu'
lstion in America before the arrival Of the North
men.
Ari Narsson, in the year 9s3, was driven on the
shores of an American country, to which he gives
the names of HuitrQ mama land, White Mems
/ and and Irland u MtklG, or Great lrelAnd.~
The former name shows that the inhaoltsnts OF
that country bad white skins, and the latter thar
thew came from Ireland Even If this account
cannot go to prove that the people here mentioned
belonged to the primitive colony which have
assumed because, at the remote period liked upon
by me- the name Ireland, nj It DO not perhaps q
trapslation by Ari MansOn of another name OF
the same isandl can hardly have existed, still 1t
shows that numerous emigrations from haropeto
America may have taken place before tnas OF the
Mortimer
OF more importance, however, are the tradi-
lions and belief Of the Mexicans and Peruvians,
which lead US TO infer an immigration OF white
men. Guoh traditions which beVo booouas a. In
teera part Of the popular belief, always point TO
q TACT as the source from WINCH uhNp sPiuhb'
Remarkable in this respect is the belief OF the
ancient Nexicans, that the God OF the ar, Oqet
zalcoatl, being OF lofty stature, with WhHe SKIN,
long dark hair, and a fOtrIRg beard, IN conse-
quence Of the enmity OF higher God, took leave
of his followers on the shores OF the Atlantic
Ocean. on which he embarked, promising to re-
visit them along with bis descendants, and resume
his kingdom a The germ OF this tradition Is doubt
less that r white man, who by reason OF his srpe-
rior qualifications attained to royal rank among
the ancient inhabitants Of Mexico, was compelled
10 WELD Is one more powerful than himself and
withdrew 10 the eastern home Of his race, where
he could most naturally hope for assistance to re.
conquer his kingdom. lt is impossible that so
exact and detailed a picture could be drawn OF
being byt6ose who had never beheld one Of a SINH.
lar kind. Now, a white skin and flowing beard
are so entirely foreign TO the American tribes OF
the present day. that they certainly would never
have imagined being possessing these character
istics had they not seen men who bore them.
Moreover Montezuma, the last King OF the Aztecs,
who claimed q descent from Quetzalcoatl, 10
known 10 have been Of lighter color than
the other Mexicans@ That in several parts
Of America there existed q white population
before Columbus, has been proved by Aubin in
the most convincing manner by extracts from
ancient writings in Mexico, transmitted by him
10 the Royal Society Tor Northern Antiquities
In CopenhageL'6 A tradition was also current
In PerU, tttt bhtfe, 6sdrded men had come 20 thaI
country long while ago. and difused ciyiliza
lion. The nobility of Peru, the Incss passed
Ior children of the Sun, by which was no doubt
me antthe East they had higher more prominent
and a whittier skin than the other Peru
VANS. Even in recent times the lighter coored
-ace was not yet quite extinct. Thus Aarchand
Tound on the Northwest Coast OF America, be-
tween the 54th and SSH degrees Of latitude, Peo-
pie with large eyes and light complexion, whom
Alex. Won Humboldt supposed to be descended
rom the USum, an Alamo gothic race" l. 9. eau
ca,ian stock. 1t appears that even among the
N xicaDs, at the period Of the Spanish conquest
the Caucasian type had not been quite oblitersted
Tor one Of the ambassadors sent by Nontezuma to
Cortes so resembled that European, that he was
called by the Spaniards "the Mexican Cortes"%
After what has been presented, II seems be-
: ond a doubt that in primitive times Csucaslans
mmgrsted into America and there called forth
civilization, which was afterward destroyed,
.;,ha- b. . acainat than on thA mart of the