Southern standard., 1851-05-31
The Lost Tribes Of Israel.


location Of the ten lost Tribes, " the late Major
Noah says
The subject, always one of deep interest, has
occupied the research of the most eminent divnes
and historians. Many years ago, Dr.. Boudnot
of New Jersey, published work of great inter-
est, called the Star of the West, ;" IN which he
attempted to prove that the North American Indi-
ans were the descendants of the lost tribes. The
work was read and laid aside with incredulity.-
Forty years, however, have developed many cir
cumstances and discoveries, tending to confirm the
opinion of DR.. B., and the work, though not out
OF print is one which to the curious would amply
repay perusal We have never doubted the fact.
Nine and half tribes were carried captives from
Samaria; two and a half-Judah, Benjamin, and
half Menessen-remained in Judea in the Jor-
danic cities and the latter constitute the eight mil
lions of the existing nation. All that we know OF
the route TAKEN is from the second Esdras, an apo
cryphal book, but of great antiquity, and
one entitled to respect. The notice runs thus;
Whereas, thou sawest another peaceable null
titude these are the tribes which were carried
away prisoners out of their own lands, in time OF
Osea, whom Salamanzer, king of Assyria, led a.
way captive, and he carried them over the waters,
50 they came into another land. They took this
counsel among themselves, and they would leave
the multitude of the heather, and go into far
ther country wherein mankind never dwelt, that
IucI might JncTc keep GnclE SCdtuLCS, hHiClI 1AOg
never kept in their own land, Assyria) and there
was great way to go, year and halt. -
They marched towards the north east of Asia !;
some remained in Tartary, and many went into
China, where they have been 1000 years, and are
numerous at this day. The main body crossed
Behring's Straits to our continent, the more hardy
keeping the north of Hudson's Bay and Green
land; the more cultivated passed down on the
shore of the Pacific through California to Central
America and Peru, and there they met their enc
my the Phenecians, (Cananites, who having dis
covered the country 500 years previously, had
formed colonies, built the Pelanque, with Pyra-
mids, like those they had erected IN Egypt, at
Cholula, Paxca, Mitlan, Tlascala, together with
hyeroglyphics, plenciphenes zodiacs temples, mil
itary roads, aqueducts, viaducts, bridges OF great
grandeur, existing at this day, and proving that
they were built and settled by those who had erec
ted Tyre, Babylon, and Carthage. When the
tribes of Israel encountered their old enemy in the
old world, they fell upon and destroyed them a
second time; and when Columbus discovered the
country, he found the various tribes of Indians
whose origin was unknown. These the miss
ing tribes, and this is the opinion of Adr, Heck
welder, Charlcoix, NJ M'Kenzie, Bertram, Beltrame,
Smith, Penn, Menaeseh, Ben Isreal, the Earl of
Crawford, Lopez de Gamarra, Acosta, Malvenda,
Major Long, Boudinot, and all eminent writers
and travellers
We trace the march of the tribes through Asia
TO this continent. After 1000 years, we find the
red men of America bearing the strongest marks
of Asiatic origin, and divided into 300 different
nations, remarkable for their intellectual superiori-
ty, their bravery in war, good faith in peace, to
be defendants of the lost tribes and identify them
by the following religious rites peculiar to all
Indians and to the Israetes.
lst. Their belief is in one God.
Cd. In their computation Of time by the cere-
monies of the new moon.
Sd In the division of the year into four sea-
sons.
4th In their erection of a Tempe-havng an
Ark of the Covenant; and also in their erections
of altars.
5th. By their law of sacrifices, ablutions, mar
riages, ceremonies in war and peace, prohibition
of eating certain things by traditions, history, |
character, appearance, affinity of their language
to the Hebrew, and finally by the everlasting
covenant of hership exhibited in perpetual trans
mission of its seal in their flesh, custom only of
late relnquished. All the Indians on the Ameri-
can continent, from Labrador to Cape Horn, are
the descendants of the tribes which Esdras SAYS
went into farther country.
Mr.. Catlin, who lived some years among the
Indians of the northwest, assures that all the
Mosaic laws traditionary with them, were strictly
enforced and VIM Penn, who had no suspicion
of their origin, says:
81 found them with like countenances to the
Hebrew race l consider these people under a
dark night, yet they believe in God and immor-
talty without the aid of metaphysics. They reck-
on by moons they offer their first ripe fruits
they have kind of feast of tabernacle; they are
said to lay their altars with twelve stones they
mourn year; and regard Mosaic law with re-
gard to separation.
These are the missing, but never lost tribes
of Israel. They resided in California when the
ships of Solomon made their three years voyage,
and furnished the gold of Ophr for building the
temple; they reside there STILL The settlers and
proprietors of Mexico, Peru, and the whole of
America they have been here centuries before the
advent of Christianity, and petiently await the
promises of redemption.