Wisconsin tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1847-1854, 1852-02-19
THE AZTEC CHILDREN.


America. The male is probably not far from
twenty years Of age as he has every physiological
mark Of having reached the period of manhood
and IS now only tHirtythyee and three fotylRs in
ches in height, and weighs f,reafy pounds! The
female. who is yet in girlhood-probably twelve
years of AGES i,ceniy aize and a-Half inches in
height, and weighs sereafeea pouldsl These are
some OF the facts; we have now seen the children
twice, and can assure our readers that they are
neither Santa Annas wooden leg the woollev
horse caught by Col. Fremont, nor the FIRE extin-
4 guisher. They are real human beings of perfect
anatomical structure. of the above inferior size
and evidently not monsters, but specimens Of a
race heretofore unknown to civilization, except in
statuary.
/ The history OF the discovery of the children.
and their coming 10 this country, is given in
pamphlet 50 DAT the exhibition-roonl, and forms
most romantic story.
( Mr.. Stephens, IN his Incidents of Travel IN
Central America, Cheops. and Yucatan. gives an
account, which he received of a padre Of Santa
Cruz del Quiche, OF an inhabited city, beyond the
great Sierra mountain, occupied by Indians of the
same character and habits of those found in the
country generally when it was discovered by the
SPanards. The padre declared that in his young,
er days he had himself viewed this strange uncon-
quered city from the height but strangers had
never been permitted to enter it it was indeed too
remote and difficult of access to have tempted the
adventurous armies Of European invaders.
As the story goes, two young enterprising men.
probably influenced by the paragraphs of Mr..
Stephens, undertook the hazardous enterprise of
finding this wonderful city, They sailed from
New Orleans to Balize in the fall of 184S, and
guided BY experienced Indians. proceeded to Copan,
where they arrived on Christmas Here they
formed an acquaintance with Spaniard by the
name of Pedro Velasquez, who was great trav-
eler, and was prepared TO enter into their plans
and unite his fortune with theirs. They procured
experienced and faithful guides, who had knowl-
edge of the existence Of Ix1mATA, and proceeded
on, at the expense of incredible risk and labor,
until the 2Gth of May, when they deserted the city
from the high peak Of the Sierra.
They pushed on until they met the military
forces, whose duty it was to guard the mountain
pass, and suffer no stranger to enter the Iximayan
country This guard had no knowledge of fire
arms. but fought with spears ami arrows, aided bv
bloo5-bo,,,5s III, -. ,..,.,-atI - -,
G.,z, sl,,+s ,.-;.z, - ~, -.-, -,
sub5ued the COURAGE ortbe ars.iI,,,+s a,,d .,,o,,
were 7errittei n .ptar rho civ, J. ,,,., ro.,
.-ua4r4ro1e s,,rro,,rl,I l- ,,.,11 -.,-+.. Go. .
heiob+ and o-rq,.,..,..l ,,.+,, ...,1-,.....l -.
rnents. and all the naraDbe-n,Ii, of ;,l,1,+-a.,-
worship. The CITY contains eisbtv thousand ir-
habitants and is surrounded bz, bos,,,;e,I .,,l
highly cultivated country The irl,,b;+,..+s have
records eytcndino back four tborsan5 ,.e,rs and
claim to be ofSyrian origin
One of the adventures Hammond vas wound
ed in the affrav on en,erfn the counfr,- and soon
died. The other Huerris undertook to r,ers,,,,la
away a g,rI. 10 whom be had made love and by
her was BETRAYED. and " sacrificed In Fna form,
unon the high altar Of the SIM, The er,r.arl
ysIa-arez. had made the a-l,,,,r-,ra ii, --o,r,,
priest. bv the name Of yaslreor. whom he ra--