The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1852-05-05

TO few Insignificant individuals, ,dimln-
utise in stature, and imbecie In Intel.
lect.
Here we have the origin OF the Aztet
children. We again quote from the
National Inteiigeneer:
We must pass over the ingenious plans
contriyed by our travellers to make their
escape. Suffice 1t to say, they were
eventually successful, though velasquez
alone lived to see their accomplishment.
Poor Hammond fingered and died Of hi,
wounds. Huertis married one Of the
fair lximatans, and thinking TO bring
her away with him, confided 10 her
his plans bot she betrayed him, and
lie suffered horrible death. Velasquez
was more successful. lie formed an in,
innate friendship with priest named
Vaalpeo whose Imagination he at last
filled with so strong desire TO see the
world, that he consented to elope with
him. Vaalpeor was the guardian Of two
Of The orphan Kaahas. for whose care
through life he was bound by the most SOL
emu religious obligations. Ii was there,
fore determined that he should take them
with him. Every thing having been
made ready for their escape, Velasqu ez,
with fifteen or twenty of mis- followers,
des cended from the walls of the city
in the night BY means of ropes, ,nd
swan across the moa,. and repaired 10
a retreat two or three miles dlsia where
Yaalpeor had taken care 10 have mules
in readiness, aud where the Two Kaani
children had been previously carried
QUITO spend short time for their health.
The whole party Immediately mounted
and hsstened out of the valley. Their
departure was soon discovered. and they
were ho,ly pursued b, party Of horse-
men. and some fighting followed, in
which the boy MAimoreceived a slight
wound of which he still carries the scar.
| No other dansee was received by the
travellers, and by break Of day they
were On mountainous ridge many
leagues from Iximuya."
In fourteen days they reached Ocos-
lingo. ahe! great suffering. Here Vel.
asquex dismissed his faithful Indian
guides. and here poor vaalpeor died
from the fatigues Of the journey. Veil
asquex, with the Two Aztec children.
lreached San Salvador about the middle
Of February, where the children were
objects Of interest. aud he was advised
10 send them to Europe for exhibition.
Blu, the lucky stars of the United States
somehow or other turned them in this
direction, and they arrived in New York
"via Jamaica"
The exhibitors Of the children can
not well avoid making fortune, if the
little creatures will live a few years
longer. The clergymen and doctors Of
the city have given in their allegiance,
and pronounce them call right" The
l"authorities" are also moving in the mat
ter. A few day since, we saw beau
,iful gold watch and chain, valued at
some 500. that were presented,a as tokens
of admiration, to the little Ixin1ayans.b by
His Honor, Mayor Kingsland. MIR.
Knox, the exhibitor, has a small carved
stone image once used as an idol in Mex.
Ico. and which was brough, to This city
from Chapultepec. by Lieut.. Gibbs Of
the U. S. Army. The features Of this
image slrikingly resemble those Of the
Aztecs; and whenever the latter see il,
they caress aud foudle il in manner
which plainly indicates that they have
seen something OF the kind before.
When il was first shown by the lady who
presented il to Mr.. Knox, the boy, Max
mo, danced with delight, and when il
was taken from him he wep, and moan
ed most piieously. This strongly cur
roborates a portion oi their history as
set forth in the pamphlet.
Their musical propensities are very
strong. The boy is constantly playing
small fiddle, that some one has given
him aud the girls chief delight is a lit
tie music box, which seems to puzzle
+ her sldIy. She holds il to her ear turns
it over peers at il all round sets il down,
stands ii on end puts il to her ear again
and gives up The idea Of solving the mys-
terry. In a few minutes, however, she
repeats the same operations again, with
a like result aud thus she keeps OH
from day to day,
Mr.. Morris, the director Of The exhib-
ilion, has made arrangements 10 GO TO
London, Paris and other Europeon cili>
es during the summer lie will reap a
rich harvest IN Europe; aud il is doubt
fu whether The Azlecs will ever revisit
this country. We much fear that the
indIcemenls to remain in the Old World
will be so strong, that Mr.. NJ. will nev,
er give US another opportunity to gaze