The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-02-21

wonder and terror. To them the use Of are arms
was unknown. The young chief Of the attacking
party WAS captured, and TO him was made known
that the strangers desired tho temporary hospital
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was interdicted by their laws and punishable with
death, the independence and peace Of the nation
being thought to be involved in the maintenance Of
ii up to this time, "shile ell the country besides,
from ses to sea, had bowed to foreign yoke, and
their ancient cities, once the seats and centres
of mighty empires, overgrown with forest, ard the
ten pies Of their gods demolished" Huertis, how.
ever, resolved penetrating into the city, and took
up the line Of march in the usual style Of travel
The distance was six miles, through q road Dor
dered with profuse vegetation, the result Of skifu
culture.
Indigo corn oats curious fve-eared wheat, gouras,
Pine sPpee esculent roots pulse, tax and hemp, the
white well the crimson cotton, vineyards, and fruit
orchards grew luxursntly In large, regularly divided
fields which ripe fer the hsrveet The villages
large and popslous mostly composed Of Fat rooted
dgellr with brosd overhaugng caves CT archraves
supported by heavy columns often fetted spiral
fuBee in the ptian style and generally terminating
IN fosged capitals Of the same character None Of the
houses mean while many superb; and Of the
mofqre-like larger buildings, which occasionally Ap
peared, and which supposed to be rural temples
rome grand and imposing profuson Of bold
sculpture was the prevailing characteristics and perhaps
defect, Of oil.
The walls Of this metropolis sixty feet high sop
ing inward from the foundation surmsunted by para
pet which oyerhung in and rested upon
ola remote period, for although constructed Of large
blocks Of granite ftope, white aud gttering in the sue
rasDg ages had eorroded rough crevces between the
layers, ana the perfect -nees had become in
dented by the tooth Of time The sculptured annals Of
the city recorded them an antiquity CT four thousand
Year,. They form, pa7al-ogram four mlss long and
three in width thus pclo,ng Of nearly twelve
fquaie lies and they bressted the cardinal points Of
the fo'.oH with single gate, or propJlon midway On
every side.
The popderors gates Gnfolded and vista Of solemn
MskIbctnce vss presepted 70 the view IL was vista
az colossal etstnes aud trees interminable in
perspective and extending as II was found TIE whole
length or the city 10 it's western gate Incredible
eastern world Veasqusz reports each and all OF these
monuments ss being exactly CT the height OF the city
Of the human figure. He adds what il equally
velous that no two Of them were precisely alike ia
countensnoe and very few in their scupturaI costume
There some distinctive emblem upon each, and he
informed that they statues of the ancient
kings Of hsyra from before the foundation of Babylon
Of their defendants in the Aztec empires Of this
continent They stood sixty feet apart With smaller
monument Of come NEUROLOGICAL animal between each,
and raid to number one hun lred and hfteen on
each side OF the avenue they formed which was ono
hundred and twenty feet in width similar but shorter
avenue it spears crossed the city from north to SOUTH
having proportional number Of such monuments
through it's entire extent and these two grand
ran through wide areas Of sward richly grouped
with lofty trees.
The entire party of strangers with the young chief
and Of his subordiDaes then led into large
and lofty ball surreund,d by columns, and displaying
three raised seats with canopes Of rich rspery
and dcsgn. On the of these, which stood az tho
eastern end sat the monarch himself, parsonage Of
grave but bengnan. aspect about sixty years Of age
srIayed in rcsret and gold and having golden inns
Of the sng o. ssnd05 displayed
POSSESSES great interest in VelasQuezs narrative; but
We only briefly state that 1t resulted in the decision
the stIargers having magnanmou.ly released and res
ored the company Of guards after they had
Themselves prisoners ard having Voluntarily entered
the city In pesceable manner when they might possibly
have effected their escape entitled their personal
freedom, within the limits of the city and might
tusy, under voluntary but indispensable obi,gaton,
become eligible to all the privileges Of citizenship within
the same limits
The place Of residence assigned to our travellers was
the vacant wiIg Of spacious and sumptuous structure
at the western extremity Of the city which hal bsen
appropriated, frcm time imDemoriai to the surviving
called Kaanss which, it distinctly asserted in their
anLals and traditions, had accompanied the first migra
With Yachin Of the DIOR brethren OF this order
named Vaapeor, young man Of superior intellect and
sttainnens, Veiasquez soon cultivated friendly and
kdentia acquaintance which proved reciprocal and
faithful and when Velasquez, after due observation,
proposed the liberation OF the whole expedition with
Vasipeor hms' II Is its protected companion, the now
cnsciouty imprisoned pagan horror stricken at first
REGARDED ue proposition with compacency and finally
with degree OF delight, regardess OF consequences
hension regarding tho death of Hammond. which
resulted fio remittant fever and debility perrin
duced Ey his wound. The medical priesthood
attributed it to elrosy, ard ordered all Intercourse
With tie building suspended. The priest Vaalpeor
bad under his charge tSo orphan Kama children, n
boy ard gil, whom he was unwilling to dess.t,
and whom. on pretext Of their exposure to disease,
be took occasion of the supposed infection Of the
place where they reside d, TO remove TO one Of the
country temples in the plain, taking with them the
mules and part Of the baggage, including the rides
and ammunition Of the Strangers. Meantime,
Huertis had communicated bis intended escape to
aconfoaut who, instead CT accompany ing, betrayed
him, and he was sacrificed by the priests en- the
altar of the sun But he had i'm PHI .ated none Of
his associates and that very night they succeeded
in scaling the walls ard joining Wal peor. Before
the alarm was raised, the whole patty was mounted
snd on the march, under the lead Of Veasquex
Their rursuers came up with them just as they
reached the opening Of the valley Here ensued .
conflict, in which they slew many of those who dis
ruted their fight. without loss on their part save
that the Kama boy received a wound under his
eye, the scar of which he still retains They en- .
couLtered ne further serious obstruction and in
fourteen days they rea.hed Ocosingo. Here the
Indian guard was dist apdei, aud here Vaalpeor
died Nelasquez, With the two little kaanas,
reached San Salvador the middle Of February.
These Aztec children are now in this city. We
saw them yesterday. in an upper room at the Gin
ton Hotel. The race Of priests 20 which they be-
long is supposed to have become Llli putan, by the
degenerscy which results from limiting intermar-
risge TO those OF their cwn caste. The specime nd
brought here are perfect in form, though sight.
Maxine, the boy, il only thirty three inches in
height; ard Bartola, the gill;. three or four inches
shorter. Their ages can only be conjsctured; bit
there arc indications Of maturity about the boy
that are seldom, il ever, witnessed at so early an
age as twelve. The girl is supposed to be about
nine. Their skin is Of the Indian hue, hair and
eyes jet black, the latter large, brilliant aud
pressiye. The hair is wavy and very beautiful
Their neat little figures were exhibited to great
lra ri Nv
TO their bodies and limbs and short fancfal tuncs
They received us with easy gaety. Indeed they
seem TO have perfect confidence in all who approach
them. Nothing Restraints their lively juvenile pro-
pcnsi.ies. They seemed TO derive infinite amase
nent from their tin cups presenting them, as IN
giving water. e all who were present, and finally
to The cane, N which they seemed to think i fun
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