New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-10-05

go s,ovn thai tic Spanish conquerors and bfots so
III - eudeavOring 70 preserve the monuments % lne
tes st'ove rather 10 defsce and destroy them as a
.osr;oc the Indians from their primitive SHES
- o. Them 70 forget their traditions aud customs
81 49, Of the principal towns N the SaIey, hever
w. Indicate thst they were nortion Of the
t1tt u 4. am unrnixed Indinn. Lamnni amDia'
rssfaan s;rterique Lejsmni, Cururu' are al inaan
There are also mary inol ala"s If tbe county
- epb ~ which the traces are nov scarcel visible
ttssc;osl ruins strictly aboriginal, ana 81 eneleh'
~ re are in the vicinity OF 11 e.I,::i ,
isr tno ,erraced structures, often faced WITH
[hs pIaI ornds Of earth, and walls Of stone, and
sssts s o.sss Of great beauiy a;,.,o.,,,
rThe prne TN cen hardly be said 10 be in the plan
ee e TSev are found in the lateral valleys or on
Ccsg ,sbles r. Meses OF the mountain 20 - 81. ~.
nesasts lie ruins Of Calernuha on inc IoaI " ~
Sefiop aIe cqn Of Geiiguero, OF Jamalteca, IN the
Tdan rno1nien INC name of Mananl 10 the valley OF
ie valley o. .,ve near the little village OF the same
Trino Of Gua.. h the neighborhoOd Of Opoteca ana
,sse Of Chap n large valley rock Of the mountains
JChspnsiaga15 Lsye visited all Of these bat IN many
ICensyagua ;ateresing and by far the most extensive
,spc,s the which have yet seen in the country are
&c Of TeDspPTs, srnya ore popularity called Pueblo
The ruinf o. H 1bey are situated on the bare sum
sFe0' On In almost deserving the name OF mountain
nit q bss =. tho south east OF TINS cIIy near tle lu-
sbou Tsce Of 10 de Flores py 'Iy sI5 % t.0 &c ,
..SpS 10 The City % with scattered pines elevated
lBs sm s.os above he plain OF ComayaSua 81 WIN IN
iOp. ,s magnificent view Is ;.n strst;eed sand
heveEy pa e NE perysding soft whte, sralcu sum
tcompysee VI ~ and it, Sides except at three points
one o. ln preciptous, or 80 steep a. 70 De
arc ether ;,e inaccessible AT the acce'spie PDlS'
h. rot quie connect the bill with the other group
Ihe narrow wall Of rough stones varying IN hignt
sthea'y ~ end In width at the base, rom ~ 10 -
tn' 4Sase walls ore terseed on inc er su tbnra are
~ ln''e f defense. At various points LhoIe a f
Nnne twerr or buildings, Designer PeihaPis ~
trees OF 'oSs ar seutncls. The dimensions OF me
te ne " 10 the greater or less eDruptness Vi .e
vA whiebit is carried, being strongest ,aro
w. nv aprroach is easiest AZ V1Il1us ipTo, have
t mile or naturel passes existed lne ;I nto
Bss ;h stones 30 as to present vertica optyr
pen nesrondinp 10 the rocky escarpneht Vi tle mn
'.nv link this place Is the strongest ioaY f,r
"a ever seen That was seecteu III p',,, eore nrac
~ ohvions Under any system oil wariaIe pro-
chit .ho sbori0ines il must have been mpr ~
ga ssens;ve design is made still more apparent t"o
ss.ee In the center of the area OF .lc e o~co
-, naturally low and marshy, OF two alSe ded
ys6cns now partially hed up ""'0H VIZ
RI he most interesting features OF lenanPua tbe
~ mined walls and defenses Inc pare and n az
is shont mile and half long, by miie anu To- :;
a,soe width The eastern half oil TINS IaIee loa "a
..-s,ed with ruins They CONSIST chiehy Vi " f -,
nds of stones or of earth faced with slohes, VI
M rectangular forms Their SIDES on mrcrt they are
Ia ,v;th great precsiOn. Most OF the sihah 9.
bicb occur in groups and arranged with oDVious
n repect TO each other from 20 10 ~ lee H.
a rr IN eiobt feet in hight There are none Oh isss
~ m ~. hut most have three or four stages be'i1eS
49, arc considerable number OF large py
stuetures varying from 60 to l2O i9el III rP ~.
,ronortiopate Width and Of different hlgns lho9o
sso teraced and generally have runs VI en-
western sides There are also several rectangular 81.
cosures Of stone and number of platforms ana 'eaceu
slopes . -. Al, .o-,, aida. NJ
be principal Enclosure is situated in the very mus o
from
bjl II Is 800 feet long by 100 feet broad Inc wan -
feet broad but now elevated only few feet above Tue
ground II seems to have consisted OF an outer anu %
Ran each about two feet thick, between winch ear' u
bea 6,led 10 the deuth of Two feet Transverse walls
hen s,near 10 have been built at regular intervals ava
Ing II into rectangular areas resembling he VI
houses II is not improbable they were snrmounteu oy
lures of wood devoted to the use OF the priests OF
guardians of the great femple-in the same manner ha
according to the chrOncler 1.-THE costers OF the priests
and their attendants surrounded the court OF the great
sempe of Mexico The line of the wall is only interrupt
I'd by the gateway entrance which is on the western
tide between the 0blOng terraced mounds IN winch uc
ends Of the wall terminate To preserve the symmetry Oh
ne ncosure the opposite eastern wall has III lts ceer
large mound, also terraced and regular III loi oqu"e
IL size both these at the entrance. .,o ralo,;,,a
within the Enclosure are two large mounds me reiN
posions and sizes OF which can only be eApaHeu ny
plsn The largest has three stages ana Iigh, ol
h wsser side From its south west angle he Oh atgt
ones tunk deem into the ground Is carried 70 tue
wall The north line u this mound coihcldes wnh YN'
drawn firm east to west through the center VI
ure and between i; and the gateway IL asquae Oh Soe
.unt IN The ground which mark the site OF some cuS
he second pyramid Is situated in the north east cool
the ipclosure il has the same number oi stages WIN '
larger one lust described, and in common WIN 'n' "
fight of steps on its western side -, .,.o
a. the extreme south east corner IS another hclose
similar 10 this except that II is square anu nus
In the center Of each side 1t also contains TWO
mounds assembled by steps. -, .,,,ro and
he precpce which faces the hill on tho souh Is &c
preston or small valley; this is teraced upon D1'
The terraces being faced with stone, aseehuea Nun
Rights of stone steps The principal mound Deyonu 'is
depression is situated upon the edge of the precce 70
The South of the great mound of the principal
II commands view of the Southern hail Oh lhe sii :"
Comayagua and fires lighted upon II would DC NIsoio 70
oil the inhabitants below could not resist the conVc
hon that Its position had been determined by TINS
stance.
There are many other striking features in these ruins
Of which no adequate idea can be conveyed eA'vP'
plans, and which, therefore shall not attempt To descoe'
The most singular one perhaps consists OF two large
parallel mounds each iO feet in length and 50 oroAu a.
the base and 10 feet high in the center Inc inner sIc
Of each facing each other appear TO have consisted oil
three terraces rising Ike the seats OF an amphtheiS.
The lower ones are 30 feet apart and faced with huge a
stones set upright in the ground TO present an even
nonf The outer SIDES OF these mounds present an appear
corresponding with that Of the walls of the grea; en-
closure and 10 have been the sites of three large
buildings. The whole rests on terrace go feet long
Exactly In line with the center Of the SPACE between
placed side by side with space of about one eo between
them Fronting these 20 the norhward and distant about
lS0 PAGES is large mound occupying corresponding
lative position in respect TO the parallels and having
Eight Of steps It's southern side Upon these mounds as
indeed upon many OF tho others standing several large
pine trees, upward of two feet in diameter Without al
tempting to define the special purpose Of these parallels
seems to probable that they constructed with the
same design with the parallel walls found by Nj Stephens
IT Cbicheu lza and OXmal in Nuoa;an. Doubtless
games professions or other civic or religious rites or
monies took place between them in the presence of priests
hand
Ihe form Of the various mounds al Tenanpua precu les
lhe iIea that they generally if az all used the
foundations of dwellings Ii seems quite clear that they
were either affairs or the sites of tempescoanepar Of
losc oil Guatemala lucatan and Mexco-ani OF large
ofnon OF those found In the Misssnni Valley with al of