Kenosha tribune & telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1856-1859, 1858-04-01

ell gin mig m ems faces, rTedds Of eroeo.
ID; dies and apes, twisting knots and twirl.
l;afIng knobs, stfange shaped leaves, wind.
" ing l9ttice work: legs, arms, fingers toes.
,re skulls, bones, and such ike. The mon.
ed strouss statue leaned over on one side.
ne tand Was only kept Formulating TO the
al ground aby the roots of q great tree
s WHICH had wound themselves all round
by The lower half Of. it, fAltogether,i It was
ye tas horrible and ghastly an object to
~ ieems upon suddenly, in The unknown
ng tfspths OF q great, forest, as the mind
&c Tor, AZ, ali events, my mind can con
sc ceive. When 7 say that the first meet
ed ing with the statue struck me Specifies
ms 1nebodySean wenderthat the childrea
~ jsctuallyssereametla withterror atthesight
ns fof HI zsisla9 % ssssa sda Vi assa ! 5sss
FkAkd HissoHly O. great big doll, my dar-
ar ttdhg.sssay s Shortsat hiss wit'S end how to
~ quiet the little girl on uhis hack. Well
he tgetsa nice soft bit of wood soon, and
Qs tshow these mast ys.say wages how to make
sd'fa 'betterss6ne.'a 4 = ssd = u sssai,y ..ia.
g e, sEss Whiie he was spea king, Miss Mafyon
th Kas selpse behind me, soothing the deaf
Re and dumb boy by ssigHs- which / conld
lg fnot understand SIT - rso 0sSaaT
4 4fave heard Of these things, Davis. >
efshe says They are idols, made. by a
ne lost race of people, awho lived, no one
african say how manyailmdredz on how
~ ffnany thousand wears agoss sPhata hide
lrfotis thing was carvettands worshipped
,ftfwlfile the greatvtree that now supports
cetf was vet a seed9Ain THE iagTolind.i Ne
Ihaffiust get the sebiltfeH used to these,
M lstouetiaonsters., .LbeiieFe We are coming
< to many more of them.,s l. beliey {. W G
Is are close. to the remains of one of those
es MYSTERIOUS ruined cities which have long
81 been supposed to uexist ifa this part of
es tie World sss3ao 81 bsdsslda3ss y'Imss
or ins Before could answer the word of
edfcornufafa from the reafa drove us on
II again In passing the idol, some of the
81 kPrates fired then mpskets at it, Tie
azt echoes from the reports rang back on us
i& with JsharP.rat sound, Wepushed
on few PAGES, when the Indians ahead
ID suddenly stopped, .fourished their chop
Gel piHg-knives, and all screamed out to-
as getllegl ssssEl Palacio!,,'y a The Epglishmen
to iamopg the Pirates took up the cry, aud,
h. running forward through the trees on
he either side of us, rQared out, ''T'he Pal
re lacem Other voices Joined theirs in
- other tongues; and, for u minute or two
dUtthere was a general confusion of every
"a body,4.the first that had occurred since
is we were marched away, prisoners, from
an the sea-shore. -
Is. I tightened my hold of the child on
Tia Imy back; took Miss, Mqryon closer TO
I'D me, to save herfr belngroughly ioStled
as by the men about US; and marched up
a. as.near 10 the front as the press and the
ok trees would LET me. looking over the
i. heads Of the Indians, and between
in the trunks, 7 beheld a sight which i
in shall never forget; no.. not to my dying
Id lday. SO s+ - l4iil'o'- aHe-tAfa-
IS a wilderness Of ruins spread out be-
IS fore me, overrun by a forest Of trees
ke In every direction, look where would,
up a frightful confusion Of idols, pillars,
It's blocks of stone, heavy walls, and flights
he lof steps, met my eye; some, whole and
., upright; others, broken and scattered on
to the ground; and all, whatever their CON
us idition, overgrown and clasped about by
Fn roots, branches, and curling vines, that
mt writhed roundthem like so many great
81 snakes. Every here and there, strange
ne buildings stood up, with walls on the
~ tops of which three men have marched
buildings with their roofs burst
" otf aor tumbled in, and with the tress
OF springing up from inside, and waving
in their restless shadows mournfully over
ne the ruins. High in the midst Of this
rs desolation, lowered broad platform OF
he rocky earth, scraped away on three
It. sides, so as to make it unapproachable
IN except by scaling ladders. On the fourth
y side, the fiat of the platform was reach
rs ed by fight Of stone steps, of such
II mighty size and strength that they
~ might have been nadestor the use Of
led race of giants. They led TO huge
Ii building giried all round with a row of
ar thick pillars, long enough and broad
ID enough to cover the whole fiat space of
lie ground; solid enough, as to the walls, to
in stand for ever; but broken in, at most
at places, as to the roof; and overshadow-
r ed by the trees that sprang up from in
to side, like the smaller houses already
h mentioned, below it. This was the dis
ID mai ruin which was called the Palace;
III and this was the Prison in the Woods
.e which was TO be the place OF our cap.
t. tivity.
le v The screeching voice of the Pirate
6 Captain restored order in our ranks, and
q sent the Indians forward with their
Of chopping knives TO the steps Of the Pal
: Iace. We were directed to follow them
e across the ruins, anttm and out amongl
, the trees. Out OF every ugly creyiceI
le crack in the great stairs, there spouted
SIS up flowers, long grasses, and beautiful
g largeleaved plants and bushes. When
# we had toiled to the top of the flight, we
IF could look back from the height over
- the dark waving top Of the forest be-
: hind us. MOIe than a glimpse of the
is magnificent sight, however, was not al
a lowed, we were ordered still to follow
the Indians. They had already disap-
q fpeared in the inside of the Palace; and
20 1--WE went in after them.
d l. We found ourselves, first, under a
re square portico, supported upon immense
10 fiat slabs Of stone, which were carved
II all over, at top and bottom, with DEATHS
ol heads set in the midst of circles of soul
h ptured flowers. ! guessed the length
g of the portico to be, at the very least,
! three hundred feet. In the inside wall
Is hdf it, appeared four high gaping door
valways; three ofthem were entirely chok-
Led up by fallen stones: so jammed to-
IS gether, and so grit about by roots and
l. climbing plants, that no force short of