New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-04-12

Cordoys's expedition 10 YGcstsn 10 l5l7. IN tue
ont, two places where the natives permitted them
70 Land. found idos (Berral D,ar, vol L, PIP BIZ
In the former place, idols Of various shapes--soms
of them committing horrible ofenses," to whom
.bell, and tripkets, sone in the shape Of dacks,
feb. &C., were offered in the latter place, tAere
appeared to have bee bloody saor fees Those
ven distr ct allegations Of idol,trJ, four OF them
with human sacrifices, Mr.. Wilson entirely sup
presses Mr. Stephens, travelling In facissn,
three hundred years aftsrward gives sn engrsvlog
Of the sacri6eial "ssone invariably found before
each idol" and the form of scolpture most fro
q1enty met with" namely, "sdeath's hssd. some
times the principal ornament, sometimes only 40
eesory, whole ro,o' Of them on the outer Sa1"
(Stp.snss Centred America, vol. l., PIP. 154, l53,
1897 1.-THE emblems Of life aud death appear on
the wall, in close juItsposision, confirming the
belief in the existence Of that worship prsctced y
&c. (stpl,ms Yueatsn, vol. l., p. 3l4.) Ea-
9 a,inss of these death, heads" and OF severed
heads, srm', legs, bands and feet are scattered
prcfu.ey through the Antqsith msI~a'nes
Of Dupsix. Even Las Cssss does not deny tae
existence of human sacrifices; he attempts only to
reduce the number Of the victims (Cited in Pres
eOns Conqaest, vol J., p. 60, nots) In l54l, the
Vlceroy, Mendoza, fitted out an expedition, which
conquered the Province Of Ciboa, soms Six hundred
miles north west Of Mexico. Castahsds do Nsgera,
the hsorisn Of the expedition thus speaks OF three
different nations, who inhabited that Province:
"Tbe Tabus, who sdored the devil, and
sacrificed to him part Of their riches. They did
not eat human He.h, nor make human sacrifices.
The Pacasss, who are much more barbarou';
sometimes they eat human flesh. They adore
sculptured and painted stones. The Acaja',
who all eat human fesb and hunt men IS they hunt
deer. He who has the greatest number OF human
skulls and human bones about bis house is the most
feared and esteemed" (Castahada, PIP. 1889
Vssquez Coronado writes TO Charles V. in 1889
Of the people Of Topira: "They adore idols, which
they keep in their houses. These are plants and
BIRDS" (Tunau1's Voyages, TX, p. 35o.)
He further describes the sacrifice Of victims
selected by lot and Of prisoners of war; in AAhsco,
by burning upon funeral pyres. At Panaco, on
the Gulf Of Mexico, the most obscene idols ex-
listed, and the Phauus was adored (Iernauz,
X, "a, 05.)
Jusn do Zarste, Bishep of Auteguera, writes to
Philip IL, after 1855: "TbeIe in this bishopric
IndisDs who still sacrifice to idols just as they did
before the Christians 3sDe here" (Ierndur, a.,
1922 Francisco De Boulogne recounts curious
story Of some native priests who concealed their
idol in vault over which they planted the cross
prett ndins to adore il, but really adoring toeir
idol" (Tun0uz, X. 215. 2l6.) He adds: "Tne'e
people tue Indians bring Us their idols, and weep
overt heir sins" &C., &c. lib ,2l9) Mr.. stephens
cites . legal document bearing date in 1913, which
recouns that at Uxusl, even at that late date, the
Indians notoriously and publicly "wor'hiped the
devil in the ancient buildings which are thsre,
les,ipf in them their idols, to which they burn
copal, and perform other detestable sacrifices"
To which be cites Cogulludo, as witness imme-
6iately after the fact YuodtGn, Vol. l., PIP. 323-
322 He also describes idolstrous affairs which
be prOnounces 10 be of construction long subse-
qu,nt to the conquest. (B, Vol. H., P. 1867 The
priest at Quiche assured Mr.. Stephens that Ehe
Indians still worsbiped their idols in the
mountains; and in 100 the whole provin'e IN
which Paenque is situated, revoted, murdered
the Catholic priests, profaned the churches, aud
openly prscticed idolatry. Central America. Vol.
H., PIP. l92-2e6)
These cumulative, and yet disconnected, accoluts
show concusiyely that from Yucatan to the confines
of Texas, idolsiry everywhere obtained; tbathuuan
sacrifices were pIactced in Yucatan and Mexico,
an for hundreds of miles further toward the north
and that whore human sacrifices prevailed, canai
balism generally formed part of them. Ii tins
be not 90, there is no longer value IN human
testimony II Cortez and Bernd Dar had not
mentioned the dOlatry and human sacrifices Of the
natives, their variations would have been sus-
pected, if not regarded as incredible.
THE PHGNICIAN CROSS IN AMERICA.
Although We cspnOt see what the alleged dncov-
cry of P1enician remains in Central America has
10 DO with the New Conquest of Mexico" We are
yet dehs hied with Mr. Wilson's Chapter v, for 1t
contains the only citation Of his that We have ven
sble 10 verify. Cicero does cay in his Nettra
DeOrum Book I'LL, Lib. 23), that Astarte wsstae
5, ran Venus. Unison, p. 1867 Setting asde the
learned lumber which muddles the chapter, the
argument may be fly stated as follows:
TIE crc,s vas the emblem of A.tarte, the goddess
end Nader Ds Of ePhenicians. WILSON, p. 1851 a
cJ,s found at Palsnque TO which infants are being
sacrificed p. l59). Oh which cross and sacrifice 80
.t q avipg given p 1905 and the cross repestei IL
the frouts piece. Also, four pictured MaionDas are
found at Palspque Up 1851. Also the sacrifice Of cli-
dren 70 Saturn p. 49,. The ruins 10 Central America
al. Of great antiquity, and Of indisPutaeie Sneot.
olisp d. l74D having existed for thousands OF years
jpp. l7J-o6s). Greek antique Theban, Euoscan-PhG
pcan columns e1s. there equal to the best antique or