Daily gazette and comet. (Baton Rouge, La.) 1856-186?, 1860-02-02
AMERICAN AnCHEOLOGy.

gagged in ascertaining the source
Of its great rivers and vast lakes
in traversing It's plains and noun
tain ranges and making prepare
tions for defense against warlike
tribes. whose principal occupation
was fighting; to take any note of
the evidences then existing Of an
advanced stage Of civilization ante
rior to the discovery. Even now
that we have settled into the ways
Of peace, our people are too much
occupied with schemes of conquest
over physical forces; ennihilating
time and space in travel and plan
ming inventions for comfort and
luxury, to bestow a thought on the
scattered evidences of an early
time from which the rays of light.
aud truth are melting away rs
time advances There are sucie-
ties in the North aud the West, IL
which the American citizen may
feel proud: but their foundation
stones were laid but yesterday.
and all the attractive aud interest
ing work for them has yet to he
done. The organization of State
Historical Society for Louisiana,
on permanent basis, gives prom
ise in the future that something
will be done for ourselves to post
up the unwritten journals of local
history with the times. This, we
opine, will be q labor Of love for
the gentlemen already enrolled in
the list of members, aud they count
on the cooperation and support of
citizens generally in the praise
worry act. A Geological Survey
of the State Ia recommended on all
hands, and this, If undertaken and
carried out on n liberal and proper
scale will dcvelope much that ia
interesting TO all branches of in
quiry and form a basis for future
operations.
From the New Orleans Picayunc
we take the following, which en-.
braces an account of the remains
of the ancient city of Quivera, IN
New Mexico:
Evidences Of an ancient civiIiza.
ton of high order are constantly
accumulated. az adventure carries
our people into the western wilds.
The remains of ruined cities and
vast piles of buildings are not con
fined to the area of Central Ameri.
ca, but are found in New Mexico.
and perhaps may yet be brought to
light even further north.
An interesting article has re.
Gently been published by the Fort
Smith Times, in regard to the an
cient remains of the city Quivera.
situated in level plain some nine
~ lies northeast of Fort Stanton.
New Mexico, aud about seventy
from the high isolated peak which
the Mexicans call "The Captain"
that we take the liberty of con
densing for our antiquarian read
crs.
The plain upon which lie the
massive relics of once gorgeous
temples and magnificent halls
slopes gradually eastward towards
the river Pecos, and is very fertile.
crossed by gurgling stream of
the purest water. that not only
sustains a rich vegetation, but per.
haps furnished with this necessary
element the thousands who once
inhabited this present wilderness.
The city was probably built by
warlike race; it is quadrangular
aud arranged with skill TO afford
the highest protection against an
exterior foe, many of the buildings
on the outer line being pierced with
loopholes, as though calculated for
the use of weapons.
Several of the buildings are of
vast size, and built of massive blocks
of n dark ,rranita rock which could