The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1865-05-21


heating Of the Anssican Ethnological Society
held on Tuesday svensg Nay n the residence Of Hon
T. a. squsr, late United States Commissioner to Peru,
President esssse Folsom In ths chair.
Aer the adoption OF the minutes Of last meeting and
the election OF three now msnben two Of whom were
hnorsyv foreign members and the third studious
6sov townsman Mr. j. q Shea well known for his con-
trbutops TO French colonial history, the meeting pro-
ceeded TO new business couple OF stone implements
discovered in New jersey and used by the Indians Tor
bru sing corn, exhibited They are about eishs
inches long, and smoohd on the sices rom use
A volume OF CLiness text, rendered into
English spelling for the uso Of students, was
produced, but II was stated that "a for
eigner would be unable mater the language with
out native assistance. Tho meeting, numbering
nearly forty members attended 10 the report oil MT
sqier upon his lao researches regarding the Inca cSi
Mr. sauer stated verbally that having in 1862 received
from government an appointment commissioner tor
the settlement Of unadJused claims between Peru ana
the United States he proceeded TO the former country
accompanied by assistants for the investigations which
he proposed make. The official business occupy
ing than five months, Mr. Squer devoted the re-
ma ndsr of the two years his antiquarian abors which
drew him into the remote interior of Peru covering
great distance large part OF his researches were de-
Toed 10 the region around Lake Ttcaca lying between
Bolivia and Peru aud TO the ancient capital Of the Inca
'9 In avng he ore lie society some of the results Of
these labos Mr. squer, in graphic manner, none the
worse for being little desultory gave picture Of the
interior scenery and Of the stod DESCENDANTS Of
the Incas who nger among the recess OF the Andes
He depicted the history Of that ancient civilization as re-
Vsaec 70 ~ m rns snd or asyoon VIII ch s remain
the intermnabl aQueducts and military or royal roads,
greater than the Roman inc forts OF uycopean arS
prominent people, the gigantic soruary piles unequalled
for magnitude Egypt and the elaborate social accom-
modaops represented in the plan Of their citiesj
arrangements In which the spirit OF domestic
convenience Is exalted Into genius, 80 perfecs
sS .0' rh pn Of cusco ss sSswn and
tailed by Mr. squer, certainly exceeds anything thas
the White mas ea and Is Of s enough
the SPEAKER pithiy said to drive Fourier mad Win
longing and despair -
the minor Of the coast which were sbdued by the
Incas shortly previous to the arrival Of the spaniards
On the eastern Shore Lake Tcaca were discovered
mains Of buildings entirely different In Their archtec
lecture the character of the skulls urns and I'M
city Of Cuso and the Islands q Tcaca The inference
was that the warlike and victorious Inca race,
after rolling down upon the several coast sr,oes
valley Of the isolated seaside were awane
favorable opportunity to attack with tncir numelous
legons this nenacpg rival nation, who cultivated on
neighborng site civilization and power ryalling their
| own. $500.
from the specimens and relics with which they were
illustrated The museum amassed during the travels o.
this explorer Is not surpassed IN value ana
extent by any similar collection in tho world Among
the most profoundly Interesting specimens were the
skulls Of which his cabinet spiaye large numpeE
Those Of the Inca family whether by nature compress
sion exhibited dgniAed breadth and sphercaty; while
| from tho oataconbs of other races were produced
heads exceeding the lowest types In defiance botweee
the crown and chin and evidently thu victims Of tight
lacing These specimens new TO the Swans OF the
United States the famous collection Of Dr. Morton pos
sessing only skulls from the coast regions Of Peru Many
these specimens pierced by circular apertures the
Of the lance and in ono moro very curious IN
stances an attempt trepanning Is exhibited tho sub
jects which had evidently survived certain Time the
process growth around tho incison being manifest
klnS
ere also extensively illustrated In the cabinets OF Mr.
\ Sauier A intel made Of exceedingly hard WOOD and
Displaying the marks Of bronze or copper axe, some
thing like badly sharpened lead pencil attracted nucn
attention. Indication Of the tool work ef che Incas
Afer careful examination OF these relics, and Of the
large collection Of photographs Obtained ~ Me- 6qus
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