The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1868-02-08

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Ing to What 4 nex e,lIe1 - - 6istoTic
- o. Ne world, We ilnd tkoGb ~ .111mcthE,
. .;ss !. ssys g ~ ss:s =
come sxtinck The earliest written fscfr1e
make 10 mention of either thf1 rsoE8 man
kind o. IL associates; buk thGre DEhy mo-
means inconsiderabls Iiet Of aninlals, Belt
'lna4n hQhe mddls go nd tnde0d with
n l hundred yeers pssf. but nov entirelg
sxtermine1s1 lfom % ~ face Of the eaFtns
OF msmmalia the most reoast instsnoe Il ~
Rytina or Kamtsch1kka aea-cow, formtrlF
abundant on Bsrins's Isl.nd (vest Of ths
Aleutisns,) 4 rsssmblsd ssfy closely ne
. weight Of over two thousand pounds. %
birds the most notable instances are the
three kinds lnhabiting sevsrally three Of the
Nfscarine Ilsqds ssst o. hadsgPsoar.
0f these Tie begt kneRd was' fht dodo, .
bird The size and SHAPE somewhat Of m al
batros, although really kind Of ground pig
con. The giant ostrich Of Madagascar =
probably another Instance Of the same kind,
s', s.s = 49, st,i sss'
Of the island. The bird, judging from its
egg, was probably five or SIX times the tizs
OF the. African ostrich. The latest instapce
Of actual extermination ID believed 70 be thai
Of shSnreat puk, y - 4lrdI the size q .
| goose, once extremely abundant Of 10 coast
OF Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, ETC., where
1t was enormously called penguin. Owing
70 It's incapscity Of fight, resulting from il
rudimentary wings, Ut fell an easy victim Il
| the attack Of thu fishermen on the Newfeund-
land bsfh{ saAd at Ne pee1snndsy IL u be
levsa 70 have gone cut % axistsnee, though
known wen TO many nov living. Seed spe
cimens are very rare, and bird and the eg(
| in the museum Of our Philadslphia AcadetAJ
| trsss1res 81 il EFsat coliectio6. "
!. The last instances we shall mention relat'
| TO the West India Islands OF Martinique ant
lGvadslonpe. ~ thu time hY. tAs iims o
| the discovery BY Columbus OF the West 10
dies, and for, some time affair, the Island
mentioned abounded In wild dogs, which
have since .sptirsly disAppsarsd- Beside
these, two different species Of Macaws, foAr
kinda Of, pasrots,snd - saOs0eus frog haE'
been entirely exterminated.
Of The aysriens apscissr e soxsny known il
the earliest periods Of European history, an
now exterminsted or represented only BY
1 few herds carefully preserved by Foya
order, and BY the disappearance of tn
mock on and other animals iron iRufope AZ,
Asia, while still living In North America, 81
Interesting psTsgrspkmight beusds diaou
limits permit.
The Tale Of Arizona.
4 On'ther old Spanish maps the territory o
Arizona is called Arezums, and Wild ira
\ diicn stili prevalent among ire Pueblo In
dams ssys 1t 10 the rame Of m iRtec Queen
who once ruled over the VANS and noun
tains stretching away to the western waters
kings Of the South sought her hand. But Oh
refused tAeir o11fs, preferr1ng to remain IN
welded rather than link her fate and that 0
! hsr people tos strange1snd. WGm fesdlted
in which the Indian Boajicia led her pwarth
warriors 70 battle. After years Of terfihl
strife, during which the rivers ran blood -
II the cities were laid in ruins, the followers Q
Arezama were overpowered. Then prefer
Of peace came again from Southern kin
but Arezuma received them mot. With
few wazFiors she Left the had che eoal1 No
rule, and never was heard Of again. Som
think she viii return with Nontesama 10 RI
deem the Aztec race. Others say she die
in the mountains, with her soldiers. He
lspiFit visits n Sun sFrsAcissoy rand aofte
when the Indian hunters pass through u
4 forests tn' the pale fnooniighs; they bear sh
signing Of tbs Axtee Queen. And some %
fthsy have sssnss form Of besaly passing v
wards the snowpeaks, dressed IN whits 20
gold bearing IN enerhsnd sAsilssr eewy an
in the other CULVER from winch al - N
tIssshsss seea fired A1tsF4Ee conqsfss :
Mexico meEy Spanish adyenturess led q
\ picdng parties IN Tins land; amongst ths'
Colorado and Meas, who returned tQsBpsa
n exsravsgant terms u tbs member Of psopl
and immense wealth found in the mountains
fsnd sfong the Colorado. The people the
met have passed away or degenerateq, b
the beautiful Landscapes and wentth n
main.
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