The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-08-07
The taIsund:Buiiders.

Bernard de Saiagiia the most important
of the Spanish authorities of the time of the
conquest; whose work was suppressed ny
Tile Council of the Indies as interfering With
their policy Of determination, speaks of d
universally received tradition among the naI
tises OF New Spain of a foreign Atlantic
colony arriving before the Christian era Oh
the shores Of Florida. proceeding across tine
Gull of McXiro, landing OH the Peninsula
Of Yucatan. and founding great cities now
III ruins! the greatest of which was destroyed
thotlsatid 5tats fhfnte the arrival Of The
Splniards. Confrmatory OF this latidihg of
a foreign Atlantic COLONY is the statement Ct
Montczu,na to Cortez that the ancestors of
the Mexicans came as did the Spaniards-
from the place of the rising sun.
Passing down the Atlantic coast, and
following up tie great valley of the Amazon
to the headquarters of its attluents lear the
Pacific, we come to the city of Cuzco, and
tile tast remains Of the SIN wOrshipperS Of
Peru. in the high valleys of the Andes.
Upon the shores and isi;uIds Of the sacred
lake of Titicaca we find the remains Of ciSi|~
ization analogous TO that of Copan, but more
purely Egyptian and AsSyriau, and holding
IL relation of priority TO the religion of the
Incas. like that of the ruiil3 Of Copan to the
Aztec line Of the MontezgnIas: The highest
type OF the crana OF the ancient races of Peru
suggests strongly the head of the ni0ttnd-
bHilIer before given. The principal deity
Of these ancient sun worshppers of Peru
appears to have been C3,0H- answering i'll
name and attributes to the old Phmniclaii
Baal-cliulI or Saturn.
P,s@iir llnrthward and leaving behind
those colossal nlonliIcfit: :2lIitii excited the
wonder and admiration Of Humboldt, we
follow the high valleys of the CordilleraS
through Central America, and coming out III
the Valley of Mexico, will, lis temples and
tcocalIi, we arrive at the great pyramid OF
Cholula, the eliminating point OF the elltIrc
luuund-building system of the two CONT
nentS. From this point northwart, follow
;;ia tlh tihlr ef Mexico and the MiSsissippl,
we arrive at the pyramid groups of Callokrl,
opposite what is now st. Louis; tie 7t@ OF
the ancient capital of the mound-buildcrs OF
the present United States. The mounds OF
the United States must be looked ut lis The
northern terminus OF Il system which had
Il So,ltiin:ii r"ufre aud tendency. Working
nortbward, being pressed upon by the no.
mrds of the northwest, to cover and pro-
tect its agricultural civilization it wls forced
into the building of cartiWorkS, serving the
double purpose of tc0cdNi and iortiiications.
Such a state of affairs would leave the north
crn mound-huidels little leisure or inclina-
Ton n bufId on he Yls; scale Of their south
crn brethren even could they have conf
,naudrd the material and ihe Eahorcrs. The
Eastern Asiatcs of Central America appear
to have arrived there with sufficiently pre-
,,ounccd civilization of their own 10 he able
io rfHdify the monuments of more cultured
race 81 The in;Crtlisioil of their own ideas
and symbols. titIlilng with them TO bu'ld
Ihose colossal and M:nrre specimens oi
architecture so pcrpleNing wlicli viewed aS
the product of one people.
i'nc nionnt,,buildrrS Of the United STATES
had no slid! plastic i,latCrial i'll the Wld NC
nradic tribes of Ne rorlll. by whom they
were ALWAYS lilbIcto he oIcfb1rnc and driven
southwark. ffi these circumstances they al'-
pcar to have takcH possession of Il ccillnt
pont near the junction of tlir mississippi
and Missouri rivers, NDlc.l they hcld WIN
great strength, throwing out tlielr lines ot
Gl,ii, ations alofig the atl1ucnts OF these nv
st<. ht fire lfcAdWaterS oi the ONO tileir
lines nt dtitiit t:ei atil,dc cd system OF tortl-
li,Ttion,, which held the a'll,t"nis oi slie
Che apeakc and the region south Of Lake
Ontario, from its military centre at Onon-
fi.c;i. th,,- covering and protecting tile IN
uorta,t agricultural alciviIiAatlon Of centalalld
$iIactarfi %nH iu.h, Within these lines O.!
Geirrc. ijain Z Ii 'iiL Mississippi and tic Al
t,rf;r. W., rinnrarcd lygitn ;" which Traces
,,r 4 truly vast a.r;culturAl cirllHlIl":! are
lo,!nd. and Nhic!! must have lrchpn'd It's
;,,!ul.i,lul; lv miliun-.-" Tanlnen- Gnd me
iip,,,- iiuiiGrra.." IN .{uiJ GGtdry.