The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1873-06-13
ARE THE MOD0CS THE DESCENDANTS
OF MADOC Alb OWAIN GWYNEDD?

The New York Times does not
satisfactorily answer the above ques-
ton. That Catlin believed he had
discovered them among the Indian
tribes is true enough, but he failed
to satisfy the requirements of i'm
partial criticism.
There can he no doubt, l think,
that the British Prince 9Iadoc mot
AIodoc) left Wales with number
OF followers, and that he returned
giving very glowing accounts of
the country "beyo2d the sea" which
he had discovered, and where he
left most OF his adherents. EhSt he
again went, taking with him large
number of persona, with q better
class Of vessels, is claimed, but not
so satisfactorily proved. The W eish
Triads, looked upon by eminent
Welsh scholars and also by those of
Europe, notably Thiery, the histor
ian of the Norman cong pest IN Eng
land, as authoritative, give au sc.
CONT OF the departure of MadOe
and his fr;apds in vessels, seeking q
new habitation froG the troubles at
home.
At yaTious intervals the Welsh
press contains articles in regard to
the Welsh Indians. Several per-
sons at different periods haye gone
in search of them, and some have
reported that they had found them,
spoken to them in Welsh and were
understood. Bat lie presumption
is that the preservation Of the in
corrupt Welsh language, under cir
cumstanccs so adverse, even allow
ing the race of Prince Madoc to be
in existence, nopld not be. Indeed,
a comparison Of the MODE of writ.
ing Welsh at Il later period than lie
Madoci2n era, with the Welsh of
the present day, will at once con-
vince us of the difficulty cf accept
ing the hypothesis.
And yet the Dretons in France
haYe preserved so much Of the old
Welsh language that s native Of
Wales and a native of brittany can
understand each other. DIR. Owen
Pugh. ~ his chapter 'on British
names, in Vol. IL Of his dictionary
of the Welsh language, relates the
follwing incident:
ga vessel from AIorlaix, in Brit.
any, being IN the Thames, IN 1920,
the captain was invited to come and
hear the hGEp by the Cymreigyddion
One of the me1.bers said to the
Breton, in Welsh: 'fl4yna gam da.
To this the Breton replied tNa 1
dyna chware da: canU genu, a
chware 4 thelyn." So that the
Welshmau was corrected in his
speech by the stranger, thus: s.No
that is good playing; it is singing
with the voice, and playing with
the harp"
1t mpet he remembered, however, !
that the Welsh who emigrated into
France have been very difIerehtIy |
wIih circumstances ia
yorable 10 the retention OF their old I
language than The descendants OF
Prince Madoc. The language of
the lsretaps il France is mixture
Of Welsh and FRENCH, the Welsh
predominatiDg. The construction;
Of the French language is in the
;onjugatIon of its verbs, the same
IS the Welsh, and the vowel sounds
precisely eii,-c. Hence WeIshman
AN more readily acq uiFc Q correct
pronunciation of the French than al /.
2nGlishman. The French vowel, u,
which botileFa he Saxon has no
lificulty to the Bnton.
To conclude, The sum and SUBJ
tanoe OF the matter is, that these /
errible Modocs may be the descend
Hts Of Nadoe alb Owain t3wynedd.
'reacteFy, howeYer, IS no trait of
he ancient British esarseteF, ell
seugh retaliation witt terrible ven
eance has often been visited upon
2pressors. Is the story of this
iodoe warfare complete without '
n account OF the isilling in cold
lood of Captain Jacks fadle7 end
is folloyers, some years ago? II,
mink nos. Z
VIZ. .. JoSE@, Ab. =. =. Non. u
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