, 1873-08-24
What a Citizen of Chicago Saw iVl,ilo
Among Them.
The zuni, Pimo, and Apache
Tribes.
Traffic in Indian S1aves--AIr. Cen
tiles Purchase.
The Necessity Of Making a Collection Of
Curiosities Of American
Origin.


Tho Impressions Of moRt people ro'atlse TO Inc
degree Of civilization attanod by tho apor'g'1,al
races OF this country. prior to its discovery ny
Europeans, arc moro or loss hazy and orroneous'
according to their amount OF roadlng on 1no s"u'
jcct. Gauerally 1t Ia supposed TINT the major
ity OF tho so-ealled 1ndlnn inhabltants OF tn1b
Continent woro barbarianH Of tho typo OF tho Ar
onohoo and s;our rudinus Of tho prosont tday.
~ .,'1s a,o .,o,l,;,o Ia rotninod in TIM
:" '''ie 'asu,h -. -, H. ,or,a ,,oro tbon
memory OF tho ma1orlty ol tno "oiiu .'o1o snA"
pno or two generations, and tho trad1sions, hle-
torv. and ciyilization Of tho nboriglmcs OF this
rort,nnt into oblivion loayiug
.ssa,.t 49,, noo.a;,no1 ,r,,o3 fannie or
no t1accb cAeeps "a oee'n'on"' to''4o" ,o''i'o ~
Wasting monumolt, which give no clue to tho
civilization Of their builders nor their history.
Vat t}cao rocea hove n}avol an important part in
tno n,o1or,, hiatorv Of thia continent Mt 1oast
LUZ niouo'' i''0'oA' ~ :, so ,l. o,, ,',.4e ~ '
hnd, III many fospects' tnoH 1"pits' Aa"a, huu
civilization aro worthy of attentive study aud
n.alysis III writing tho History of tho World,
M wall M in jllustratinp tho etfoct of climate,
,s..,;t, a,,1 laaaa,t ,,,,a +,,o ,,,,,,o,o ~ t1a
loo"''s '@Aa oc'eon. ul'o. Wv paepAo ~ ~
present age, nnd IN estimating TIC propaolo
tendency Of those influences in tho future.
futloed, 1t has becn hold by ono sayant,
au sn ~ a..,.,a.'4 n,,, t,,.t ~ .tn~
originally from tn1s coh'auont, aau 'na' 'nu h'''s
Of empire has bceu constantly going west
over sinco that at u timo whon tho racos in1lab-
ottara1 Iii, do..roo of nro,cioncv in TIN nm.
as.a"i a.anol 49,. su h -. nsyaraa,n,.in
chanfcai afss' thoy had no means o1 Pe!petuas'ne
their discoVorloa, except ny ora' tradition, anu
t;ceahip. Consequently their oifyhoots or col
onios, in Asia and Africa, as tl1oy rocodod from
them, to other cltmaton = ana surroundings, little
Of the cultivation Of tliolr ANCESTORS at homo:
They, novortholoss, took with tho1n an incroasod
covoricB and Inventions Of their own. In this
way, while tho paront stock WAS passing through
tho centnries OF rso. culmnntion, and tleca-
tenco, tho different oi1.ahoots "ero contfnu"
Rlly improving upon their predecoHaora, not In
ench locality whore they. settled, but always In
Tho advance glard Of their Westward progroBs.
Tint is, while tho civilization Of tho East III tho
o!dor that Of tho Meat 10 not only moro ao-
This course of reasoning forms m abstract
theory in itsolf quito plausible, and that tho
faots developed by recent explorations in this
country 'iBtain many, Of tho. lypothcsea ad-
gance1 cannot b0 denied.
The cnrlient traditions, of Mcsico, md tho
races inhabiting the southwestern part Of tho
Continent, lead uH to believe TINT tho ToltocanH
ho most nncent Of these facos of r. wneh VIC
part Of Mexico, ncar the end OF the fifth cen-
tury. Thoy wore nearly MI destroyed nbout tho
middle Of tho eleventh century by pcstllonco
and famine, md the country was occupied con-
tury later by tho Chlckonecan, who camo from
Tho North Eventually the AztecB came down
from tho Northwest, and, gradually ex-
tending their power: became masters OF THO
whole territory. Whne the groat ruins Of A1o1i-
co and Arizona nrc sometimes considered to have
haon their work, others belioyo that these mon
ntnonts: ~" j." .,nine, wore constructed anterior
tne .l.no 81 tno I AIsgSD. ~n t.'at thoy are the
ape rcn oyi'on1o Goo Oh po"sT1nl o1i1
extnct. shGh ra'na ~ Luz luz Sne!. u1as..e s neaf
1ho nlvnr ailh s99lu ~ hso el.sufon lor ~ !oahs
fns'n ~ -, 'u,o ~ +I'p 1io;n. "ra w.
ent ~ uoorv " mn np nre = fcct o ~ orI
ueptn ~ HSally oia .a'.ulen 9at legt. lug atla
wastes ,,; Mal5n % hoW o,G tu..n oa;y tno cao.us
a.u A.lSu ptse "uie peo an.''v, ~. e cuat'Sato9
saa s,st anu ~ a'lo s.t Il ato' ~ ~ ea" @ u.euus' aa
thop as now the % ranial vas l rh und tat VIZ ths
@ a'om taro ~" " na ~ lrllen
LION. inaeea, tnete 10 na1Aoo rosonolanco IN
@ como respeota nes"oen tne Ioltecaps, A.
n, [Gcs auq m t.elr aoseonaauts ana tho
selses ~ th9 hleA u human clVll!Iatloh, anu TO
be emlnently satisfied WITH themselves IN every
Rarncnlar, iAey "eEo, ana gre, exclusive. and
desisqus Or shutting out OIL other people. They
nave handed down certain arts from generation
TO genefatlon, anu haso made no progress III
thelr Anoweage, nor cnango IN thor manner Of
; applying II, curing the ttsoe anu 2 huff cen
turlos IN Whscn they nase pcon known to
Eulopoans. Only 85hall remnant Or the race
exists at tho ,prosont day, yet, In spite of their
ieoo!onesy, tney havo maintained 9 thor separate
Identity without showing tue slightest traco Of
mixture with any other nation or tribe;
ABOUT 10 milo6 rom tho !tlo Grhnao' IN hrl"
<onn, thero 1s Bnlall town inhabited by poo
Pug aa Rno"n as Hlni 11iulans. iheTo aro not over
l,o9o or thGm IN all and thoy are iittlo known by
whlte people: Ihoir town ID comfortable Que
OF substantial adone bllllalhga, rising IN some
y, instances to height OF four and hvo storios.
Ihoy possess large HOOKS Q! Hheop AMI herds OF
stock. aud a. cultivate tho soil TO- considerable
extcnt. They are situated IN tho midst of tllo
Apache country, and ero surrounded by warliko
Apache aud Navajo tribes, yot they arc quiet md
penceable oil the year round, aud nevor suffer
horg 1ndood, should tho Apaches find any. Of
tho live stock OF the zullis astray they invariably
Iet1lrn it to the owners Without waiting for a
demana 1or IT., Ihis fragment Of tribe, to.
RetheT with NllOthGi HiDltfUr totAChQl town WhOge