Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-11-05
A Newly. Discovered Nation.

he campaign Of Urn. CinDk against
the pacheS, last year, opened to re-
search tract of land two hundred
miles square, which is rich in relies Of
nur Countries unknown past 1t con-
,iat chain Of ancient cities in ruins
and cot*rie of ancient towns st,Il ill.,
hatite! ty a r'cc which holds itself
alo"f from Indian and Mexican and
prides, itself on its decent
from the ancient inhabitants Of the
country, aud maintains religion and a
both OF which are peculiar
to itself. We ale indebted to Capt. W.
Z. Manning, Of the regular army, for
the tacts in our possession concerning
the newly discovered race Mr. Man.
ming, VII" vas with Gen Crook during
the whole campaign, and wsa recnn-
u.snded for pr motion hy the latter "n
account IF galla"try in the f>'d. ex
p!cred IN the intervals Of fighting. He
visited the inhabited towns. talked with
.he1r rulers, and informed himself cun-
crrnlnE thtlr customs.
he larxes, settlement is in New
Mexico, about thirty miles s"uth o' the
b'rdcr line. 1t is type Of the rest
\ strong wall surr' unds it. Within
are houses tor about 1000 thousand
people. The population has dwindled,
however. to about 1900 The place
was n'en i'ned by u Spanish Jesuit VIII.
published, IN 1929 a desert ption Of his
" nderinSs in America Ab"ut 1885
~no. her Jesuit wrote minute acct umt
ii Is. The lanSu :ge resembles the
Chinese. S" an ard~nt archae' logist
Who visited the city year az >, says
Some of The unn n customs COZ RES
pond to those o> the Chinese. The
~ou'cn are 81 the true celestial ty 'e-
aim nd eyes pro uberent bodies. little
feet, etc. ILey dress their hair and
themselves in Chinese f'shion. Their
rrl's'"" Is barba'i 'usly magnificent
M"".ezun. is their diety. Ills coming
is 'o''ked at sunrise each day. lu'-
m",tai'ty is part Of 'heir creed The
priests have heavily embr iirred robes
which na>e been used tor unuu:nbt red
yea.s. The ceremonial IT worship are
oru'ai aud T. mp"u.
! he NOR l;ty 1T tn = str ing" people
lar ut least as "reigners i ec"ncern
I'd, Is irr* pr"achatle that they keep d
rec I'd OF events hy m"ans "t tying Pc
vu.,ar knots in long cords This, i:
true, seelns o establish = ,'u,. ii,shir "l
rt.''"e acquai"ta"ctsh'p between theu
md the Az'ecs. Their GOV. r"nent l.
a conservative republic p w-r Is YES
tea in c:,uncil o' thirteen cab,qu"s
six q, them ale sci. cted Tor 'if''. VI;
men re generally ch 'sen. in order thai
their terms OF flee may not be "rdiu
ariiy long. The remainder seven are
selected from time t." time. one vi
them is tn, Executive An,th,r is d
sort OF Vice President. There isa Wal
Chief, G ief Of Police. etc. Thes&
seven caciqu~s are usually young men
They serve but few months. Sui
fray. is universal.
1t is scarcely necessary to supplement
these facts with the statement tha
these dwsllers in towns are qnite tal
advanced in civilization. On this poin
one iact speaks volumes Wouuen i:
not beast Of burden among them, n
she is with all Indian tribes She i.
held III high respect. Her tasks art
c"nfi.a-d t" those of housekeeping.
1hv written records which w., hav,
u,enti"urd show that this isolated cou,
mu"i'y has maintained its traditions
unbrok~n Tor at least three aud hal
centuries. Its history, carefully stud
led, may rove clue to the pr"blem .
the ab,riginal Americans. The mound
builders of the North and the city
builders Of the South may be represen
ted in the town -dwellsrs Of New Mex,
co aud Arizona