The daily gazette., 1875-08-21
From tie Baltimore Sun.
Vhence Came Our Aborf0ines,

The traditional theory that the shor.
iginel Inhabitants of America were Of
Chinese origin has at last enconnte,ed
t,2 No Iompie.e entithesis. Mr.. Charles
Wo!cott Brooks, in paper read be.
Io1e the california Academy of Sci.
ences' deftiy mass the facts which
bear upon the subject, and urges with
considerable plaushility that China
was coionizcd from America. He
succeeds IN showing Gust what the
supporters of the opposite theory also
show, to wit lrcsemblapces between the
ideas, sscred symbols, picture writing.
&C, of the Chinese ard those of the
ancient inhabitants of Central Amer!.
ca. Conceding these resemblances.
evtn 10 the degree Of identity, what
conclusions must result' Clearly NOT
tnat OF Dir. Brooks, that America was
the parent country neither would the
opposite conclusion, that Chine was
the parent country, be warranted by
any nuUhcr Of resenblances, hoTever
striking, The mere fact OF Resemblance
exheusts ITS log;calpoteacy In suggest
ing TIC s.terrai7c probability that (1l
Chlre wa co!oaizeu Dy Anericsrs;t
ma: Ai2er:c-. wgs co.caized by China.
~ Shat tie Two -Eces had common
genesis, acG the: the colonization Of
both ot The Countries occurred from e
ccuuca source. Either hypotbcsis
would e1:..N-tciy account for all the
.esenQlances alleged.
&c supporters OF Tie theory that
America was c0lc2i-ed BIZ the Chinese
seem tc hare overlooked these e,terns.
tive hypothesis, ccd 20 tsvc con cl..
0ed E'T:7~. that, !C:graticr cssure6.
:: "Ta:t have bse2 frc;u the Eastern to
ne Western cC2.!aeo: instead Of Ia the
opposite direction. because, according
70 c'--re-, Interpretations Of ths he
crew scr:C--res, the AdsCic venue was
laid there. Nr. Brooks avoiding tbeir
e7ro- ratesthe fac: Of the resenS!snces
referred 70 e. caly 70 true va.re-thst
.s,a3 3-gg 5Giog migration from Asia to
America, .. fsoC America 70 Asia;
s1d he looks 70 other t2d:ces to dee
te-u;re Il -hicb direction 1t recvr-
red.
Refe-7.9z &c lie .wo Lo:ced fsr1s
found e CoPac, l. C,,t-e, Aner,cs.
&c Tt;cL - existing American racs
tas a1ytg&diti2c, b-: wEich strtkinSiT
resembles TIC CL;oe.e eyabol Of Fc-
Eec, .hr. Ere - asac-ts tia. 1t Is re-,
corded IL ancient Chinese -ccordst that
their a7ce7to7s came from sc-oas the
SEA, snd that Fotee Il therein spoken
Of cs the great stranger king was
introduced Etredueed into China
picture writing" such ss vas found
IN Central America IT its discover BIZ
ECroPeacs Nj R.c1ks thus offers ic
evidence CEire7e annals, whatever
they my ,. worth, IL support Of his
hypothesis he also builds az sreu
mont n fsv.T II the greste- auiicuity
Of American Ea2c1 lhsa of Asietse
races. upon tho tact that while the
oliCI American rsce7 have utterly dis.
appee1ei il is not known that a1T All.
etic raco has been alike unfortunate
At least that 10 the Eay Te understand
the limited synopsis Of his paper, wh;aa
Is sll that + grGilsble. A iu-tn=r ar
gJirent which be Gdvarce3 Is based
upon rbe frct that the Western con-
tinsnt was earliest At for habitat.oa
and wns Gr3t Inhabited. This last az
gunent seems to bc addressed to sup
po-te-s Of IL evolution hypothesis, and
can have little weight with people who
hold n the theory OF the special di.
7ine creation Of man AS to how the
transit occurred, he argues thstvesssls
sailing fcom the coast of Peru would
te waited by The trade wind to South
e-n China,