The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1876-03-17
TaIe of the Flood.

CHlOItCLc III Itle TlsIdild LouSue-Wl1Cn
may be called the grandmother of the
Anglo Saxon giving an ac-
count OF events that occurred in Europe
1000 years before the Christian era.
Since then another installment of the
contents of this remarkable book has
reached us, and we make haste to lay
it before our readers. It treats of that
terrible scourge that overcame the
earth 4,06S years ago, and is known in
Biblical history as the Deluge.
It is stated in this ancient chronicle
that for more than 10000 years there
was mighty continent extending to
the West, !" for many thousands of
journeys" meaning an immense dis
tance, which the people called Altland
or Old Land. From this name of At
land, Plato probably got the knowledge
of which he speaks in his book 'Tima-
cos, and he corrupted the Frisian word
Atland into the Greek-sounding Atlan-
tis. The people inl,abiting that conti-
nent were a very warlike race, and
counted by many millions. They over
ran what is now known as Southern
Europe and Northern Africa, and con-
quered the nations living there. The
chronicle describes the people as being
of dark, reddish hue, which descrip
ton would fit the color of our Indians,
and hence the supposition that the
America OF today was at that ancient
time part of the continent of Atland
which fact would at once explain what
many ethnologists have hitherto failed
to do, the origin of the Indian popula-
ton OF America. The legendary ac-
count OF Plato, who speaks OF tremen-
dous battles fought between the people
OF Greece and the red invaders from
Atlantis, is fully corroborated by this
Frisian relic of antiquity. What be
came of this great continent and its
millions Of inhabitants is told as fol-
lows:
1t was in the year 2193 before the
birth of Christ that terrific convulsions
shook the globe. Earthquakes, VOL
canic eruptions, thunder-storms and
rain-storms of great vehemence succeed
ed each otl.er and continued for full
three years. Deep valleys rose into
mountains, and rocky heights were cleft
in twain and sank into valleys. Oceans
encroached upon the land, the light
Iing set fire to the forests, and smoke
clouds changed the day into one con-
rinuous night. Before these powers OF
destruction mankind sought refuge in
flight, but few only were able to escape.
For months aud months the sun and
the armament were invisible, aid the
roar and the fury of the elements were
so great, says this book, that men trem-
bled and died OF fright, nor could one
talk to another, it being impossible to
be heard. At last, after three years,
the excitement gradually subsided, and
having waited motime, few. of the
boldtr fishermen of Frisia ventured out
upon the waters. They returned home
and told most pitiful tale. Before
the tremendous war of the elements
these same fishermen were in the habit
of visiting Atland for the purposes OF
trade, but now, they said, not trace
was left of that vast continent. As
far as the eye could reach to the south
and west, nothing but water could be
seen, the land with its millions of peo-
pie having sunk into the ocean. This
rectal found but few believers at first,
and expedition after expedition was
sent out by the Frisians to ascertain
whether it was fact, but they all
brought back the same story-that of
the immense continent of Atland moth.
ing remained except few islands,
which are now known as Madeira, tie
Canaries, the Cape Verde Islands, and
the Azores. So great an impression dad
the event make upon the Frisians that
the sinking of Atland, or Atlantis, was
deemed by them as beginning new
era, and thenceforth they counted their
years as being so many after the disap-
pearance of that continent. The last
entry in this newly found old chronicle
was made about the middle of the
thirteenth century OF our Christian era,
and there it is stated that the shaking
of the earth commenced 2,196 years
before Christ, and Atland. sunk in the
ocean three years later, 2, 1913 years be-
fore Christ. There are many facts in
history which go far to prove the truth
of these assertions in this chronicle.
Charlemagne, over a thousand years
ago. sent ambassadors to the Frisians,
and these reported to him that these
strange people counted their years from
what to them seemed to have been the
Deluge of the Bible. One of the Fri
sian Chiefs sent letter to the Emperor
Charlemagnin the year S03 which is still
preserved in the library OF manuscripts
in the Vatican of Rome. The letter
begins with the following statement !:
/" Since Altland is sunken, it is now p
996 years. which, it being then the
Christian year 703, makes it precisely
1908 years before Christ. And it is
somewhat strange how well this Frisian
chronology, written near 1000 years
ago, tallies with the Biblical history.
According to the first book of Moses,
the deluge occurred 1856 years after
the creation of the world, which. by
Biblical count, would be 4,O69 years
ago. Deducting from that number tile
year 1876, in which this Frisian chron.
icle was found, leaves the year 2,I9a
il