Weekly Trinity journal., 1876-05-06
AEAEE OF THE FLOOD.

9TH had an interesting account of the dis
covery Of an old chronicle in the Fris-
ian tongue-which may be called the
grandmother of the Anglo Saxon Ian
1 guage-giying accounts Of events that
occurred in Europe 1000 years before
the Christian era. Since then another
lnstallment OF the contents OF this re-
markable book has reached US, and we
make haste to lay it before our readers
1t treats of that terrible scrouge that
ovescame the earth 4,06S years ago, and
is known in Biblical history as the Del
uge. Ii is stated in this ancient chroni-
/ Gle, that for more than ten thousand
years there was mighty continent ex-
tending to the West "tor many thous-
H"as - tjeorneys." (meanng an immense
dlstance), which the people called Altland,
or Old Land. From this name OF Ait
land, Plato probably got the knowledge
| Of which be speaks in this book "Tima-
| COS" and he corrupted the Tristan word
Altland into the Greell-sounding Allan
us. The people inha0itjng that conti-
nent were Il very warlke race, and count
ed by many millions. They oyerran
what is now Nnowa as Southern Europe
and Northern Africa, and conquered the
nations living there. The chronicle des-
cribes that people as being Of u dark,
reddish hue, which description would iii
the color OF our Indians, and hence the
supposition that the America Of to- day
was at that ancient time pait OF the
continent Of Atland. Which fact would
ut orce explain what many ethnolo-
glsts have hitherto failed to do-the ori-
gin OF the Indian population Of America.
The legendary account of Plato, who
speaks Of tremendous battles fought be-
tween the people OF Greece and the red
invaders from Atlantis, is fully corrobo-
rated by this Tristan relic of antiquity
What became of this great continent and
its millions of inhabitants is told MS fol
lows 1t WAS in the year 2l03 before the
/ birth of Christ that terrific commissions
shook the globo. Earthquakes, volcanic
/ eruptions, thunder storms and rain show
ers OF great vchemence succeeded each
other, and continued for full three years.
Deep valleys rose into mountains, aud
rocky nights were cleft in twain and
sank into valleys. Oceans encroached
upon the land, the lightning set fire to
/ The forests, and smoke clouds changed
the day into one continuous night, Be
fore these powers Of destruction mankind
sought refuge in flight, but few only
were able to escape. For months and
months the sun and the armament were
| invisible, and the roar and the fury Of
the elements were SO great, says this
book, that men trembed and died from
fright, nor could one talk to another, it
being impossible to DO heard. At last,
after three years, the excitement gradu-
ally sub>ided, and having waited some
time, a few Of the bolder fishermen Of
They returned home and told most
pititul tale. Before the tremendous war
OF the clements these same fishermen
were in the habit of visiting AltlAnd for
purposes of trade, but now, they said, not
trace WAS left Of all that vast continent.
As far as the eye could reach to the
south aud west nothing but water could
be seen, and the land with all its millions
Of people, having evidently disappeared
i'm the ocean, This recital found few be-
lievers ut first, and expedition after eX
pedition was sent out by tho Flisiaus to
ascertain whether it was fact, but they
all brought back the same story-that OF
the immense continent OF Altland moth
| ing remained except few islands, which
are now known as the Madeira, the Can-
aries, the Cape Verde Islands and tho
Azores. So great an impression did the
event make upon the FrisiAns that the
sinking of Altland, or Atlantis, was
deemed 10y them as the beginning Of a
new era, and thenceiorth they counted
their years as being 50 many after the
disappearance Of that continent. The
last entry in this newly found old chronl-
Gle 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,l06 years before
Christ There are many facts IN his
tory which 60 far TO prove the truth Of
the statements in this chronicle. Char
lernagne, over thousand years ago, sent
EN- bassadofs to the Fr.ians, and those
who reported to him that this strange
people counted their years from what to
them seemed to have been the Deluge Of
the Bible. One Of the Tristan chiefs sent
a letter to the Emperor Charlemagne in
the year SO3, which is still preserved in
the library Of manuscripts in the Natl-
can OF Rome. The letter begins with the
following statement: 81 Since Altland Is
sunken, it is now 1886 years." which, it
being then the Christian year 5O5, makes
it precisely 2,l03 years before Christ.
And it is now somewhat strange how
we'll this Fnsian chronology, written
nearly coo years ago, tallies with the
Biblical history. According to the first
book of Moses, the Deluge occurred l,756
years after the creation OF the world,
which by Biblical count would be 4,069
years ago. Deducting from that number
the year 1879 ia which this Tristan chron-
icle was found, leaves the year 2, 1913 pre-
cisely the time when the continent of
I Altland or Atlantis vanished in the wa
ters. II is therefore quite clear that the
deiuge spoken Of by Moses, and the three
years Of earthquakes ard thunderstorms,
followed By the sinking Of Altand or
Atlantis, are the same identical events.
-Ne,V York Mercury.