The Red Cloud chief., 1879-01-02

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Tel,srs. ~ho hsA fvlin.
- >tAsan, valleys ot Nexico
- sofs. the Ast~cs. migtar
- aud crossing IN. 18th,
- on,.pec. ic~,k r-~sss~s~sen
mos called GaAisma1A
oNfef the rolt.rs u wAs ~
49, sraa,luon. nv Thirty -
- sbo Ia theit time peeH
q 0noyvq1( paving the .Sslr~ r{E3ra
- - Iutoo1 The hrs, Toisecr kSsn
- SVtGtMkfN v. NimogaicdRl ~
Qu6eAsl the Great Hut q king nsase1
Acxopii seems TO have hrrn the RAJ
foundes Of the Toitee Empirr In c.
trail AraertcA-
Like the Artrcs u Ancicnt Ncxlco.
the Toltecs appear 10 have erected q
~pcaocahl. kingdom. which ~ns, ho~cv.
or. destined ,o be rudciy distufhed and
eventually oyerihfown by 10 xtAnlsh
I.YsNier la the person II AivrNdc. ear.
~~sNs sixiecnth century. slscnt the
tmtWAot~sall ot the Mexican dynasty
II tho MHsss<ft~A, Toe msrch 20 this
rcbber and cuSsA6c>NAnd wiling MR.
midsns through mn<RS~s~s saa ~ she
A~borigines IL fnil ofsrongS8 u Il re-
iaisf The scsaish first msftssr >ce
hl[ks VI tho River x1uaI1s<
fH NERAL hxhts tcck place. cns
nj rsrro De santa Maria Dc
49, ehich the waters a. ths river
Oli( we're susldeoes1 With blood.
and AArwsrd called xt(0nuti- sks
RiArr Of Hood.
Bat the SpAnisrds advSa1p1 a tho
plnins IL xslshuh, Whsso ~ 1ssuxi
ihsnseivss opposed ~ ~ nla>s Tol.
ArnX drarn 70 - I've tlvisioas.
nAp1aRkftks1s Klnereaqn Itmam
N ho1e}o tkoA1( - de.
a. ~ ~ ~ ss.
power ~ pr.
~ ~ oattb~ ID
~ vIweg ~ 4 IA
~rsSusl opmho6 10
kCAypturpf twtce &sc
sc}r h With . lAncs. i }}nsc-
o. }Assaslt King 'TetuuS ns
a aided - III oSIk ~ are
~ sntiQulstoaG1 ~ 1~s>setst-
aad ~ SkSy Are SCARCELY
ACTIVE 80 the ipquiatiyc tray.
the lore modern belongings
bral ~eaiures Of Guatemala.
49, y the oldest Spanish city
AkDerica. old Custcmain. or
Antigua Guatemala De
ts the site of tho ..oid
beautiful valley, where
ekaAl vcrdure and eternal
DScd In BY high mountains.
peks are capped by SNOW
temperatures prevail ~
taelfN geW spets in the world are
gifts&b2y uArs lovsly ursl~~i surround
Ian. P,1hc Vale al Pssura, ~ Il IL
cshsd. u not dissimilar tD The valley
u the Cty n Mexico. Ola GunssmahA
whose bsilding was begun in 1871. was
located b the center ~ the plain. sur
rounded b, villages 81 natives. and be-
tween too volcanoes. One of these I.
the Volcano de Agns. or Water volca-
no. wbose first recorded eruption &C.
Cured ~ the night 81 September II.
l5tl. IL was q night ~ terror to the
iBhabitRtis ~ Cudad viela. For three
days previously IL had rained inc-s-
sanity. The night 81 the eruption the
fury 81 The wind was equal only 10 the
dreadful thunder and lightning. At2
o'clock 10 the morning there was an APP
palling earthquake. the inhabitants
imagining the end Of the world had
come.
The ws..r from the crater. .pewed
out In yast floods, rolled down the sides
Of the mountain. carrying away trees.
rocks. overwhelming the town. many
OF the Inhabitants perishing among
them tho Donna Beatrice de- In Cueba.
widow ~ the congueror. A~lvnrndo. and
elected 8overness II the town.
The city Of Old Guatrmal. rebuilt.
was again troubled with disturbance.
from the neigaboring craters In 1865.
and aEdn. after IN interval 81 ten
years, IN 1873 81. In 1891 there was q
very remarkable eruption of one ~ the
volcanoes In the vicinity 81 the town.
On tho 9Th IL December the volcano
began 70 emit fire. So many ashes
were cas up into the atmosphere that
the sut Vas entirely obscured. and the
peopled the town had 10 use lighted
candlcs ), MONDAY. Great terror s~x-
them. \ procession vas formed Ia
implor. he Divine Interpolation. and
frighteuid persons confessed them.
selves ID the streets. After two weeks
q northe.iy wind blew the ashe. over
into the Pacific. and the deniz.ns of
Old GtAemaia again saw the sun on
the i4ih of January, 1872. The wears
1885 sns 1886 were full II dire dread.
Flsmss .scended from the volcano for
month"; nj y time, and on the Esd ~
December. 1886. there occurred a mos,
disastro,s and terrific. but sublime dis
play u those mysterious and occult
forces slich have so far banied the e.
forts II ms Ia explain. Thor .
n fearfolearihquskc the ground shook
with sum violence tina, the tops ~ the
neighbenng mountains we're broken of
and tue )led from their lofty heights IA
IA the phin below. aud the city became
q heap u ruins. under which were
buried sgreai part II the inhabitants.
Aftee this dire visitation thelpiace
eDioye%, tweniy-years' rest from the
earthquakes.
In idg. however. fresh sAocks were
expcriAred. Many II the building. in
the city Eerc thrown down. and many
lives gre lost. sixteen years after
ward. ; i623, the volcano resumed It's