New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-04-12
LOCAL MISCELLANY.
RACES OLDER THAN THE AZTECs.
a TALK WITH NJ. cHARNAY ABOUT THE LoRIILARD

EXPEDITION.
M. Desire Charnay, who has charge of the Loril-
lard Expedition to Mexico, has returned from WASH
SetoD Wnere ne went for the purpose OF conferrin2
with the Mex can Munster in reference TO the PROB
able attitude Of e us Gne Sy TPSUSn
reporter yesterday aud gave the following iacts rel
alive TO the expedition;
az have made two previous expeditions to Mex
jcon said M. Charnay, between the years 1897
and 1860 They are described in my work 'Cttes ct
Raincs AmeicaiRes' My attention was called 10 TINS
field of research by the remarkable book OF Mr. Ste
hpens / do not care for the Aztecs. They are
altogether too modern, and many many DOCKS ;E,
have been written about them. But the cry
ilizatjons we propose to unearh are of vast anti
guilty. Some authorities claim that they are 12QVO
years DID, or that ut least they existed before the
lake villages of Europe. As for myself, am not
ahle to assign them any date. We have not thing
now but hypothesis. This mucn Is cerialli' now now,
ever that they are very much more ancient man
the Aztec Civilizations II such they can be Called.
do You intend to bring any monuments IRON
Mexico ~ asked the reporter
There has been some misconcepuon OF our puT-
poses ia that direcilon," said Nj. Charnay. 1--WE
DO not propose to bring anything in the shape OF
original monuments away from Mexico. The gov
eminent wonld not permit us 10 dOow 'naI Pi wa
seek is to obtain casts and mOulds OF valuable in
scrptions These will be taken by the process in in
S Ssn'ef laval thirty They years win ago be placed ''
collection IN r,on par Minister %a % Public by nsnc
ton will be called Mousse Lorillard. We will make
very rich collection Ut photographs illustrating
I" Who has furnished the money for the expedl-
One-third has been advanced by tho French
Government and two thirds by Mr.. r. Lorillard.
France will however. make such further conces-
Bions in other ways to make the contributions
= " How long do you expect TO DO absentp
"Two years, at least, though we VII take less
time, IL practicable There are many ancient cites
TO De visited; We shall go to Oxaca and CstapPee,
and from there to Palangus. in the State OF Cnla-
pas and thence to Ypcatan, endeavorne TO pass
through the country of La CandOuS. generally very
hostile to strangers one year VIII DC spFlU "a
My journal Of the expedition Will be punlished IN
Tie North Anpericda ReueO edited by MIR. Rice, who
has been Mr.. Lorillards Intermediary in this mat
terri 49,,
!" You have travelled extensively, have you not -
Queried the reporter . ~.
Yes. am an old traveller was the reply. In
the pursuit of the study of anthroEooey ethnoi9gy
visiting Madagascar and Java and out-o1-the-way
places IN South America. Our researches are
greatly assisted by cranometers and other lnstrll-
fents recently devised for taking the seventy-hye
different measurements of the human frame. MY
latest ps pers have been published in the Tour du
Monde in which have described my work IN Java
and Australia" on ,..5-
the reporter. iii u.;., 90 thr.s ,oroono N
Iemaire, myself and another, not yet chosen: VINO
viii be an American. have bad many applications:
but the right man viii! be hard to fad. union OF
diligence, culture and instruction seldom combined
in one person is required. The Mexican Government
may add to our number when we reach that coun-
How soon will you start {"
"Have you any agreement with the Government
" None whatever. The Mexican Minister. whom
saw in Washington, says he hopes there Will be no
difficulty so far as Mexico is concerned"