The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1883-05-03
PREHISTORIC aELICa.

The theory thai this continent vas fir,t peoplcd
By some Of the rowing tribes OF Asia who crossed At
Behring'S strait, while il not be substautizted
by any historical fact possesses some, at least. Of
the elements Of Piausibility. II this theory is
rect. it furnishes starting point to unrayei some Of
the mystery that surrounds the discoveries that
have been made from time to time in various parts
Of the country. of the existence of a prehistoric
race, who had disappeared long before The foot of
civilized man trod The soil of this continent. 1t
requires great stretch of the imagination to con-
eeive that the rowing Disposition that led
TO brave the dangers Of the frozen north. would
also lead him to explore the new-found continent;
and as he made HE way farther south, he found
game more plentiful, and climate better suited to
his exposed condition. which still led him onward,
until finally. after the lapse of many long centuries.
the descendants oT these early adventures made
way down across the entire continent leaving be-
hind them, they went those traces Of their exist
enes that are found al this day.
II will I've recolleeied by those who are familiar
with the early history Of Mexico, when that country
first known to civilization, there existed ira
dition among the -emi-civilized inhabitants found
there. that their came from the north.
One thing j. certain: q Of people inhabited this
country Ion: ase- before il known to civiliza-
tion: but ahenre they zane. and whittier they
went. is, Of course. all conjecture, and the proba
bility is that their origin and disappearance from
the face Of the earth will forever remain shrouded
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