Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1883-08-23
A QUEER RACE.
People who Had Six Fingers and Six
TOes-Recent Discoveries I'm Sonora.

People who Had Six Fingers and SIX
TOes-Becent Discoveries I'm Sonora.
Ancient ruins have recently been
discovered in Sonora, which, if reports
are true, surpass anything Of the kind
| yet found on the continent. Sonora is
the Northwestern state of Mexico, ,andlis
bordered by Arizona on the nerth and
the Gulf of California on the west.
The ruins are said to be four leagues
southeast of Magdalena There is one
pyramid which has a base of 1850 feet
and rises to the height of $50 feet !;
there is winding roadway from the
bottom leading up an easy grade to the
top, wide enough for carriages to pass
! over, which is said to be % miles in
| length; the outer walls of the roadway
are laid in solid masonry from huge
blocks of granite in rubble work, and
the circles are aS uniform aud the
grade as regular rs they could be made
at this date 10y our best engineers.
The wall, however, is occasionally ex-
posed, being covered over with debris
and earth, and in many places the
sahuaro and other indigenous plants
and trees have grown up, giving the
pyramid the appearance of noun
tain. To the east of the pyramid a
short distance is a small mountain
about the same size, which rises to
about the same height, and. if reports
are true, will prove more interesting TO
the arch9ologiSt than the pyramid.
There seems to be Il heavy layer of a
species of gypsum about half way up
the mountain, which is as white as
snow, and may be cut into any con-
ceivable shape, yet sufficiently hard to
retain its shape after being cut. In
this layer of stone people of an un,
known age have cut hundreds upon
hundreds of rooms, from 6X30 to l6 or
Is feet square. These rooms are cut
out of the solid stone. and so even and
true are the walls, floor and ceiling to
plumb and level as to defy variation.
There are no windows in the rooms
and but one entrance, which is always
from the top. The rooms are about
eight feet high from floor to ceiling;
the stone is SO white that it seems
almost transparent and the rooms are
not at all dark. On the walls of these
rooms are numerous hieroglyphics and
representations of human forms, with
hands and feet of human beings cut
in the stone in different places. But,
strange to say, all the hands have five
fingers and one thumb and the feet
have six toes. Charcoal is found on
the floors of many of the rooms, which
would indicate that they built fires in
their houses. Stone implements of
every description are to be found in
great numbers in and about the rooms.
The houses or rooms are one above the
other to three or more stories high;
but between each story there is a Jog
or recess the full width of the room
below, so that they present the appear
ance of large steps leading up the
mountain. Who these people were,
and what age they lived in, are prob
lens. Some say they were the ances-
tors of the Mayos, a race of Indians
who still inhabit Southern Sonora.
who have blue eyes, fair skin, and
light hair, and are said to be a moral,
industrious and frugal race of people,
who have written language and
know something of mathematics.