Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1885-09-06
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ACRED CITY AND SHRINE,
uIa, the Mecca OF Ana
huac.
il to the Sacred City Of the TOItecs---
Mexican MythOIogy---A Pyramid
Double the Size Of CheOps---
Queitzalcoatl, Air-God

'EBLA, Mexico, August 2l.--Choluls,
scrsd city Of the Tolsecs, lies about
niles east of Puebls. II is reached by
way through green fields of waving
for this plain of Acayete has been
srulzed by the blood and bone dust
Numbered thousands slain upon it.
last battle wsged here was
q the famous Cinco de Mayo in 1860,
10000 Frenchmen and Mexicans were
"a in conflict, and more than 5000 Of
? found graves upon the field. Seat err
n every hand are the ruined breast.
sEG Qualifications Of thst engagement,
settled Maximihau's future and fur
President Diaz his first stepping
10 glory
this small valley of Cholula one may
: q different chu7ch every dag in the
for there are exactly 365 Of them With
adius Of six miles. The traiuway-
emily running at random across the
follows sn antique squeduct built by
Iiy COnQuiStadores; crosses the Rio
with it's scores Of mills and factories;
sn old Spanish bridge, seulp,ured
aEmOTial bearings, and rushes
the walls Of dilapids.ed eonveu,s,
today serve such useful purposes as
)un1riss, match factories, and ia5ri,s
. manufacture Of wooden goods Ri
the midst Of this peaceful scene, the
ned Pyrsmii looks in the distance.
. Isiu<A conicsl mountain,
s. Baron Won Humboldt has
d us, IS double the size of
=. au1 larger =. Ia 2sse thAn auy pyr-
set discovered In ,Le Oh Word. il is
Of layers Of h'.yS, mixed with coats
', and shows four ilsiiuct terraces.
any years ago, in masking 3 new road
cut of one corner Of the mound, 3
apartment was disclosed inside OF il.
tys:erious chamber was built Of sculp-
zones, with root Of cypress beams,
contained several human skels-
some idols Of basa,t,
.ses Of GLAZED and painted pottery.
pyramid Of Choluls dates back to
den age Of the Mexicsus, in which
nagine as much happiness under their
deity. Bletzslcoai, IS the Greeks
d under the reign Of Saturn-and
the Toltee god slso resembled in the
be suffered. In Quetzseosts time
rev 90 rank that two men were re-
to carry 8 single ear; gourds were as
mans body; fruits were in the
.buudsnce, and OF extraordinary size;
was unnecessary to dye cotton, for it
q all colors.
quarians, cropping in the dark as 10
rpose Of this pyramid, have broaght
BIT many curious trsditions-SOne
2 It to hs7e bsen originally designed
omb, and others for the foundation Of
DE; while recent discoveries show that
Cd for both. To the researches Of a
d Dominican monk, who studied
place and is traditions in
we are indebted for mos: Of
lrly mythology. From his careful
we learn that before the grea. inuu-
(which corresponds to our food, and,
ing TO Mexican reckoning, occurred
FIVE thousand years af.eg the creation
world), the country Of Anahusc was
! b7 glln;s, all of Ehom either
ed in the delugs or were transformed
shes-excspt seven brothers, whom
god Of the Winds, hid in
]. When the waters su5s;ied one
lese gianls-Rhose name was
3, s0ne.imes called The
sct Game 70 Choluia, where, as a
,:sl Of gra.i-rie TO I.aloe, he jul; an
Al hill il toe form Of a pyramid. %
tered br,-ss % De made in the prov
sIlalml Leo, at the foot Of the dis
.srra Cac0'i, and in order TO transport
Easily . ChoIUla he placed ile OF
rho passed them from hand 10 hand.
Q wiser tJr any doa5.ing Thomas to
his Ii 1lOgy Oy iuqu;ring where so
men came from Immediately after a
d, than 20 c:itieise the scrip:ural &C
Of how Csin found wife TO the
?. Eden
tradition goes on to state that the
sLeld With wrath an ediiCe whose top
pierce the clouds, aud they hurled
ION it. BIZ which numbers Of the work
srished. Tneu the olilding was dis
ued, until some centuries Laser the
ans made a pyramid out OF is ruins
r. beloved OuatZalrOtl
J divinity (whose name is pronounced
ll-co att was known to all the Toltec
as The FeatheredS Serpent, or God
Air he is figured as tall, huge aud
complexion, With blue eyes, yellow
nd flowing beads. He was once a
-iest of lula, the city which the Toll
anded in the year 6tS. Speaking
this unknown psople, who
reared from Mexico before the
of the Affects, Clsvigero says:
fixed their capital st lula, which
nth of the Mexican valley, and the
rs of extensive buildings were to be
cred there at the time ofths conquest.
shadowy history reminds one Of those
i've races who proceeded the ancient
ians. After four centuries the Toll
2nished as silently and mys:sgioasly
y came
tich was Quetzalcati that 81 ais pal
yere of gold aud silver, studded With
BUS stones. From 3 sense Of mOdesty
uncommon at that period, he wore q
robe, which is said to have been spot
tth red crosses he was exceedingly
.rious, and among many useful iuyen-
he taught his people the art of melt
stals and cutting gems. His profound
N was displayed in the most eXemp-
conduct and in the msximS be lef. to
ind. Whenever s law was to be pro-
Ated he ordered a crisr 10 the top of
itepre, or Hill Of Shouting, near lula,
whence his voice could be heard over
3 kingdom.
marvellous became his prosperity that
st the supreme god, Tezcstlipoca,
2 Jealous and determined to drive the
81 binary mortal from Tuls. Accord
on e dsy an aged man appeared to
slco sti and told him that the gods had
hiur q new kingdom, called Tlspslla,
he M ust Immediately search for. We
aforms that Quetzaleoati st first
red. WI en- the visitor gave him bey-
which be said wss prepared expressly
ae gods, and was warranted to
the parta ser immortal; thereupon
az ruler Of N'ula imbibed it, and at
felt 80 strs ugly tempted to seek the
atuus, TlapsN a, that he set out imue-
followed by many Of his mourning
Is. Traces or his journey are found