Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-11-28
RELICS OF PRIMITIVE MAN.
Traces of Towns That FIourished on tn
 Pacific Coast Ages Ara

Traces of Towns That FIourished on the
 Pacific Coast Ages Ago.
 In gianclng over the thriving city of Pasa- dena, with its thousands of Caucasian resi- dents, its evidences of culture and high civilization, it is difficult to realize that few hundred years ago it was peopled by many more thousands, who constituted a race far in advance of many of the western tribes of today. They lived in hourishing towns, had their laws, built temples, manu- factured beautiful stone implements, and the smoke Of their campfires arose from every hilltop 1n the length and breadth of this summer land Who were they, and where did they come froma My own opinion is that the native population of this section can be traced to many branches of the Mongoloid stock. This country, if we judge by the \ works of art, language, etc, was the meeting ground for many widely differing races In looking for the ancestors I should go to the Chinese, the Japanese, the people of the Malay country, to a limited extent, and possibly the islands of the South Pacific, while other tribes may have reached here from the interior of the continent and the south
 Some years ago map was made showing the location on the Pacific of junks and yes sels that had been blown from the coasts of China and Japan. They were shown to have been picked up all the way across, many having been carried below San Diego by the japanese current before the crews were res cued; so 1t was an easy matter for the Jap anese to reach these shores Others un- doubtedly found their way here by way of the kurlle and Aleutian islands and we have as result people combining in their lives and customs many remarkably distinct characteristics. Even 150 years ago or less there was so great variety Tn language that the Spaniards found different dialect every few miles, and even Boscana says that in his time the natives at San Diego could not un- derstand those at San Juan.
 There is little or no evidence to show that there was any advancement or improvement in these people, and we know little about them up to the time of the discovery of the coast by Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo, in June, 1642-nearly 250 years ago. In sailing up the coast they sighted three islands-Cle- menti and Catalina-the two divisions of Catalina appearing like two distinct islands The vessels of Cabrillo stopped at various points from San Diego to Santa Bar bara and beyond, and from the meager descriptions we can form something of an idea of the inhabitants They were In- dians, curiously marked with slashes upon the thighs and body with some white pig ment. They dressed in skins, and were armed with bows and flint tipped arrows. At Wilmington or San Pedro the natives fired at them, and wounded several of the Spaniards.
 They were undoubtedly a peaceful people, living in large villages in the open spaces in the canyons of Catalina and San Clementi, and near the springs. That they were idola- tors there is little doubt. Cabrillo refers to temple which he saw upon one of the islands, the walls of which were painted and which contained idols. This temple was built of wood, and has been the object of re- peated search by archaologists, so far with out success. As to whether it was built upon Catalina or Clement opinion is divided. MT. Schumacher, who has taken many valu- able collections from the islands, believes Catalina to have been the spot, while others favor Clementi.-Chicago Herald.