The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-12-21
PREaIsTo 10 MAN.
Interesting Meeting in Paris OF the
Congress- OF Amerlcanists.
From ths Aelo York San.


Congress OF a merlcanists.
From the Nslo York San
For years anthropologists have been OF
the opinion that there is no place equal to
the Americas for studying prehistoric man.
The reason Is that the Americas have not
been thickly popu ated for CO turtles, like the
Old world. The people OF Europe have de-
stroyed IN 'st OF the ve'iges OF prehistoric
Inan, VIII CT In a large part OF the New
World have remained uu disturbed. Goa
ceding this importaL ce 10 ths new world as
a field 1t prehistoric study, the an hrop To-
gis s of Europe about fifteen years ago
formed what 70 kno va a. tue Congress VI
Americanists, ant every Two years or -
they NEST 10 mpare NO ~ on tue latest
archn logical researches In America. The
last session of o congress was helI IA Paris
last montn, and a distinguished body OF
men were present, inclu ling lcI althDri-
ties as Quatrefages, Nadaillho and DR..
Hamy.
The president Of the congress, Prof. Quak-e-
flges, opened tue congress with paper on
the original peophng OF America or
course. he holds the teory, now generally
accepted, that America was peopied from
the old ord. lie said no plant ar animal
had been met whose home could be fou nd
in all parts OF the world, I'd investi gati on
showed that the higher Wa In the scale
Of being the more lliultod Is tue habitat.
de thinks man originally occupied but a
very small par OF inc eaFth's surface, and
that through emigration be spread al over
tho world.
This ia uiliar theory with regard TO the
peopling OF the Americas " p,rtic iiarly ia-
10: esting low, In view Of the recent re-
searches Of the German arc @ Jlogist, Otto
Sittig He has accumulated IA great 81 of
information with regard to involuntary
wanderings in the Pacific Ocean. de hnns
scores OF we'll authenticated Instances OF IA
tives who. III their canoes, have beel carried
by adverse winds aud currents mauy hun
dreIs Of miles from their homes and have
iinally reached now island, where they
have settled, reared families. aud perna-
nently occupied specks in the ocean
which were previously uninaabited.
By collatink the information lac has
gathered Mr. Sit tg has disc w.
cred the interesting fact that these involun-
t4ry wanderings can lbs connected IN an un-
broken chain leading from the southeast
coast of Asia through the Malayan Islands,
on through tbs hundreds OF PolynestaI
islands, aud still further east To Islands that
are very far On the way t. this co ltineJt.
More co elusive eyidoIcs has nos yet been
y
population OF the Americas was derived
from the Old word. and that immigrants
came e. our shores NOT only IN the far nortG.
where the two con ileutI q arly approach
ono aluther, NJ also over tic Paciics
broad expanse, drifting from isa I'd 70 ls.and,
a. d ~ TIE courss OF ages, tbroigi acci-
dental c1usss, extending their wa darlngs
to the eIst until the human tld9 reached the
new world.
Among the interesting matters brought
before tie congress were the discovtries OF
Dr. Won don Stei en-, in the regions watered
by the XII que ribu AIRY OF The AmazO1,
where hs found few years ago very
c ri rus 10 ppie " no 1ad 40 Knowledge OF The
40 Id, except ths hu 'dfed or s. square
miles OF territory they o cupied, al / who
wers in oil respects living an t1e stone aye.
Photographs Of thes3 ciri us b)tocndo
people vera sh wn, nnd IL will be re nedi-
beoed that few N Jatns ago some OF thoJe
photographs. whica had been received by
the Sun, were reproduced Ia tue columns OF
this nen spaper.
M. Marcel told some curious facts about
the Teri del Fuegians, ta&e1 from unpub-
lishei manuscripts OF the seventeenth cell
tnry. A shipxreck Il sailor was compile I
TO spend elevel moaths among the peoIls OF
this region. In bis opinion, and ia tho
opinion II others OF MS time, wnOs) mani
scripts we're read at the congress. the people
no lnhabit the island that form the iuSn,
west pars OF Terra deI Fueg were doomed
10 extinction beca IS they we're ex-
pos ID TO 81 many shsrdships a d
led such wretohed lives. The prophecy
is coming true, for there nov remain less
than D OF thase natives. IL is a curious
fact that they are entirely distinct ia Ian
Ruage. customs a Il Dhysioll trai from
their nei h bJrs VINO live On tbs grea'er part
Of Terra del Fueg,. These people, gssner
With the ma ives II FerBa d. Pc. near the
west coast Of Africa. are the mos cJn~
spic nous ms ances OF tle fact that tccaslo =
ally savage people. who live almost thin
sigat Of one an Their. ave kept on
tirely distinct aid have little III re
in common than they ave with ntives
who live many hun .reds OF mi 81 away.
Mr.. Alta al ano, tue Co sal OF MEXICO IN
Paris reid, q III re a u very intar5eti q
pap.r ON tine istItu 10 IS OF ancient 3exlc'.
lie THU Ks he is abie 10 demoa trnte that.
contrary TO tie opinion If tire chr lnicie
Of the nineteenth CO ltury aid OF Mexican
hist rians IN general, ancient Me icJ " 8
not dhspotlc monarchy, Cover ed by an
heredi. arr emreror. but was military de-
nncrAcy adj ni.lis erei by two
magis rates, who cou'd 10 com.
pared 70 the consals II a1clsnt
Rome. One OF these mag s.
ira o. had spec,s ch-rge Of military AFFAIR.
ami The thor II affairs Of peace. The
author e ,ncsnied ira tse democratic form,
II goserrm NJ hal alsayS. from too
earliest days. been y full vlxsr IN Mexic !.
aid . ,nade lie curlosis 4 du Il n thai
this fact may largely erpai1 the cetes ra-
p1ss that oVefwh Incl lGur4il q Mari
mIliag.
ne congress oocupip4 a weak. and n1alig
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