The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1893-11-29
INTERESTING RUINS
An Americans Discoveries n Peru
and Bolivia
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HentsPhers-
Mai william suIly Beebe- retired
army offoe- living ~ Tho17soa,
Conn, Is about 70 send % the leading
zrchEolozss-s oi this country and
EzrOus what he considers proofs ot
s0re very rezcsrkzbls DISCOVERIES that
II has made during researches that
have cost Kim twenty years q study
aid large sun OF money expended n
novel lines OF investigation He BE-
feEes, SAYS the New YORK S1n- that
his findings vii convince scientists
that Americz Is the sea. % sn older
source OF occidental civilization than
either Assyriz or Egypt Msj. Beebe
claims that the races that 1O1rished
.-ound the Medite-Taaean-the Aeea-
dian. the Assy-izn, the Egyptian the
Roman and the Greek-prOFe them
selves 70 have been tie borrowers
FROM an earlier people on this cont
nent. because IN the parallels that
oocur IN the early traces Of both eI-lli-
zzfiOns the greater purity IS found n
the American examples Myths and
SYMBOLS and folklore tales that Euro
make clear are sinpli6ed when Rad
by the light Of bis American diseoT-
cries In the journey 20 distant lands
taeT have been altered. copied blindly
o. repeated i<nO-sntly, he thinks. 30
that they have obtained altered OF
modified meanings on the other side
To give only one example, Maj Beebe
asserts that the zo1izcal slgn o1
szgistsrius was ~ f-st an aTmzdillO,
the name ot which IN Perm meant a
arn0red hare or rabbit The sign and
name remained the sane wherever the
srnadiilo was known, but by the tine
the symbol reached northern &exic0
and the region Of our states j became
chan-ed 20 al armed rabbit "a rzb-
bit carving bow and arrow L IS
the same sign. Maj Beebe says. and
stands for the same constellation IN
the heavens as the European symbol OF
. nan with bow and arroEs Sagittar-
iaS
Maj Beebe declares the mos. ancient
remains Of former civilization on this
continent 70 be those ruins Of temples
AID OF cities that are found IN TIE
neirhbo-hood Of Lake Titicaea- OF TIE
Boiiviz-Peru border. These relies are
scattered over a great extent q conn
t-T and reveal remarkable sziu =
stone cutting, in architecture and IN Or
Ezuent- This region IS fourteen thou
sad seet above the sea level and too
cold 70 provide sustenancc for more
than : sparse population but there IS
little doubt that It's climate and is
population sVe-e once very different
L once supported thouz2nds OF stone
cu.ters who could neither live nor
WORK there now. The Aymara tribe
OF In Hans. the preseat Inhabitants
have retained n great purity the lzn-
Cuase they spoke when the SPaniar-s
conquered the eOuntrT. aad ~ tEat
TN. the SpeniarIs took down their
fz5les and legends IN great numbers
NJ lsecbe sent 3 capable man there
u verify the old observztions and
IL -e new ones. and after q study OF
( glt other American tongues a-d
p-ople - the north OF the Ayuaras,
| /. i e1lTinc-d that they are the rel
ies D. II. Oldest American seDicivil-
| izs-ioa. and that their influence spread
ove- North America Proofs OF this
b. claims % have found Is far away Is
Iowa and New Jersey he asserts
taa5 there are in Egypt, and, tr thai
mater. all around the Mediterranean.
tie most evident Implications Of TIE
work Of these Aynaras IN GiRls like
that At Stonehenge, IN Assyrian and
Egyptian buildings, IN the folklO-e and
in the languages Of many peoples
Of almost equal interest TO Ame-i
cans Is Maj Beebe's discovery with re-
| gard 10 the Photographic tablet found
al Davenport. Ia. and declared by
Smithsonian experts 20 be spurious
and worse than valueless- Maj Bee
be declares that he IS able TO read IL
He says that it rep7Oduees the SYN
| boIs and myths OF the AYmara Indians,
and tells the same stories that are
conveyed by means OF the great dial
temple az Tia Huanaeu IN their eoun-
| trT-the same that Mr. Inwzris, Of Lon
don. fonnd 70 correspond 50 nearly IN
appearance with a miniature temple
| left IN Assyria- Maj Beebe has re-
| duced all his proofs to writing, and ar
ranged the vast number OF analogies
| that he claims 10 have discovered be
tween old and new world beginnings
IN szch q manner that when all are
collected and presented in print and
sent ont, the scholars Of the world
may, with the least possible trouble
examine his work and judge his claims
1 He Is man Of leisure and Of means,
who in taking up the study Of Hebrew
had his attention directed 20 those
| simlarities between the IsraeliteS
and our North American Indians
which have been often and generally
| discussed.