Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-01-20

and manners softened since Pizirro broucb.
new culture and the Christian cult to re-
place the culture and cult of Nance Cacac
and Mama Huaco. He was The foun Ter of
lima, the city of the kings. a stripping in
'unny Seville when Columbus returned
ON the most momeneous voyage the
world has ever known, his life was m)lIad
by the inspira ton of conquest. He rose
above all obstacles by individual proves
fizarro accompanied Balboa ID Darien
ana mus contributed to the discovery of
the Pacific. In 1522 his dream of conuuast
IN the half-fabulous Ell Dorado among the
Andes took shape but it was not until l5o;
tnat ne saw the shores of Peru, and five
years more passed before he y.5u,II,, en-
tered the land of the Incas Tbn,,.sb n.
came with power and prestige Us govern NJ
anu captain general of New Castillo ter
rinie hardsidps were endured before IN.
actual lnvas on began, his experience viii
thirteen folio wers on the IsIa,i ~ ,..,i
without ship or stores being IN c,;c ~
tragedy. Fearful dangers anl 1r;vations
were met with later. as, when on IN, Les,5-
waters OF the Amazon, starving Spani,rI.
were carried on the shoulders of their fra
less leader. "
The Explorers Death.
In lt5o he founded Lima The conouest
was extended into Chile. but before long dis
sessions arose and a conspiracy was formed
to take the life of the commander. Piz,rro
was now old; yet. when beset by assassns
ana deserted by his men, he defended him
sell bravery until he fell overcome by nurn-
bers. His body was shamefully mutilate
nevertheless. few hours later, II was
buried in consecrated ground. Ecclesiastical
authorities took charge of the corpse, and
the coffin inclosing 1t, identified by suc-
SeSsiVe generations of church officers. has
been carefully guarded as one of the most
precious possessions in the Cathedral of
Lima Thus its traditional history is com
plete.
The three hundred and fftieth anniversary
OF Plzarros death was recently celebrate
at Lima. Under joint action by the munich
pal and ecclesiastical authorities, a critical
examination of the mummified body was I'M
uertaken. one object in view was to set al.
possible doubt at rest as to the identity of
the remains; the other was to subject them
to anthropometric examination. The re-
suits obtained were astonishing. 1t was
lounu that the shape of the lower Jaw. the
conformation of the cranium the presence
or fossa OF Lombroso. and many other peculi-
arlties gave the skull marked likeness Il,
all important respects to that of the typical
criminal OF today. The lower jaw is
striking feature, projecting far beyond the
upper 1t indicates the indomitable will
power and brute-like character of the man
The Mummy.
The coffin. on being opened revealed a
body almost completely mummified. 1t was
partly covered by remnants of clothing.
which seemed to have consisted of short
cassock of black silk, linen shirt finely
embroidered, &c. The cadaver was COM
pletely desiccated and of light brown
color, similar to that of ordinary Peruvian
munmies. At first glance it was obser, ID
that the hands, toes and certain other parts
had been cut off and removed Without
going into details. 1t was evident that the
most important of these mutilations had