Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1896-12-11
ORIGIN OF THE AZTECS.
Recent Explorer Thinks They
Game from Scandinavia
Great Harm Done by the wanton De-
strustion OF Historic Records OF the
RAss-scientists Have Not I'm
proved Matters.

proved matters.
II am glad to note that scientists.
and particularly philologists, are at
last making good Roadway in decipher-
ing the hieroglyphics Of the Aztecs,"
said DIR. Wendall Mees, Of Ithaca, N. |
Y, to writer Of the St. Louis Globe
Democrat. II have just returned from
an extended visit to our sister republic,
during which l made the most careful
researches, with results which are high
ly gratifying to me. There remains no
doubt in my mind that the warlike and
highly civilized tribes which Cortes
found in Mexico were Of Scandinavian
origin and very closely allied to our
own Saxon forefathers. l believe we
shall soon be able to establish this fact
beyond a question of doubt. Indica-
ton point to the Scandinavians having
come over from the great northern
peninsula as early rs the fourth GEN.
fury B. c.
Speaking Of Cortes and the Spanish
conquerors raises a perfect storm of
pent-up indignation within me every
time l hear the name, for the world
will never be able to fully realize the
harm they have done by their wanton
destruction of the records they found
and the stumbling blocks they have put
in the way Of scientific researchers.
There are not enough of the hieroglyh-
ic records of the Aztecs remaining to
ever complete our knowledge Of their
civilization, but, in my opinion, the
worst barriers have been successfully
passed. Many of our scientists have
befogged very plain question concern
ing Mexican hieroglyphics. There never
was uniform system OF written or
printed records anywhere. They all
contained the principles Of several dis
tinct systems. This is true of Egypt as
well as Mexico. A majority Of the
hicroglyphics Of nomenclature in
Egypt were based on the rebus, or sym
photograph, where the pictures give
the sound, but not the sense. This inn
plies the existence of two languages in
that country, one which gave the
meaning and the other to which the
picture belonged.
1.-THE same system was used in Mex
leo. The hieoroglyph for Huaseyacac
pronounced Washyca, is twig OF the
huase fruit coming out Of the nose. OF
yacac, Of q human face.
1.-The meaning, however. y quit
different. Wash or Washu must hav'
been the name Of the god Of war, and
as Kak, or Gao, means red, and tn
, Culwas were red men, Huaseyaca
must have meant the Red God Of War
The popularity Of the word is that !
presents what we may call the Scandi
navian dialectic formula of name o
great antiquity found in many coun
tries and not originally belonging t
the red men Of Europe and northern
Africa. In these peoples, who can b
, directly traced to the mingling OF tn
three primitive savage races with tn
: prehistoric white races OF northern Ell
3 rome, the Axes, or Asar, we have tn
. root Wash, as in Washington, Washo
and like words. The older form wa
Bas, as in Basinghall, Bashinstoke, Bass
Basuueses, ETC., in actual nomenclt
ture, and Bes, Bessaria, Bosnia, l
- ancient times. Huitzilipoctli was
title and not q name, and the lollin
tongue is hieoroglyphic for the wor
Lap, showing that Huitzilipochtli WE
the demon Lap, or the god Of war,
n viewed by the red races. This hier
olyphic is based upon the Saxon woi
Lap, to take up water with the tongu
10 and is proof positive Of the Scandin
Wan origin Of the Aztecs.
ssGoing further into this we ha'
found that the hieroglyph for Lap w
the rabbit, because Lepus rebus
ID Nth Ian. and we infer from that tn