The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-05-02

conditions have Influenced his color grad
uaiiy the process would naturally be slow
In coming about. and that In itself would
prcsuppose great antiquity for the race
Al least In the few hundred years during
which Europeans have Inhabited America
there seems TO he no influence in the ell
mate which would give their fair skins the
color of copper. N sE
But there is decided and easily traced
similarity existing between the Japanese
and the American Indian There Is the
same superaciality In many things, the
same physiological characteristics. which
In the case OF the Ainas may be fairly
outlined. The Ainas. 1t may be stated.
are an ancient and primitive race inhab-
Ting Japan. gradually dwinaling in num-
hers under the aggression OF the modern
and more civilized Jap. who by the way,
is taken by many TO be an ancient invad-
er of the island he now calls his native
land Whether this aggression once led
the Jap across the seas or whether IL
drove the Ainu across Is question, but
there vas and Is ample opportunity for
Inhabitants OF the East crossing the Pa
ciiic ocean. by accident IL not by design.
Spars OF vessels known TO have been
wrecked ON tho japan coast have been
found floating near the American shores.
The SET Of certain currents trends In just
the manner needed To ffoat a small boat
across the Pacific. and the very name of
the ocean Is sufficient 20 show cause why
that boat might survive the warning ele-
ments, which are generally conspicuous
by their absence.
nr. Angelo HssipFsn ~ the Philadel-
phis Academy ~ rc4erce. has this to say
regarding the pre-s-ainmpian discovery of
American By Asissirs.
mo problem connected with American
history s. OF deeper interest, or Is more
difficult Ia approach than that which is
associated with The origin 81 the true
American people-the Indians and the
ancient civilization which Is reflected in
the stately monuments which are so
abuudantiy scattered through parts Of
Mexico and the region lying further to
the south. The most casual observer can
not fail Co recognize IN these monuments
design and method entirely foreign 10
the spirit aud capabilities OF the Indian
II today. or 90 his predecessor Of 40
years. and with equal certainty would he
point 10 registration tn them of che
meats that could seemingly not be other
wise than borrowed from an Assatie Or
Afro-ASiatic source. Alexander Won
Humboldt already IN the early part ~ the
century emphasized the existence Of
AStattc Influence In the culture az an
ctent Arnerica. and he dia not hesitate 10
express the conviction that in some man
hecn maintained between the continents
- The opposite sides Of the Pacific ocean.
The views 90 more modern scholars. -
psclaiiy 81 the American chronological
school. have however tended more and
more from tire conclusions 81 Humboldt
ana Ia the direction ~ recognizing IN the
monumental cdlHcsS ard scaipturai
pieces ~ new spain merely the effort ~
~ Autochfoncsle race. whose sievetnr-
uaeat was entirely independent Of t7npaT,
~ sonusnca - aay kind II i an}v r.
csatiy that the question has again b-.,
psat - the tess II a more direct or s-s-,,.
tine inquiry. ard such facts as haxa ~
ready been obtained make Il at,r,aa~ -.
10 means unlikely that tirsc, ,n.srear.
nunftsfscn existed ia prersssif~alsn ,8v,.ss
between Asia and AmerEca. and ,hst ~.
former country gave much 10 fhas rg,.st
sEatson which is ordinarily consIsfers,s -
~ parely American. noF Indeed docs =,
seem exactly impossible that era o. r,srs
/ tribes Or races 81 SOFA He'd Asaers.ar,
people. as ths MaNas pf YucaSan. fo~ ~
ample fWao upeascstioaaAlg possess !.
certain type II Aslattc paysseEnonsya ar~
Ia fact. mere trails Asiastes thaa ,eu,,
are American
Or, = p TYtor. tbe aiss4nx,.7sA.,
1svfsfsh aufhfofaaiogiss. 81 az asdres. -
ifverea Two yexrs sKo hsesars. the ssrssss,,
ss~scafian. ssilri attcasson Is a remark :
ne re>ssa ess ats exs~s ifsg between Nexf-
eaH Fscxurxs. shewu ~ Fhe 4sftsan
csseS 3spisstnS tas SCENES IL the sss-rev
- me acal 10 re lad 81 spirits ansl
certain scezsSs fFesn sae BG1&lllss pgrga-