The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-04-11
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explorations. When saw the eHplor-
er At his home last week and heard CT
his plans asked about the land where
he had resurrected an ancient civilian
ton.
1T IL a strange land" answered MT
Nlyon "and. though likely the center
Of one OF the earliest civilizations on
the continent. is as little known as any
portion OF the globe. There are vast
portions OF Guerroro-at least one
fourth OF it-that human foot has not
irod since history began until recent
explorations were started, ana YET
spread all over Il are the plain e'l-
dencos OF vast and ancient civillza-
ton Architectural and human re-
mains cover at least G.OOO square miles
OF this land and 90 plentiful are the
human remains that from time imme-
mortal the place has been called Quech-
mictoplIcan. which literally means
what a quantity OF bones on top. ms
Is often contracted into Omitan. which
means a place Of bones This omit
Ian lies northwest OK Chllpanoingo
which Is the capital Of Guerrero, ana
about 200 miles west Of south from the
City Of Mexico II you have seen the
great canyon Of the Colorado you have
seen an index 90 this land. It, noun
tains are not rolling. hut al are
straight up and down forming the
grandcst OF gorges and the most az
ncut land In the world 90 travel over.
This is one reason the region has not
been penetrated. then the natives are
not explorers. or oven travellers. but
love their home spots. and. besides.
they fear the dangers o. a wild. un-
known land As the Mexican law for
bids the removal % antiquities from the
country. applied 10 President Diaz
and through him got permission 20 eX-
plore this wild land and 90 remove
duplicates Of objects discovered. Armed
with this authority and with letters OF
introduction from pricsts-that are
even more poient-which were obtained
often through a gift OF a photograph OF
a church. I had but little trouble, eN-
cep,lng that offered by Nature. who
has worked her grandcst caiaclysm %
this land. objections Of natives 60
work under some circumstance, and
biting insects This land Is a vast
cemetery" continued Mr. Niycn. 'llu-
man remains are 10 be- found every
whore and can be- seen 10 40 directions
without even the necessity % oxcaya-
tlon. No wonder the land is called
Omiuan. There are places where lay
ers OF human bones show themselves
along the face OF great ellis not lying
as though buried but in a great jumbled
mass. as though thrown in their present
position by some great uphesval 90 the
land These things are confined 90 40
one spot but extend an over the land.
In no direction can you go more than
a few hundred feet wiihuu, finding the
ruins % the ancient city. These show
the buildings 90 have been most sub.
stantlai carefully built by :hc use of
square and plumb line but without or
namentltlon In two days travel
counted 200 remains OF buildings
their dimensions being from 90 90 10.
feet These are an rectangular bat moi
SQUARE. Among these buildings wcr'
the twenty-five temples which / have
described before. and each temple b..
ils altar.
There are temples. affairs and idol
innumrrahle. yet % Is difficult q
reach conclusion a. 90 the religion O
the ancient people who occupied thi
broad territory beyond what thes
things imply. must walt for turtle
Developments before expressing a
oplnlon on this subject Among N
natives. most OF whom now proies
tho catholic religion. there exists
mass OF legends and any quantity ,
folklore. but they lead TO nothing de
mite as 20 the ancient religion. Yet n
strange fact remains that these pc,
ple are 10 this dag influenced by n
traditions. the temples, the affairs an
the idols that have been preserve
Frequently I have found offerings
fruit AZ these affairs aud have know
natives 10 burn a mixture of rosin "a
charcoal in these temples. evidently
an incense. when ] ash Why they
these things they answer that the
fathers did so, and that is all q
learn l Intend TO make a special O
vestieation into the folklore Of the
people. and look for most unique Al
interesting results They are. a. Is
be expected. a very supcrstltluus pc
ple. believe nrmly 10 spirits and a
partitions and are al times con,roll
by fear OF something else that win st
them suddenly In their work Of cXcay
ton and drive them from partlcul
spots. have In my explorations 30
fered from the disadvantage OF q
sort OF thing more than once Idols a
10 be- found Ia great numbers and Oh
are usually oi the smaller variety
from three 20 four inches Ia lcug
These are nearly an stone. of the haI
cal varieties. worked out with 81,
Mains and skill found a few lai
idols. one quito unique speclmu
about seven feet long, Of the hum
form. carved into a larger stone. The
idols may be Of Aztec origin. They
20 De found IN every direction. In
temples. by the affairs, among
bones and with all Of the ruins. I c
lectcd a great number Of them and HI
photographed some OF the nner sp'
mona."