The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-07-31

the long centuries since their assertion. Here
on this terraced mountain. overlooking q great
the tStS lost q ea G%HpS 81 t r. Y zsp p0SsS MaI nation az itSs' at ONE
time probably tn, rulers over most Of the other
III art, civilization, and industry.
The mountain on which tho skeleton Of TINS
R marEsd on W tRs MCLEAN S1 do STSasns MAPS SaGs as
Monte Allan. Its crownirg wall is completely
t hidden by y the surrounding, gT2wth, OF c LOFTY
that It has never been "a attacked or Svon ssri;
ously thought OF as a field of exploration; That
before Mr.. SAVINGS visit. but they were sun.
posed to be only the remains of some rude IN.
wreck Of, q stately and civilized city.
RSVli}s' Of NJ Sof ei ksr q i, M ss%SS i HiSSn s;Eis sSys ! Ne Nj:
tle village which now bears the same name.
Tho spot was strategically an ideal place for a
impregnGble fortress. The mountain. stands at
oaxacn, Ella, and Jalplan. Thus It commanded
q wide view IN oil directions. and. being isolated
tSilh ,sg and s Coming sF2 R%IsfR n Sbo Ter them all, i Kept
perpetual guard over all the country round.
sufielIee99Tt T TsseeietRby o T tIme f az se 1of SEsc4 tSe E sSSet
extent OF the culture. wealth. and civilization OF
the people, who once inhabited the city, but
those with whom wo have become in a degree
acquainted through, other mounds and ruins,
extenGiSnSs o over Srf Several G SQUARE al s miles,. WEE We c slSS;
upon stone aqueducts over six feet wide. In the
%hIeE, on R STest{ IF thS p np6HoS 9F re be- big the % sT"%.
6uiIdinest The f%reaSent earthquakes q that
region, which probably caused the destruction
STRUCTURES Into mere heaps Of dust and. debris.
big mound over S,thouspnd ieet long and three
hundred feet wide. The slopes Of its sides
there was a. stairway leading to it's summit,
3 series & s. Of public buildings; AZ he ]G%np92sits
about the same size which once formed u great
amphitheatre where public gatherings were
NO reliable proofs arc LETT OF what a Zapote-
can dwelling was like. Excavations OF temples,
causewqys, pillars. arches, and other magnig:
Of N plans and general appearance OF the city.
h tSs sc fS5niSeS %ea shs p %ith 'S %EicS tRs e 91tH . for
lions have clothed the. masses Of hitherto
meaningless stone and dust, Eyerywhere
were a neace;loving people who must have
been govenT,ped by an elaborate code Of laws and
proofs and traces of 1t. though, of course. there
was no time to go extensively, into that phase
G de SeG GS99l43 9 sn DSvn Tes5r s FslIsiG sor must ws f6 snYS
proof that they did not offer up live sacrifices in
their religious fhtes. Doubtless further work
esting facts about the lives and customs OF
these people, whom we may Justly look upon as
just how extensive these discoveries may prove
to. be 1t is impossible to say at the present time.
- Ever since the attention OF anthropologists
has been called to this hemisphere as a field for
been to settle conjectures as to how the prehis-
toric tribes and nations spranR up in America.
The theory most, widely accepted is based, on
migration to this continent was com
posed of wandering tribes from Asia who
and who. m~eandering southwark to North
America. finally settled in Mexico. By
this theory South America was popu-
lated partly by subsequent migrations from
the same source and partly by secondary ones
further ~ zs aeSssaT s sHpIoTatid on rs VIII hIps sattIe t tbis
question which for 400 years has been a scien-
tiflc. riddle. and that the phonetic writings,
brought to light on and about Monte Alban may
disclose the origin. and even the progenitors
themselves OF the first Americans"