New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-03-27
pRIMITIVE MAN IN AMERICA
, ORIGINATING HUNT FOR THE PLACE
OF HIS BIRTH
p.1. DISTINCT RACES AND CULTURES REP
RESENTED BY RUINS, IMPLEMENTS AND
RoNES-A POSSIBLE ORIGIN IN
AsIA-THE JESUP EXPE-
DTTIONS


dved By the departure from this city. few
hrs ago OF two scientific expeditions, one going
b the vicinity Of Behrng Strait and the other
b Mexico both Of them being provided for by
ar liberaty Of Morris X Jesup. president Of
me American Museum Of Natural History.
At least six different centres OF civilization in
Worth America and four in South America were
mentioned in lecture given few months ago
y Dr. Daniel G Brinton, on The Culture
Status Of The American Indian at the Period Of
Hs Discovery In the Ohio and Upper Missis-
dppl valleys for instance, fully one thousand
Wars ago there were the mound builders a
ace skilled in the arts Of the weaver stone
dresser and potter. and given TO erecting over
he graves f their heroes massive tumuli often
sventy eighty. and even ninety feet in height
In the Southwestern part Of the United States
we're the cG-dWelle-s. Who either excavated liv-
ne apartments In the vertical sides Of the
canyons where the rock was soft enough or
built their houses of stone and mortar on pro
tc.inc lodges IN similar situations These peo-
pie LEI, graceful cups and jars implements Of
bone and stone. window shades and other evil |
aences q Industrial advancement. Near the
clf-dwel.rs We're a race that lived In pueblos
or towns and built their houses and larger
Of Their settlements Casas Grandes. which had
been left in ruins long before the Spaniards ex-
pored the region. in 1860. there was one edifce |
500 feet long and go feet wide.
This particular town lay 40 miles south OF
what is now the boundary OF the United States. |
But thor we're number Of them further north |
In New-MrXico and Arizona. The Zuhis, Of
whom Frank Gushing told so much a few years
f be-
tribes - which were associated into what was
called ,he TusayaA Confeaeracy. Some e their I
run-1 towns. in the country Of The HoYi Ind |
fans. IN Arizona. We're explored in 1895 by J. /
Walt Fewkas under the auspices Of the Smith |
sonlan Institution He found many dwellings
TIA, hal been excavated from the sides %
rocy Ifs by the ancestors Of the Hopis, and
rfers - those ancient residents Of the upper
ella Valley as aboriginal troglodytes." Oraibi. |
ano,hsr Tusayan village or pueblo was visited
last year by George 4. Dorsey. Of the Field Co
lumi.an Museum. in Chicago, and he brought
home valuable lot u plaster casts Of living
represe natives Of this ancient people.
TWO parties II scientists visited New-Mexico
last year with the intention Of ascending, if
possible. the lofty plateau e Katzmo, also
known as The enchanted mesa" which rises
f-om the plain near the village f Acomas, in
Western Central NeW-M,Nico. This pueblo. by
- way. is sad 90 Dee the Oldest settlement oc-
c-i.ed continuously 10 the present day any
Were In this country one # the visiting par
tics. Jed 5y Dr. r ". Hodge Of Tho Smithsonian
Institution. found interesting relics % the for
M occupants Of that long abandoned place Of
residence In the old days the mesas were
tayorite sites for pueblos. Plateaus which were
inaccessible except by ladders or handholes cut