El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-10-17

| all, thu at he claimed to have been, but
| that he had dissipated to such an ex-
tent that he had lost his hold on the
better things Of life.
When the new railroad approached
CASES Granoes, and the engineers were
casting about for a route, II possible,
through the mount-ius toward the
south, the doctor approached the build
ers of the road and offered for gooo
consideration 10 reveal the lOca ion OF
a way through the mouOtains toward
the south, to San Migue which would
b. perfectly suitable for the railroad
extension. He declared that the l"ca-
I on of this route had been revealed IT,
him by an Indian. and that while be
had subsequently verified the truthful
ness OF the report, the trail was 80 sit
uated that no person not a ready fami-
liar With it could possibly find it. HIS
proposition was not accepted.
DR.. Bllner claim. d to be thorough
" informed upon the mineral and 9TH
er resources of the district around
1asss Grandes. Much OF his ipforma
| zion was undoubt' dly correct, and of
value, but the old mans habit OF talk
ing TO- effect often led him into indi--
rretions of speech, and the consequence
vas to discredit in the eyes of most
people much of what he asserted TO be
true.
1t was always difficult to get the old
ioctor to coptne himself to the subject
under discussion. He would wander
'f'eu and far from his story, ard
ain any connected Information
from him. In Casas Graudes DR.. Bul-
ner lived in room attached to a
table. The room WAS perfectly bare,
containing potting but an cd hair
trunk or two, broken chair OF uu-
known age, and few rock spec mems
md ancient utensils picked up in the
vicinity.
One day he showed US all Re had that
remained of his treasures of earlier
isys. He took from the trunk q roll
Of parchment and showed dip omas
rom numerous colleges, medicAl
schools, and scientific societies,
80 we'll as certificates OF APP
pointment to various positions
under the British and Canadian
governments. He showed Us q bundle
f letters and pressed US to read them
for "Here," he laid, lis positive proof
what / have told you" There were
etters from a number of more or lass
ooted scientists, which showed that
he had really made some no able con-
Jributions TO the sciences of ethnology
md anthropology.
One of the doctors pet theories In re
ard to this country was that the In
dian trib o. the south western Uui'ed
States and western Mexico come ORR
finally from what is now British North
America. He was recently engaged
upon a dictionary of the Kanu"k Ian
'uage, 10 which be traced many
points of similarity with the Indian
iangusges OF this section. A certain
'rciert round tower in Ca 49, GraDdes
was asserted by the doctor to be built
,fIer the peculiar style of the Csua-
iisn tribes, found nowh re else.
About a year ago DR.. Bulme- told !
the writer that he was "tired of living |
like beast among the dirty Mex |
icsns," and that he proposed to move |
70 the States. Early this spring he |
came to this city. and was here for |
some time. In March the HERALD !
received the following letter from
him:
"SAN ELIzARIo. Tex, March Z, 1898 |
EDITOR OF THE HERALD:
"Dear Sir.-Please find some official /
informs tion from Smithsonian Institu- |
lion, Wa=hir gton, which may be inter !
estiug to Indian lorists.
II sm now investigating the Indian |
traditions. l may say that the Indian /
as MopteZuma's remnants were only |
the Piros and Tiws Indians residing |
near Yslets. Yours &c,
ct. 5 BULMER, NJ. D."
From time 20 time he sent short com
municat ons to this paper. The last |
one received from him follows:
ITO LOVERS OF INDIAN LORE.
The Indians of Y.leta in Texas. are
a remnant of the Indians of the TiWa
or Tigua branch Of the Tancsn stock
who with soma PiroS left their villages
(principally Yslets, So 'orro and SEN
ecu) on the upper Rio Grarde in New
Mexico and fed with Governor O'erpin
at the time of the Pueblo rebellion
against the Spaniards in 1850
San Antonio is the patron saint Of
the villages in New Mexico and of the
Pueblos now there resident and the
saints name is also applied to the
Twas of Ysleta In Texas.
The remnant of the Piros tribes still