New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-06-26

were maintained When the offspring got so
far distant that they did not visit the parent
colony and had no relation with ~ ncinb"is
they invented their own languages. different
from those II their ancestors. and this continued
until they became parent colony sending
forth Younger colonies which. in their turn. O. 1t
OFF their relations and invented nov languages
SO they went from east 10 west. north TO south
This continued for such great length Of tim"
that not only had they come Al the time u ia"
discovery TO occupy the entire hemisphere. but
had also established according - tho Invcstira-
tions of the Bureau Of Ethnology) not less than
two hundred separate languages. hNy-t"o -
which belonged To- Hor,h America alone. with
dialects and variations Innnmorahie. II IS" ao-
ccpt these facts Cini 1t appears ~ though Nr
must the corolary - the imm.n si'y - th" tim.
IL inevitable.
The different cultures among the dnoflein-1 of
Indians of thc Western Hemisphere in dinricn,
localities or portions Of the country point - the
same general conclusion over an Canada and
the United States. except IA. extreme south
west. the culture. or rather tn sa,aeery II tn"
nomadc Indians prevailed. Nhlrh Nps Indicated
by Their principal occupations war bunting and
fishing
Yet there arc broad lines ~ drmrfcaupn IN
their culture. me biflf lli ana ''"' 'iiti''' "a
which was the building u mounds and Garth
works These monuments. ~ such great mafni-
,udc and extent in certain localities IN the in
terror Of the United states. lid not extend over
half its territory. The mounds and oarth~orks
were confined between the twcnty-nflh and the
nny-nrst northern parallels II latitude. and
between thu sixty-ninth and one hundred and
first mrridians Of longitude Tn" mound build
ing area had its greatest length from cap, sable.
Florida. to Lake Winnipeg Manitoba. and its
greatest breadth from Point Pcmaquid. Maine.
To bismarck North Dakota 40 mounds or
earthworks are found outside this area.
The culture Of the aborigincs occupying Mex
ico and Central America. with the pueblo re
eions Of Arizona and New -Mexico was OF "A
totally different character from that In tn" other
regions Of North America. They were s"d"ntary,
AGRICULTURAL religious and highly ceremonial.
they built immense monuments Of the most en-
during character. the outside Of the stone walls
OF some OF viii n were decorated in hieh order
Of art. resembling more the great C"rtosa %.
Pavia than any other monument In Europe. The
Teocalli or mounds Of ceremony Or sdcrhcc.
were immense. The manufacture ara use 81
stone images and idols were extensive ana sur
prsing to the last degree. Their working 81 jade
and tho extensive U.s. thereof surplss that Of
any other loc atty in prehistoric times. Their
rotterv cxcites our wonder and admiration;
some specimens for their beauty their clcganc"
or form and their hnenrss Of decoration; other
snccimens. Of idols or images. arr astonishing ON
account Of the precision ~ their manufacture
and Of the ii1iculty II It's accomplishment by
hand.
The culture II Central America. Nicaragua.
yucatan and Costa Rica was aS different from
that Of Mexico as the Mexican was from that
~ the red Indian Of the North The gold "rna-
rncnts OF Chiriqui and Quimbaya IRE evidence
NOT simply Of a different material. but ~ a
urercnt art in working that material The
no,tcrv Of Mexico Nicaragua and Costa Rica
d,snlavs such marked differences Of KIND form'
a,a, decoration. size and mode Of manufacture
=, - show as much difference between the