The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-11-19
Last of Savages
Stand o the AbOrs sass q
the lueatan Country.


Washington D C.. Nov. is.-Bsala8 the
massive stone walls q huge pfena.sc
forFresses. reares a thousand ~ o-ese
years ago the deseeadanrs Z TIE yp-
tiaas % America. ne pyrazala-h..il anx
Mayas % Yucatan. are waiting ne D
preach q the armed expedition sent
against them ~ ne Mexican govsrrnsns
Theirs Is The las stand q ssvazery
against civilization on thls continent ana
for more veasoa than one the outcome q
the coaaIct VIII be- sSaitea AKA lnseeest
The regions inhabited BY These Vii req
PIE are 70 50 great an extent anaxp.ored
and theIr military refugees 90 anc.snt aad
q such mysterious origin. that an atnaos-
phe-e % romance envelopes tze slIuasloa-
Meanwhile, as reprrre3 n The neNs tete-
grams. g feet OF twtnty-four uxht-t-s ~
boats has been sent up sae PoaGo river.
carrying troops 70 attack the natives. Who
are oostructing the commercial develop
meRt OF the country BY interfering Win
the gathering OF dyewo0ds and N stAar
ways.
Extensive portions % The Peninsula a
Yocatan remain unknown 20 tire geo.
srsPher. simply 5ecaase the ooIesst cx-
plorers have not dared % venture tato
them Cor fear % the derce tnhahItants.
Several tribes Of the latter have aeaed
the authority OF the government % Mex
leo mora tGan thres-auarcers % a ceutury,
holding the temples ana palaces % ,hsif
fo-efathers BY force of arms and mS.z-
tanning fesid against al comeEs white OF
red or these stroagholds- the most ira-
portant Is that % Puioorn. often seen bnt
never visited BY civilized traveller. 10
Glands on high hlaG IN fuH view ~ tho
sea- froRnicS aCtpos. % savage dom
iuatioE. The structure = % immense sirs
and many centuries ago 81 was the streag-
est place held by the Mayss. whose o.
scendants keep watch from IS battle>
r1eEts today.
The status OF the ancient Mays at Sha
time OF the discovery OK America was
much Ike that q the Egyptians imne-
d.ately before the dawn ~ history IN ths
Old world. In respect 80 civilization they
were considered ahead p any other peo-
pie on the American continent. They wee
traders and uavigators. building vessss
o. large s.ze and maintaining a commerce
vitG cuba and Florida. Thcir arts are
h'gh.y developed and their rehIteciuro
wss % 50 notable character that az ths
preseu, me thousands OF square niles
Of the territory they once occupied are
dotted with the ruins q their towns.
Some % their buildings. like the ediGes
OF Puloom. are - we'll preserved as TO
serve the purpose of fortresses most adj
mirably even now. The period of iheir
construed ton no man Knows. bgt many %
them undoubtedly date back to an epoch
centuries earlier than the arrival % COLI
umbgs- In the mysterious theatre ot .
vanished civilization are found the re-
mains % nfty-oue cities. While a greater
number probably are hidden beneath tho
tropical forests and in the uncNp4ored re-
giuns az thu oast and south In The zorth
are Izomal. Axe. and Myuapan. IL ihs
central region are Txmal. Xaba and nine
teen other ruined towns ~ notable extent
In the east - the marvellous Chichen-IfEa
"a group o huge buildlnza set upou n
series o. pyramids.
Barring the Egyptisns. ths ancient
Nayas - Yucstan seem 20 have been no
greatest pyramid builders the World ever
saw. Sometime they shaped entire bills
20 se-rs as SUPPORT foT temples or srpsps
~ shriues. bus ordinarily they would take
4 small elevation and S. "a cofsrses - 80 re
IN such manner as 10 give increased
height and symmetry In the interior q
some ~ the mounds thus uuiiffed have
been found supporting c1ustrast-5na q
masonry. and even cement floors
Evidently these were sacred hilx IN
many Instances. appropriately crowned ~
8 .ructures dedicated 20 she Worshig - The
gods. Occasi9fa .ly tnsB aVpeaT 81 have
been utiUzed as phases o. burial ard
many human o1aes have been disesTere8
10 taem. Ritn other rlrfozitss sseh aH
.le painted skeie.8as = las4aru in ne
s4ighborheos 20 The famous Castle q
-hicheu-Ifza are tso symmefrcsily fer-
raced p5rsmlaa ss9 f-et au a si5s ons %
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