The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1901-04-26

strong probability.sI think. that the lo-
cation of the Copiah county wall itself
is referred to in several Mexican lsg-
ends at the remote pre- Mexican time.
II the Intelligent and cultured Ameri-
can public can be convinced there Is
work in Mississippi older than the
pyramids Of cholula, ana that a
Istrange people who built. II, us revealed
IN the records of the great nation who
used and built this wall and Its attend
ant works, the pub bile will make haste
TO rescue 1t from the clutches of your
tenterprising house builders"
The conditions tor miles around pre-
clnde any chance OF the we'll being a
is in the upper part of Kinds county,,
nearly fifty Hes away. and it is OF q
tptGlly different character from the
stone In the wall under discussion and
has no regular stratif1catiop. The wall.
lis located upon a higR plateau, which
ends on the Mississippt river, with a.
long line OF steep hills, alb shown in
the map, and the soil Is d loam, free
from rock, but plentifully besprinkled
with gravel, and Is peculiarly suscepti-
BILE to erosion by the elements and Is
gradually being reduced thereby to o.
perfectly flat level. 5.s ii ".
Il Colonel Dupre died several years ago
and his copious notes which he is
known to have made in regard to the
wall cannot be found. Captain Bird;
song Is one OF the leading citizens OF
Hazlehurst, m Copiah county. and his
statements Are verified by many intelli-
gent people who have seen parts OF
the wall. at various places.
/ ~ Related to Mexican Works.
II in Central America and southern
Mexico there existed q civilization ca
Fpable OF building magnineteh palaces
and temples, which have racently been
discovered there, and which were treat.
ed OF at length BY the Century Maga-s
zine. Illustrated from photographs In,
iseNeral issues of that magazine during
the years 1898 and 1925, and II there
was powerful nation there capable OF
|: such & work. Il was not along Journey;
across the water to the high lands of
| Mississippi. The lower parts of Missis-,
fsippi and louisiana are evidently OF
more recent origin, being deposits by
the sediment from; the mississippi river
and gull, aided by the erosion OF the
higher Hands above, upon part OF which
the work under discussion.
The Mayan ctvtlizat don of Central
America antedates thatso the Aztecs
by hundreds Of years. 50 the more re-
cent discoveries show, and IN addition,
legends, inscript tions, and picture writ
tngs show the Mayas of Central Amer
lea to have been a maritime race.
SSs It requires no stretch Of the imagina-
+ tion to suppose that, a. trib be- or q part,
6of q tripei endigrated to 4 the North
American continent to there set up q
government Of their own, and that in
pursuance of that purpose they built
/ q wall about their city, and, IN q
strange land, perhaps built the wall
first. 4 Z. u, ,$ee !, u 9s3 Ss
Governor Longino OF mississippi has
become 30 interested In the subject that
he he's individually set to work and
collected a fund OF several hundred
dollars to- be expended in making ex.
cavattons along the wall, and; In the
hill referred to IN addition. d HSprlvate
texpedi iAon, consisting, Of RI. Nc
Ce,laughry, warden Of the United States
penitentiary at Leayenworth,s ,s Kan,
and several scientists. is expected dur
ing the present month, as Is an expe.
dition under the auspices OF the UNI
versityS Of Chicago, with the projectors,
OF which Governor Longino has been
corresponding and which is also ex-
pected some time during the present
month. 1t is probable that Governor
Longino VIII turn over his fund to tho
university expedition that 1t may be-
expended intelligen in research and
/ sttiisscharacferseft the wall ana works
definitely deteffi1in mensof knowl- s
edge and experi rienc in matter OF arch,
aeOlOp. W i So sf-eFtS }fs3s ~. 3