The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-04-07

New York Herald from Militia, state Of
0aXaca, Mexico says: American endeavor
has conquered the secret of centuries The
comb of the king Of the Toltecs has been
entered 10y a New Yorker The second
subrerranean' has yielded 70 the open Sc
same of Marshall II. Saviue. When the
third subterranean" has been revealed
and that it VIII be revealed is the belief
Of the present explorer-it VIII rank as
the greatest archaeological discovery
ever made on this continent
When Professor Saville. curator Of the
section OF archaeology in the department
Of anthropology of the American Museum
Of Natural History, left New York at the
close of the last year it was his intention
TO devote q portion of his time TO the
ruins Of Anua and then proceed to the
city OF Oaxaca, where, among the mounds
Of the Zapotecs, he hoped to read the
message Of one OF the Oldest civilizaa-
lions in the world So important. how
ever, are the discoveries made at Militia,
that Professor Savllle viii remain IN this
section for some time TO come.
Under one Of the temples Of Militia the
man from New York's museum has found
a wonderous chamber. taken by the ex-
plorer 10 be the tomb IN which were de-
posted the line Of the Toltec kings. The
Importance Of this find has but whetted
the ardor Of Professor SaviIle and his To-
cal associate, Leopold Batres, and a de-
termined effort is being made to make the
jealous earth yield up the hidden evidence
IF the last and most sought after cavern.
The first subterranean" was found
several years ago. This was chamber
somewhat similar in size and shape TO the
Saviile discovery. located under another
Of the buildings forming the Militia group;
but the third has so far remained stub
bornly under securest cover. Tt was away
back ia 1914 THAI the earliest known writ
er on Militia, Father Burgoa, gave tidings
Of these subterraneans. Two he spoke Of
and the description he then gave fits the
two discovered hundreds of years later
by the enterprise OF the moderns. The
third was told Of in mysterious whispers.
A fearful and wonderful place it was. ac-
oording To the early pieture-a monster
wound in the bosom of the earth Of which
40 Spaiard ever saw more than the ini-
dal seal
For ninety miles into the body of the
Militia soil extended this gap of silence.
Only an Indian would dare penetrate its
recesses-and only a few of the Indians at
shat When the priests Of the Toitecs
had little more than passed the mouth
they fed fears0mely back. and the orders
were given 10 seal with closest masonry
the dreaded entrance.
Professor Saville makes due allowance
for the legendary exaEgeration but is
convinced that the third subteTanean"
is an actuality. and an actually which
he means 10 prove. He is knocking at
the door Of the greatest discovery of the
age. and he is hopeful of an ultimate vel
come.
IN THE YEAR TWO RABBITS"
The first mention Of the ruins of Militia
Is found in the post-Columbian Nahuau
book known as the Co5ex Teueriano Re
rneusis. In the account of what trans
pired under the reign Of Ahuizou. the Az
tecan monarch who proceeded Nontezuma.
it is stated that in the year Two Rabbits
1880 the 1IeMcans conquered the pueblo
at Mictan lthe Aztec word for helD.
which is in the province Of HuaXaca (the
old spelling of OaXaca)
Fray Diego Duran places the sub5uga-
tlon of ,dtla during the reign OF Monte
yuma 7. The majority of the original
sources agree in placing his reign be-
folaws in Duran's account il would seem
that this expedition to OaNaca took place
between 1870 and 1854 The date. 1884. If
the Codex Telleriano Remensis is. per-
hans the most trustworthy and is ac-
cepteG Gay.
The earliest mention Of the ruins by
Spanish priest is made by 1Iotonnia. from
whom we learn that Father Martin de
Valencia passed through 1Iila some time +
about the year 1887. ard a brief account
IS given Of "a temple containing a hall in
which are columns and that the eaiaces /
are more worthy Of being seen than any +
in View Spain" i-e place YVES occupied f.
bv me Spaniards soon after the conquest. +
IN The nrht OF the recent excavations. f
taere were aDparently three main groups f.
OF buildings Two OF these groups. con- f
nectine. where The excavations have been +
made this winter. were in the opinion of .
ar. SarHle. used for temples OF places Of +
worship.
4 third group. q little 70 the north or .
these two. is thought from the fragments +
If mural paintings which remaiu 10 have .
been @. raiaca II the kings. The walls ~ .
THIS building. or group Of bo2dinss. were
ineorpora Ted IN q church naiil oy the