The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1904-02-12
TIE FIRST m
AntAroDolosist rAi,n.
"e'fer. Europe al =.
frove 1t biz, i

~ q
Prove Its,s..,r
For more than twoce,,,..
have been of d!nerinr ~
the antecedents Of man :.
upon the discovery Of n.
can continent.
Negotiations are ,or
tween DR.. Albert 8. A,h,...
thropologist of New Yort q
liner. the American cons, !.
Tor the shipment Of tor.
do much to Strengthen ,
Is to the first inhabit,,t, :.
DR.. Ashmead is Of the oo,,,.
original American did =,
Asia. but Travelled acrua : ~
(now submerged) that 49,!
Spain to the Canary Island. p.
to the West Indies and - J
This emigration came d -,
years ago. The glacier pe,tss \.
In existence for a long ~
to DR.. Ashmead, and man. :.
habitants doubtless had Nm
ter except in the form q /.
came the "postglacial" -
the water began to- rise. ~
the ice.
1t is supposed that then -
sands living on top Of Ia n
were crowded out by the 4.
water. Being very ignor,at =
OF the colony allowed theIr
burden to think for them 3
mead says the reindeer a,a 4
would not endure the nsv p
without a struggle. The -
sired Ice and snow and tn =
ever in search Of rich pastzn w.
the reindeer trekked to No.
Sweden and the llama and - -
two and three-toed horse -
for this continent.
DIR. Ashmead has spent H.
dollars to prove this theo,y r
the original population Of - +
lives at 1893 West Twenty-tlir17
and possesses q library steclrl
pamphlets and photographs q +
sent years Of patient researrk =
the points upon which D. r.
bases his assertions il the go
the same diseases existed i
America that were prevaleut ~
Europe. The images fosad
mummy graves Of Peru indIa'
tuberculosis. which was psuvu =
he Ligiurian peninsula q -
he other hand. he has foua6 q I
;ations OF leprosy, = would r r.
we're the movement to u I
rom Asia In this conneclim
'een upheld by some Il u 4
men In the United States - =
The tiny statues whicA -
he graves of SEINE distritD e
America form q fascinntIu
WheTs q prehistoric man q -
hat period was buried Il ~ I
ON to bury with the bcdy 1 h
alton Of 1t when alive n
[ which the person did - r
learly, besides other tck6n8 4
be social caste. occupafim -
q life. A number Of H. 80
icate that the disease e -
I one time = scourys q 49,
ope. was prevalent IN So =
the nose or mouth d u ~
6ected 1t was usual n IT,
ut OF the offending -
nages show the horFihle -
acA operations.
In al the cases examIno1
b images representing ~ -
'prosy on the hands and 81
le hands are Represented - -
'ct- This, in the opinioa =
lead. destroys the thsoIy = q
from AHA "A
II Mr.. Berliner succeed1 b q
le essential fossils and-the -
Id about Tenerine, d.. 49,
gard his theory - fairly -
etc. The last remaining
the arm Of land which d -
Iys stretched across the CO.
,sed to be what are n6v IT, q
lands.
Led by the llamas and -
iginal Americans mad -
ross what n now the Afl1n(fe
ID finally made their ho0e T.
merica. This region ct TIT -
e most favorable in eliuAfs
ok animals found good foo1I1
, by little the races became =
died away, but nearly - =
ken of their occupation..
The red Indian was one =
bes. which did not yield -
Z civilization Of the tins -
drifted to the -
Ierefore, when Columbug q
" . people who were degeee
ropeans. If those of the 49,
. can be called such. d. =
llixes that this new theory -
lch discussion, but aftef :
atroversy with Prof. VIZ
Rim, he rather enjoys suc1
arms on this topic.
lie Is confident that the peoo
ease indicates q m0vement O.
,e to America In 1876 d.
8 . surgeon in the serviee &
,anese government and o. y.
,ortunity to study Asiafic
tc ovuorfouco he aavq. D{GG05 1