The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1904-08-25
NAY Be LOST TRIBE or ISRAEL
Peculiar Race of People Living Usd~S-
ground In Central Ansrtca.

Peculiar Race Of People Living Usd~r
ground In Central America
Colonel J. c. Tucker. former Unitet
States minister at Martinique. relates
= strange story OF race Of people liy
ing ia an underground city In Cen
trial America. Colonel Tucker some
time ago received information about Z
race who live in cities cut out OF the
rocks In the mountains OF Central
America. In an out-of-tbe-way place.
very dif1cult TO reach. and which no
stranger had visited before him and
returned alive. He decided 10 invest.
gate. After reaching q certain point
Colonel Tucker had 10 travel 500 miles
through wild Jungles, carrying bis pro-
visions on = pack mule and enduring
many hardships on way. As be
reared the hidden city his every move
ment wss watched and reported TO the
high priest OF the tribe dwelling there.
but no harm was offered him. When
be shot q pair OF lions In the )ungies.
which had been killing tn, natives. be
did an act that turned out TO be the
very thing that gave him their friend
ship and protection.
He was welcomed by the high priset-
who spoke good Engiish. and was
shown through their wonderful city.
bewn out OF the solid grsnite rocks
In the mountain side. To the uniniat-
ed the surface of the mountain gave
no clew TO the city concealed wsthin
II. IL YVES entered by secret PASS ges.
c-.-ningiy concealed by natures hspdi-
work. and which led TO large. commo-
dious rooms. handsomely furnished.
mostly In old mahogany. Passages led
10 hundreds OF other rooms. and 10
q large hall. in which the strange peo-
pie met and held meetings. while small
Ter openings for ventilation went up
ward. ending among the rocks and
jungies shove. 90 arranged that the
rain could not enter.
The tradition among these curious
people was that they originally came
from q country far away. and that
their mission was TO outwit their enc
mics. which. in the beginning. pursued
them. At all entrances theirs were
side rooms. from which. NJ a moments
notice. deadly gases could be let loose
upon any hostile INVADER who might
enter. and which would kill them In
while by sliding DOOR OF stone
the gas would be kept from entering
The city.
The light OF the sun. moon or starr
never enters their underground city.
except through certain openings. by
which they study the mysteries OF the
night skies. but they use electricity |
Tor lighting purposes. science they |
nave learned by keeping in touch with |
he outer world through their young
men.
The colonel says be was an attend
INT st their meetings and WAS sur
,rfsed 10 find they were going through I
Masonic rituals. which be. being a
Mason of high degree. understood
This was an Inheritance OF theirs from
heir ancestors OF the unknown past.
Colonel Tucker has written many
.hspters about these people and their
.ify. He has done so because be
wishes 10 preserve the knowledge. He
RELY shows them 10 his friends. and
las as yet made no effort TO publish
hem. The proprietor OF a well-known
Eastern magazine. who visited the
lily Of Mexico. and who was given
be privilege Of reading the manu-
cripfs. with the proviso that he would
OF publish their contents. offered OIL
ncl Tucker FIRST 5000 and then
Dubbed that amount IL the colonel
-ould pilot him 10 the city IN the
,cks. And be may yet do so.
Colonel Tucker believes these people
ne part Of the lost tribe OF Israel !
ie has many old parchments they ,
ave him which he has been unable ,
find anyone to decipher for him.
az which be hopes TO have read by
me one OF the great scholars OF the :
Grid. when the mysteries they con-
in In their time-stslned hieroglyphlcs
IN be made plain. thus revealing TO
e world perhaps the strsngest story
at ever linked the dim past with the
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