The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-11-30

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cos n ruins of
aItsien g otonatt ssSS cap tai 55$oS# 'Tsayp. IA
I tiae 81 ate of scras Cruz, 3 month ago
lis sarded arcl1ae plpgis Is as all
evsnt OF II the hrs t in1 ID: tance Tia
site OF the. cf has boon sought Tor
three hundred 4 years. and expedition
I.after exp dltfon has been sent INTO
1.-The table Ian s OF EZRA Cruz FOR the
purpose f$locat ting IL but hons
success. saysIa letter from Irho Ian,
Mex. to the >,ew5 sorle 9ss5
Yet. strange as 4 Il n seem. 7eaSo
has never been without tnhabit antsS
The Otomite Indians have never abans
doned the seat OF fooSers If 81 he II
cestors. but neir savage character:
has heretofore kept explorers from
penetrating to their apital.
.Feayo was found Unexpectedly
The discovery was made by a parttsss
OF American enEineersse sent out To
prosper for minerals, a friendly
olomite guide was enabled to take
them 70 Teayo by represen ting them
to be enemies Of the Mexicans, which
- cd PISS pS1il4te1 tLs &iaVOF tE4 tlHeEStn'
mite Indians.
For fourteen days they Travelled
through mountains almost unknown
even to Mexicans. at times findinS
1t necessary to use machetes TO cut
their way through the Jungle. While
the distance from Mexican centers
was not great. the obstacles to travel
made the Journey one Of many hard
ships.
There were dangers from wild
beasts to guard against, as g RI
gion abounds with tigers. ions and
large serpents, such as The suatro
narfces, which the natives graye1y
assert attains a length Of thirty feet
and a gtrthsof one foot, and, besidesI
having the power to Kill by constric.
ton, is more venomousS than the rat.
tlesnake .:#3s
This party or Americans were the /
first REPRESENTATIVES of modern ciVtlssli
izatlon to enter the Otomite city Of
mystery. Those who composed the I
party were George Lowell Roberts,
mining engineer; Herbert Gray as. (
sayer;; FL Won Roman coal EXPERT /
and Lawrence McGregors interpreter
Il The most interesting Of the ruins
as vet encountered is the sacrificiaII
tower. a pyramida1 structure of quad
rangular form, which rises tosa height
Of sixty-hve feet above the ground
The substructure extends ia Q feet be-
low the soil 8S5
According to the tradtf gof the
structure Ia the days ofso tomfte civs|
ization rose much higher terminat-IS
ing in a point at the top
Il II tradition is right. the rigina::$ ]
extreme altitude was approximately
700 feet, making it, the most elevated 4
structure OF its kind built in Mexico.
There is no doubt that2it was cor.
'iderably more than 4 90 feet above
he soil at one time, as Is ndicatef5Et
" the great quantity of#stones scats5
cred about the country In It's fcin+l
ty and evidently detached from + .lE11
It the level Of the ground the north: III
md south sides have a width OF 53 HI
eet and tI1e$east and west sides. ssssit
Get The width of the stairs in he u
asst side Is 305feet at the ground ans, I
5lfeet5a at the slmm it
The ancient Otor1ite. according To
ton; constructed a vast syst tenn
( underground thorough fares, abodea
nd vaults The subj erranean works Z;
ave been compared with the CataSEA
ombs in magnitude and the Gertain5I
abyrinth in intricacy- N
The tower was said to be the key 10 N
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