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the Welsh who came over were not many, they intePmixedd in few years with the natives of the country, and so, following their manners and using their language, they became at length undistinguishable from the original na- lives.
 But the country which Madoc land ed in is, by the learned Dr. Powel, supposed to be Mexico, for which con lecture he lays down the following req sons First, as 1t Is recorded in the Spanish chronicles of the conquest of tho West Indies, the inhabitants and na- lives of that country affirm by tradi- ton that their rulers descended from a strange nation, which came thither from strange country across the sea to westward. as 1t was confessed by King Montezuma in a speech at his submission to the King of Castle be- fore Herando CorteZ, the Spanish gen. eral And then the British words and names of places used in that country even at this day do undoubtedly argue the same, as when they speak and con- fabulate together they use the British word "gwrando," which signifies to hearken or listen; and a certain bird with a white head they call pengwyn, which signifies the same in Welsh. But for a more complete confirmation of this, the island of Corroeso, the Cape of Bryton, the river of Gwyndor, and athe white rock of Pengwyn. which are all British words, do manifest1y show that it was that country which Madoc and his people inhabited"
 In addition to the testimony of Welsh historians and the local tradition at Rhos-on-Sea, there Is plenty of
 Collateral Evidence.
 The old Welsh Triads, the earliest known records of Welsh history. were used by the bardic institutions for the encouragement of oral tradition long before the art of printing was known and for the approximation of memorable events connected with the history of Wales. Poetry had for ages anticipa' ted the functions of the bard. and in the Triads were embodied whatever might not admit of diffusion in tho strains of bardic verse, These were regularly recited in their original pur- ity at the bardic assemblies, and through their means the art of memory was reduced to a practical system. In the classification of Historical Triads" Is one which distinctly refers to the authorization of Madoc with his fleet to the western seas. It is given in the "Myfyrian Archoiology," and Is as follows:--',XV. The Three losses by disappearance of the Isle of Britain Gavran, son of Aeddan. with his men who went to sea in search of the l Green Islands of the Floods and noth- ing more was heard of them. The Second, Merddin. the bard of Ambros- l ius, with his nine scientific bards, who went to sea in the house of glass and | there have been no tidings whtther they went. The Third. Madoc, son of l Owen Gwynedd, who accompanied by three hundred men went to sea in ten ships and 1t is not known to what | place they went.
 TNr,, ,N,-1 Elrlf fva nPa n | to the foregoing, states that Madoc's | first emigration is said to have taken | place In 1170, and his final departure or "disapearance." as it is called about two years afterwards. The same authority adds that there are | strong grounds for believing that the descendants of this prince and his fol- lowers were at that day In existence | In the remote wilds of the North Amer ican continent, and that young | We1shman was then endeavoring to | explore the presumed settlement of this | colony with a reasonable prospect or | succeeding in the object of his spirited
 enterprise. The latter, however, ap- | pears to have been anticipated by one | John Evans, a Carnarvonshire worthy, who set out on a similar mission ir ] September, 1792. Letters detailing his | progress were received until he had
 travelled some 800 miles inland to- | wards Kentucky, where he round per
 sons who had had intercourse with l these Welsh speaking Indians | These letters were referred to in the | "Cylchgrawn Cymraeg," the hrst
 Welsh periodical ever published, and
 which. curiously enough, gives a yer
 sion of Madoc's address to his follow l CTS on the
 Final Authorization from Wales.
 The foregoing is supported by still further testimony from the works Q
 prominent Welsh bards from the l2th
 to the 18th Century. One or these
 Llywarch ap Llewelyn, was contempo-
 rary with Madoc, and his. writings are
 still extant. He makes a distant refer-
 ence to the embarkation of Madoc, whc | most probably was personally known l to him, and to his connection with the
 land of Arvon. Llywarch invokes thf
 Deity to exonerate him before thS