The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-08-21

lar portion OF the earth's. surface has
appeared on every part OF 1t where the
biological conditions havo been pro-
nance. and that the production OF the
various species. with their distinct. we'll
marked anatomical and intellectual
characteristics was due to tho difference
OF those biological conditions, and to the
general forces calling forth animal life
prevalent In the places where each par
ticular species has appeared, and whose
distinctive marks were adapted to its
peculiar environpents
The Maya sages doubtless had
reached similar conclusions, since they
called their country Mayach; that Is, the
land first emerged from the bosom of
the deep. the country of the shoot; and
boasted that their ancestors In the
sands OF the west were the Oldest men
on earth"
Have Same Right.
In the opinion of Lyell. Humphrey and
a host OF modern geologlsts, regarding
the priority Of Americas integrity, be
correct, what right have we to gainsay
the assertion OF the Mayas and of the
Egyptians in claiming likewise priority
for their people and their country?
1t is but natural to suppose that intel
liGence In man was developed on the
Oldest continent among Its most ancient
inna6itaints and that Its c0ncSmtnnt
ment. When. at the impulse of the in
stinct of self-preservation. men linked
Into clans, tribes and notions. history
was born, and with 1t. desire to COM
memorate the events Of which it is com
posed. The art of drawing or writing
was then invented. The Incidents re-
bered and preserved for the knowledge OF
coming generations were carved in the
most enduring material In their posses
sion-stone. And so 1t is that we find
today the cosmogonic and religious no
tfons, the records OF natural phenomena
and predominant incidents In the history
tured In the walls of the temples and pal
aces Of the civilized Mayas: Chaldeans
and Egyptians, as on the sacred rocks
and In the hallowed caves Of primitive
1t Is to the monumental inscriptions
and TO the books OF the Mayas that we
must turn II we wish to learn about the
primeval traditions OF mankind. the de-
that took place centuries before the dim
myths recorded as occurrences at the
beginning Of our written history. His
torians when writing OIL the universal
history OF the race have never taken into
consideration that OF man in America.
and the role that In remote ages Amer
and the Influence they exerted over the
population Of Asia. Africa and Europe.
Stil. as far as we can. scan the long
to PG had 'sS drsGt and Af nmatS Mnfs
communications with them.
This fact is indeed no new revelation
rs proved by the universally OF the
name Maya, which seems TO have been
as we'll known by all civilized nations
thousand of years ago, as is today that
of the English.
Thus we meet with it in Japan. the Is
lands of the Pacific. Hindoostan. Asia
Minor, Egypt, Greece. Equatorial Africa.
North and South America as well az In
the countries known to us as Central
America, which in those times composed
the Maya empire, The seat of the gov
ernment and residence Of the rulers was
the peninsula OF Yucatan. Whereon
found. the name Maya is synonymous
with power. wisdom and learning,
Not Mystery.
The existence of the western continent
was no more a mystery to the inhabit-
ants OF the countries bordering on the
Mediterranean than to those whose shores
ocean, Volmiki. in his beautiful epic the
"Ramayana.''' says that in times so re-
mote mote that hat s,-o the sun had not yet risen
navieators, terrible warriors. learned
architects. conquered the southern parts
OF the Indo-Chinese peninsula and estab-
lished themselves there.
In the classic authors, Greek and Latin.
we find frequent mention OF the great
Saturninn continent. distant many thou
toward the setting sun. Plutarch. in his
Life OF Solon.'' says that when the
famed Greek legislator visitod Egypt (6O0
years before the Christian era). Sonchis. |
n priest OF Sais also Psenophis q priest
OF Heliopolis. told him that 5000 years
since tho relations of the Egyptians with
Inhabitants OF the LANDS of the West"
had been interrupted because OF the
mud that had made the sea impassable
after the destruction OF Atlantis by
earthquakes.
IT The ,,I same =, author thor again: in his work.
recount 10 his brother Sampias. all he
had learned concerning - them from a