The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-10-16

and Miss AlVira Cox. The question
was; Has Woman a Right 10 Pro
pOse?" Christensen, curiOUsly enough,
said they had not while the young
past undertook 10 treat of the antiquity
Of this continent.
According TO some, these giants had
landed al one time on the northwest
coast of North America, which would
indicate a migration from north 70
south. According TO others, the Ulmeeas
and Xicalancas, whose names indicate
people Of southern Origln-eVldently
| OF the tree WOrshiperS called IN the
POpol Nuh Ahamche-cOming from the
/ other direction and. trying 10 occupy
/ the lands in the valley or the AIoyaci
not far from where today stands Pu-
/ ebla. rather Unexpectedly found them
/ selves face 10 face with remnant OF
/ these giants from whom subsequently
/ they should have much 10 suffer AS q
! consequence they seem 10 have hahueo
! down 10 pOsterity 2 lot Of disasreeab-e
l things about tnelr Oppressofs. II par
! Iicular, everything relating 10 the
giants, bodily size, habits and appetite
/ is not a little exaggerated.
One should think that even Tor the
/ Spanlards IL would have been haru
matter sometimes TO believe all they
/ were told about the first peOplers OF
/ this continent, but II seems that Just
as soon as they showed any signs OF
'incredulity the natives presented 70
them for inspection some huge FOSSIL
bone or mOlar, ana herewith allayed
their scruples,
/ Subsequently the Spanish writer's, re
D mem bering the efficacy. OF the pro-
I cedure, employed the same KIND or ar
I gument TO convince their readers. " e
/ NAV be sure this was taken at full
/ value, so lOag as il was supposed ina
these large bones belonged TO man
However, Just as soon as il was as
I covered that they did not, but TO some
~ NNH .fa .Hafn
failed 10 produce The customary Result
Legends Dissolved
Having arrived at this point II was
a small matter TO take another step,
ana declare that the so-called gan Is
had never been human beings, Dut
were simply these same animals. To
do so, was, no doubt rather rash anu
unwarranted. but from the palaeontO-
logical standpoint II was perhaps eA-
The real trouble is that the arehae-
ologists also allowed themselves 10 be
carried away by the plausloiiity OF ms
argument, thinking perhaps Ihdl What
was true from the archaeological
stsndDoint must be true from the
archaeological one as well. that was
a mistake, OF course. as. aIcnAeOiOsl-
cally speaking, the giants can be called
as animals belonging TO former geo.
logical periods only after certain his
torical indications regarding them nave
been disposed Of Before these nave
been proved 10 have been matter OF
fiction. and TO be devoid or any sem
blance of probability, no such course
as the one indicated can be taken
little closer inspection OF the matter
would have revealed this fact long
ago. II would have shown also that
instead OF the solution resOrted 10
quite another is IN order.
Man and Elephant.
II. as a matter OF fact men, and
! especially historic man, had never lived
side by side with the elephant. then
il is true that all stories regarding 81
ants can be explained only as relating
the latter. But If man, and
as the PenOn find shows. historical
man. at one time lived together with
1.-The elephant on this continent; then
the aspect OF the matter changes
Both of them becoming extinct. no.
/ tices regarding them might, later on
easily have been mixed, especially II
neither happened to leave very CRATE
ful memories behind them.
| This was evidently the case mere
The name given those giants y gum,
| ametzin or cuinameIzin. PAD people OF
/ great bodily size" Knowing now thai
man did exist on this continent TO-
/ eether with large-bOned animals. and
taking into consideration the arsu-
ments resorted 10 By means OF theli
fossil bones, the great bodily Size IS
In other words. in later days. after
| horn animals and these particular ner
had become extinct, large fossil bones
were found and were enormously
classed as the remains OF an extinct
race OF men.
This disDoses Of the "etzin." or giant
part Of the term. There remains 10 be
I expfafned the "cuiname." meaning bad
people" regarding which IL is rot diff
ficuit at AL. to bring together quite
/ a BIT Of information, OF a kind, by the
{ way. which makes il only too pleiI
. that they must have been mean. and
not animals. for animals never exhibit
the treats attributed to these beings.
Giants of History.
In the first place we find that ac-
cording to the COdex Ramirez tht
giants lived in the Aztec Sun or era
called Tlaltonatiu or Tlaehitonatiuh
This places them directly before th'
TOltecs. who from the end OF this err
on throughout the following ones oc
cupied this continent. On the Othei
hand. we saw before that. according Il
the Tetzcocan historian IxtlilxOchchit
the Ulmecas and 1icalancas met las
remnant OF the giants in the valley o.
the AtOyae. While this may appear Il
be a contradiction. in reality there il
none, as there are abundant linguistic
reasons for believing them a grouI
OF the TOltec race, a fact which Il
indicated In the names themselves
Thus different historical sources ar
IN accord as to the place in history
occupied By the giants. Turning nov
10 the historical details about the "bas
lneorle" Of those days we find, in th'
I source first mentioned. the following
Returning TO the giants. who Werl