Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1911-08-18
ABOUT
ABORIGINES IN
NORTH AMERICA
VALUELESS
Dr. Eduard Seller, Noted Eth
nologist and Archaeologist,
In Albuquerque Today EN-
Route 10 Snake Dance.
CURATOR OF ROYAL
MUSEUM IN BERLIN

AIiN' |N|lM NfIHfH N'fI fiI'N 'Ni'
hidden past BOO au effort Co uriug to-
light SOM. evidence that would toll
the origin of th, abuririual tribes ~
Norlh America. pr Eduard Seller. q
noted otnuulogist and ARCHAEOLOGICAL
curator of the American department.
oi urhuooIopy 100 the ROYAL museum
in Berlin ana scholar oi uterna
touRl roputD. toda, said tInt us got
there mad been nu 4JtisfnDtorl answer
60 the question. From Whence the
AburiRinc
For thirt, wears pr. Seller ha- stud
led ANA worked. comparing. contrast
ing aud INVESTIGATING the languages,
customs. religions aud dwelling places
ot primitive, man on tho North Amer.
lean constituent Ills researches have
taken him from Gicoulapd. the most
northern point tu FirolUud, the most
southern point Eo has delV"d into
ancient RUNE lu ul parts of the world
in tho hopes of stumbling onto clcw
that would answer the unanswered
question.
Dr Sober arrived In Albuquerque
TODAY from Mexico. whore hr has
been since last S"ptrmhcf. studying
and working. nud directing the In
tornutional school OF American Ar
chueolpVv ana EthuologN recently or
gaui2cd pr seller viii leave tonight
for Gallup, from which place ne will
begin tho overland Journey To- the first
mesa. whore ho win attend IN, Moqu.
snake dance. while m Albuquerque
the noted scientist b. the guest OF Mr..
4 l. -. J.. e. d.
Harvey rurio department and e man
well informed aud much interested
In cthnoloEy and archaeoiogN
The distinguished schoiar Dr seller.
was In Albuquerque four years ago.
aud was also In this city In isS1. when
he visited tho Indian pucblos eft san
Juan and Cochiu.
Replying To- question as 10 th,
probable origin Of tho Tribes of New
Mexico ana the southwest. as well az
other tribes of Indians ON this youti-
mont In seller said that d, would not
even hazard an opinion
'NnbudN knows anything about
/ them. said d. Seller Many people
/ hold theories regarding their origin
/ but theories are only held by those
] Nff'f NN.NN NNNAN' ~ I''AINNNNh ~ fiN|il
such things Everything thus FAR I'M
earthod In research work indicates
that man is ancient m Amcri,a There
u som, v'stige at the urtsonce of
man iu the irr period which goes
into hundreds of thousands of wears.
Z tn" whole northern part uf America.
which includes th, entire continent.
was ut ono time covered hl sheet ol
/ Zee. The relations between northern
Asia and America max have rvisted --
hut only ui modern times. And from
recent acquisition. 10 is probably that
thor" was cultural Influence from
the American sid, OF Brhriug strait
! 90 thr Asiatic ad, ln mN opinion.
! II was not the other Rab relations
from the Aslato side to tho Amerl-
can side Houcc 81, now sneak oi
'Amoricauoid Tribes in northern
Asia. some DAY, perhaps there will
Dee discoveries which aiH tear aside
/ th" coil ana th, mystery OF th, origin
/ OF aboriginal peoples boo America win
! h" explained away
Leaving Berlin eighteen months
ago. COMMISSIONS Dy the German
I government 49, special preventative
at tho International Congress OF
, Am"rlCJuist~ boz Bucnus Nyr,, aud In
Mexico CITY In seller has been ON "A
"TRIP which to uu, not Interested Ia
ancient ruins and study ui primitive
peoples would %, great bore. hut 90
% man uf his KuuWIrdg' and acquire
W'nts th, trip has br,u vacation
Hud % pleasure
Dr seller .s man ui perhaps sixty
years old. slight of huUd aud with
prlght blue eyes, which uay, look
/ "' ui'Il'E,ut, and penetration which
t'l au observer something of the
Wonders uf kuuWlrdg, stored 100 his
brain br seller whom young man
Was professor OF science 100 ,j.rman
college His health brook, down and
nc Was sick fpr e long Time finally
taking zap translation Eura as e pas-
time. having been gifted vita J faculty
for quickly learning language. While
trtnsliiins books from French and
Russian into German Dr Seller read
several winch die usscd th. origin of
North American Indians he ut once
became Interested and when his
health improved. took up archaeology
and ethuology as special subjects u
studies. which ne has pursued Indo-
fauluhly ever since. IN. sober "a
some linguistic. although "a, doesn't
thiuk so himself Right uu,nuy he
speaks German. English. French,
spanish italian. Portuguese. Russian
ana Hungarian. lie has working
knowledge nt Chinese. Hebrew. Latin
,sud Greek and until within the last
i'~ years was a noted @anskrit
scholar
Arriving ut the Rio dc Janciro
congress BOO 3urnus ANro. q year and
a hair ugo. IN seller delivered AN add
dress on Peruvian Pottery later
visiting Lake Tiukaka and the Isl
ands of the sun and the Moon. ON
the frontier between Bolivia aud
Peru the ancient capital ot the In
chs. CuzoC. Peru. the lncas 1oine tho
first kings of Peru, Going 20 Lima.
the modern capital Of Peru nr Seller
ana associates visited tho ancient
metropolis Of Pachacnmat. which r. "a
vast cemetery near Trulillo. northern
Peru From Lima. Or Svlcr and
friends come % New Orleans via
Panama and proceeded 90 MaXico