The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-09-14
Baltimore SUM-

It is set down in the Book Of Esd
ras. in the Apocryphia of the bible,
that ten of the tribes Of Israel journey
northward one and a half years into
a far country. where they might live
up to their commandments, something
they had not always done in their
land of Palestine; that they were
lost track Of at the end Of that time
and nothing has been heard from
them since. They SEM back no word
or message to their former compan-
went and what was their ultimate
( te has been left tt blind conjecture
from that day to this.
The theory that the ten tribes of
Ishael, after leaving their own coun-
try. finally landed on the shores of
America and established themselves
here Is not a new one. 1t found
Judgment in the mind of Lord Kings
borough. and has been advanced by
many others since his day. Neither
the adherence to a religious creed
nor even a belief in the divine au-
thenticity Of the bible is essential to
ing question.
In the books that comprise what is
known as the old bible ancient au-
thors wrote exhaustively Of the ex-
periences. both physical and spiritual,
of their people. They gave their &C
count OF the creation .of the earth.
the fall Of man.. the flood. the Tower
Of Babe: and many other unique
things which they regarded as the d.
rect dealings of God with them and
their %patriarchs and the first man.
II the ancient Inhabitants Of Amer
lea were known to have been in pos
cnco(n~ nc 1nO0ndc <Hok H4tn1{(15 ~
most exactly with those OF the ancient
Hebrews rs related in the bible, is II
not .ir and logical to assume that
the former. at some time or another
by some means or other, were ir
touch with the progenitors Of the
Jewish people or were a branch Of
that great people? Have the discov.
cries Of explorers and American arch.
aelogists solved the mystery? Do the
ancient records found in the ruin!
Of Mexico. Central and South Ameri'
States answer the question az to thu
lost tribes Of Israel? I think the,
do.
Before taking up the more serious
evidences that point to the Hebrai'
origin Of the ancient Americans le
me call he readers attention to thu
physical features Of the American
indian. His countenance has the In
.delible mark Of the Jewish race. Tn
high cheek bones, the high archet
nose and the slanting brow are unmis
taxable marks Of his Hebrew descent
a curse having in all probability fall
en- upon the Indian as upon the de
scendants Of Ham. I merely mentor
this in passing. and would not pre-
tend to advance it Is an argumen
in support Of my contention. II !
were not sustained by many othe
and more trustworthy evidences.
There are twelve tribes that mad
up the original number Of Israelitisl
nations. And when they made sac
rifices they made them on an alta
built of twelve stones that had no
been broken by any instrument
/ Priest. in his volume on "Americal
Antiquities" declared that he encoun
tered ample evidence to show tina
many Of the tribes in Mexico an
Central America offered up sacrifice
on affairs made Of twelve unhewl
! stones. and that the sacrifcial form
and ceremony were Identical wit
those of the ancient Hebrews. MOI
Of the Indian tribes still have tn
ancient Hebrew way OF reckoninI
time as Is depicted upon the famou
} Aztec calendar stone.
On the authority Of DR.. LIE Plon
geon. the eminent archaeologist. VIII
!. spent eight years In Yucatan. assidu
. lously studying the ancient ruins o