The Emmett index., 1912-12-12
SEALED By FLAMES !
PROFESSOR AENA !
More Numerous Than Ameri-
cans Today-Cities De-
signed by QuetzaIcoatl.

| CemeUL he bupeINiStu lnt Du-luiuS
of one temple in each OF the five cities
and then disappeared.
But ere he went this master arcbi-
| tect. designer and director Of all the
| buildings which have persisted for tif-
/ ty centuries In Mexico left his mark
on all OF them. He signed his handi-
work In stone. Just as the artists OF
today sign the productions of their
brushes and pencils And that sign
which he left was feathered serpent
Translated into the Nahuatl of the
more modern Aztecs 1t is Quetzalcoatl
--quetzal. a bird. and coatl, a serpent.
Master Mind of Nation.
This signature. which appears on ev-
cry block of stone In Xochicalco and
on every ruin In Mexico, is the link In
the chain which binds all of them to-
gether. the slender thread which so
strongly shows that all were built by
the same tribe, all designed by the
same master mind. Quetzalcoatl's
work was more extensive and more
voluminous in all probability than that
OF any other architect who has ever
lived. either In ancient or in modern
times. He alone carved the stone SER
pents, each with feather covered
head. on the temples, and In Xochi-
calico alone there are more than 500
feet OF serpent. each wall containing
a snake. its head at one end and Its
tail at the other. running in sinuous
conyolutions along the entire length.
The same serpent. identically feath-
cred. In the same shape and with the
same number OF teeth. appears on the
ruined cities.
There is not doubt In my mind"
said Professor Mena. in his work on
Xochicalco. that one great race Is
responsible for all the magnificent
ruins OF Mexico, and not several, as
has been believed, But the most re-
markable part OF it all is that this
race has disappeared completely. Not
even a trace of its spoken language, its
legends. or its characteristlcs-physi
ally. | mean-remains among the In
dams of Mexico. nll of whom show
traces of the Aztecs, who were not the
conquerors OF the mysterious race to
which Quetzalcoatl belonged
"The Aztecs. who arrived in Mexico
about the seventh century A. D., and
who conquered the miserable tribes
they found here. saw only ruins where
~ off .Jfn
not one of the Indian tribes then oc-
cupying these lands could tell them
aught of the builders of any ruin. from
Xochicalco TO Palenque."
In the Nahuatl tongue the name of I
this mysterious dead race was Quiche, |
or Kiche-no one knows just which |
nor does any one know what the peo-
pie Of Quetzalcoatl called themselves In |
their own language. But on the walls |
Of Xochicalco Quetzalcoatl has left |
what is supposed to be portrait of |
himself. seated cross legged beneath /
the protecting curve of convolution !
Of the great feathered serpent The
face Is strong and fearless. the brow
high and noble. and the eyes are turn
ed toward the west. whence he came
What Became of Quiches2
What became of the Quiches is the
question which is puzzling the wise
men of the national museum of Mex
co. Somewhere between 5000 years
before the time OF Christ and 700 years
hereafter this mighty race. which the
say possessed rs many mem
Iers as the United States has inhabit-
lnts, passed as silently aud mysteri-
,usly as ii came Where it came from.
where ii went and what wiped ii Off
he face of the earth are the questions
o be answered. and deep study will
,e made OF all the i've cities TO see If
he answers can be found
Down on the Balsas river. in the
tate OF Guerrero. about 400 miles from
he City of Mexico. the largest ruin OF
Ill Mexico has been uncovered. In
'estigntors sent there by the National
museum OF Mexico report that the
'uins cover an area fifty miles In
ength by twenty-five in width. city
which must have held three or four
million souls ut the height of its pros
,erity. The ruined buildings are close
ogether and there are four large pyra
nids and seven large temples or pal-
ces.
II seems that Xochicalco was the
enter OF the Quiche empire. accord
ng to Professor Mena. Here lived the
Irchitect Quetzalcoatl while he was
lot going from city to city instructing
he people in the building of their
homes, temples and palaces. His go
ng seems to have been the signal for
he beginning of the downfall of the
great race of the Quiches. How they
famine. earthquakes
,r foods-no man knows or ever will
snow. only 1t is certain that they did
lot end their racial existence In war.
No bones of defending armies are
'ound round these ruins. but many are
uncovered In the houses which in each
filed the valleys below the
giant mounds on which the ruined
emples and palaces stand This would
ndica 70 that fhov diod Fvom diaoasas