Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-07-05
4 VISION OF. 1InnY

il Is rain like that which ended
the fourth Quirigua expedition Of IN,
school Of American Archaeology an,
brought back 10 Santa Pc one aftei
the other 81 the party but not unit
Iafter achieving conquests that vii
live for all time.
The first fruits OF the expedition
became real 10 the public vrsterda.
when Artist Carlos Nicrra hung IN
the reception room of the palnco Of
the Governors his superb mural paint
lhR 81 me mysterious prehistoric
Maya CitN Of Qurigua. which the
state OF California commissioned him
70 paint and which viii be one Of his
SIX mural paintings 81 DE placed for
/ ever IN the California building at san
bleRp, JOY TO the millions that VIII
behold II In the long visias Of time
10 come and memorial To n New
MeAleo artist who has. won fame as an
Illustrator and painter Of marines
and landscapes
The picture of Quirigua. ~ without
doubt, the greatest achievement of
the artist thus FAR and is already
drawing great throngs to the palace
who wish to view Il before It ~ packed
up To be shipped to san Diego, to-
sether with its common pictures of
thiehen liza and txmal, the MAYA
cities IN fucatnn, already completed
ana the canvasscs Of COpan, palen-
que and Tikal, still to be painted. The
very atmosphere of the tropics and
The Jungle seems to hover over The
huge canvass OF Quirigua IN the
background ana all around the tenn
ples and palaces tower gigantic ma
nqgany aud other tropical trees from
which are suspended guefdons of
wing moss, dense masses of grens a. =
me sees only in the tropics, here and
mere touched hv a splash of brighter
hughes White mists rise from the
turquoise blue hills in the back
'rOund while masmatic vapors seem
@ enyelop the depth Of the jungle.
In the foreground are the pyra-
nids, temples and palaces OF sand
tone as they have been rescued from
he grasp of the tropical vegetation by
he work of the school of American
archaeology Quoting United States
iinistcr Sands 10 Guatemala
"tnded the immense ceiba and
ther coast trees, 20 and so feet to !
he lowest branches. each branch as !
ig as a thirty year old maple and !
ung with orchids and Spanish moss. !
as grown up a thicket Of palms and !
I'm trees, forming when the under 7
rush Is cleared, arched forest gal II
ries impossible 10 describe.
From the celia and mahogany
ees drop long, leafless. snake-likc
ack vine stems-one the watcrvine.
a quart Of clear, pure wat a.
to every foot, which spurts forth il
a refreshing stream when cut. Ii y
a real, hirst-quenchng water. cl
avn up from the soil and filtered Il
rough the pores of the plant not a iii
p as one might suppose. W
Through the arches of palms sud- Ia
My appears a group of mounds
!! overgrown with masses Of foli-
e. and beyond these an avenue Of
eat stones carved monoliths lead a.
! to some-as-y et-invisiblc altar or w.
nple. From each pillar stares- va va
prcssive gloomy, or sullen--a gi- h.
ntic face. Each face is crowned 49,
h tail feather headdress is belt ~,
with short embroidered skirt w.
e the sacrificial apron worn BY na
rean eunuchs in the Heaven sac "a
ce- naked. with heavy ornaments ~
wrist and ankle. 49, 49,
ON the sides of the stones are coll a,.i
ms OF glyphs. until now undeciph- na
bic, but nearly all plain and wei Ken