Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-04-16
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TELLS OF EARLY PEoPLGo.
Harriet Chalmers Adams Says Amsri.
co Was PeopIsd From Asia.
Special to Times Republican.
Washington, April 1e-Harriet Chal.
mers Adams one OF Americas foremost
women explorers, who has Just re-
turned from q journey along the fringe
Of Asia where she has been studying
tho peoples from Siberia 70 6umatra
in an attempt to trace the original
American, In q communication to the
National Geographical Society. At
Washington. D. c.. expresses the belief
that the ancient "Americ" peoples
came by sea, possibly in broken stages.
from Asia.
This earlier immigration. however.
was at a very remote period. for our
prehistoric monuments point to an in
dfgenous culture" says Mrs, Adams.
"A branch OF an Old World race, these
early Americana evolved to their
highest civilization on New World
soil" She expresses confidence that a
closer study OF the Indo- Chinese
branch of the yellow race. the Malay.
Chinese and Tibetan. n compared to
our prehistoric civilization, will throw
new light on the problem of tracing the
original American.
For fifteen years Mrs. Adams has
been studying the .ancient civilization
OF the new world, those which
we call "Americ.'' She has Travelled
all over the western hemisphere from
Canada to TERRA del Fuego. thru every
state in the United States and Mexico
and every country Of Central and
South America. She outlines the an
Glen, -Americ civilization AZ follows:
Pre- Incasic people lbefore the Incas)
who builded Tiahuanaco. now In ruins
near the Bolivian shore Of Lake Titi-
caca. This as far al we know, Is the
oldest city Of the new world" The
people living there today are Aymaras,
Indians of the Bolivian highlands. who
were subjugated by the Incas Of Peru.
Incas. of Peru, who rose long after
Tiahuanaco fell. These were the Quichua
people whose capital was Cu1co. Sa-
cred City OF the Sun. They were con-
quered by Pizarro and his Followers
Their descendants still speak the
Quichua tongue and retain many an
Client customs. They live in the An
dean highlands OF Peru. Mrs. Adams
thinks them the most interesting
Americans alive today. Ruins of their
temples and fortresses are strewn
out the Andean country and even on
the eastern slopes OF the Andes in the
jungle. she says.
AIayas. Of Central America, whose
ruins still exist.
Toltecs and Aztecs, of Mexico. whose
blood flows in the Mexican of today.
Pueblos o. the United States. who
live principally in Arizona and New
Mexico today. The Zun.. Hopi and
many other tribes are included In the
Puebios each speaking Its own tongue.
These Indians represent the tribes Nv
ing I'm permanent stone or adobe hous-
es or settlements. when the white man
came. as apart from the nomadic hunt
ing tribes In ancient days the Pueblos
extended from Colorado Into Mexico
and from Arizona to Texas.
While scientists agree that America
WAS peopled By way OF the northwest.
Mrs Adams does not believe that al
early Americans came this way. In the
Philippines, Mrs. Adams SAW 1fusa0s
warriefs who resemble Aymara chiefs
of the Andean highlands in spite OF
the difference in climate. This - NOT
strange when we class the IfusaOs ~
Malays OF the lndo- Chinese branch OF
the Yellow Race and. believe that an
Gent America was peopled from Asia,
she says Not only among certain
Malay mountain tribes, but also In
western China was constantly re-
minded OF things Americ.' but never
among people OF q low grade OF civili-
zation, only when among people OF an
cient lineage. In olden days. great war
canoes were padded by many oarsmen
from one South Sea island to another.
1t seems likely that in this fashion
men set sail from the Malay Peninsula.
with their wives and children. food.
household goods and domestic animals
aboard. and aided by wind and tide.
reached the promised land. some palm
frinEed isle Id the tropic sea-"
Mrs Adams has the records Of
Twenty-Five small boats that apparent
ly were blown across the Pacific, one q
japanese fishing boa. which landed It's
unwilling immigrants alive and we'll on
Californian soil two years ago.