Charlevoix county herald., 1914-09-12
WOMAN EXPLORER
BACK FROM ORIENT
Mrs. Adams Evolves Theory as
to Peopling Of Ancient
American Lands
CAME FROM ASIA, she SAYS
Earlier immigration Was at Very
Remote Period, Probably
by Sea

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Washington, ID. C.-Harriet Chal-
mers Adams. one of Americas fore
most explorers, who has returned
from a journey along the fringe Of
the peoples from Siberia to SUI
matra in an attempt to trace the
original American, in a communica-
ton to the National Geographic
Society at Washington expresses
the belief that the ancient "Ameri-
ca" 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
digenous culture" says Mrs. Adams.
"a branch of an Old World race, these
early Americans evolved to their
highest civilization on New World
sold" She expresses confidence that
closer study of the Indo-Chinese
branch of the yellow race, the Malay,
Chinese and Tibetan, as 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 emisphere from Can
ada to Terra del Fuego, through every
State in the United States and Mexico
and every country of Central and
South America. She outlines the an
cient Americ civilization as follows:
Pre-Incasic people (before the In
cas) who builded Tiahuanaco, now in
ruins, near the Bolivian shore of Lake
Titicaca.
This, as far as we know, is the "old-
est city in the New World" The peo-
pie living there to-day are Aymaras.
Indians of the Bolivian highlands, who
were subjugated by the meas of Peru.
Incas of Peru, who rose long after
Tiahuanaco fell. These were the
Quichua people, whose capital was
Cuzco, Sacred City of the Sun. They
were conquered by Pizarro and his fol-
lowerers. Their descendants still
speak the Quichua tongue and retain
many ancient customs. They live in
the Andean highlands Of Peru. Mrs
Adams thinks them the most interest
ing Americans alive to-day. Ruins of
their temples and fortresses are
strewn throughout the Andean coun-
try and even on the eastern slopes Of
the Andes in the jungle, she says.
Mayas of Central America, whose
ruins still exists.
Pueblos, of the United States. who
live principally in Arizona and New
Mexico to-day. The Zuni. Hopi and
many other tribes are included in the
Pueblos, each speaking its own tongue.
These Indians represent the tribes liy.
ing In permanent stone or adobe
houses or settlements, when the white
man came, as part from the nomadic
hunting 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
lfugaos warriors who resemble Ay
mara chiefs of the Andean highland.
in spite of the difference in climate.
This is not strange when we elias.
the lfugaoc as Malays of the Indo
Chinese branch of the yellow race ant
believe that ancient America was PEG
/ pied from Asia" she says. Not onl,
among certain Malay mountain tribes
but also in Western China was | con
stantly reminded of things Americ
but never among people of low grad,
of civilization, only when among pee
pie of ancient lineage.
I'm olden days, great war canoe
were padded by many oarsmen from
one South Sea island to another. I
seems likely that in this fashion mel
set sail from the Malay Peninsula
with their wives and children. food
household goods and domestic animal
aboard. and, aided by wind and tide
reached the Promised Land, som,
palm-fringed isle in the tropic sea"
Mrs. Adams has the records of TWEEN
ty-five small boats that apparent,
were blown across the Pacific. one ;
Japanese fishing boat, which lande,
its unwilling Immigrants alive an,
well on Californian soil two years ago