The Keota news., 1919-10-03
BOTH new and OLD
u.xlco a Mixture Of the Ancient
and Modern.
.,..,..er,o RsmaINs ohew Thae the
s.,,der, Had q Nigh otato u CIV
uizatlen-Native Teoeee ene
Race otlll 8xlse

What manner Of folk are the Asu'
cans? -..
,oII,Icnl course toward Asxieo. It Will
hello In a thorough understanding os
that country to examine the r!cn n's
tory the ancient civilization. the pee'
historic remains to b found among
our southern nelghboss. says tne M
,,onal Geographic society.
-Of the 100000 Inhabitants. two
snhs claim direct descent from an
den, tribes or families which are &C.
erp,eL A. the basis Of Mexican nie.
,ory. two nfths are Of mixed native ana
foreign blood. the remainder oeing
elassed under the common appeaIauoo
Of foreign
throughout much Of the country:
and often within short distances OF
rsilroads. arc remnants OF some OF
the ancient native tribes Of races a.
herring TO customs, methods aud speech
Of their ancestors Thus In Oa1Aea
arc tho Zapotecas and AlxtecaA the
estimate for the two races being Q haIs
million. and Q government pub,icatioo
mentions a dozen other families ID tns
same state.
I'm Hliaigo and adjacent states. ths
O,omis: In Puebla and OaUee. ne
Mcxicnncs: the prsdominadng Aayas
In Yncntnn; in Nichoacan and JalIseo.
the Tarnscans. and the Tlaxcalans. u
their nntive state, and other groups
elsewhere. still maintain the tribal 10.
di,iiunlltica.
prescott refers to the Astscs. 11a1'
eslans nnd others - producers q DELI
cate fabrics. coloeed By Vegetable dyes:
intricate designs In the peec1oos met.
ais. and beautiful decoeatious made Of
feathers: numerous ruins also Sndi'
cate marvellous skill Of ancient peo'
PIES In stone-woek, especially % the
tools used were obsldian q copper.
Evidence that this dsftnees u
haniiwork has been retained appears
In tho fcather.woek. wood-carv!ns.
.'onc'cutting. ETC.. Of The present day.
The beautiful pottery and unique
wenvcs of serapes. made with tns
erudcss appliances. and excellent TAB
ricn'ion In cast OF wrought iron. aII'
srrc silver. ETC., also bear testimony
to the skin Of the Mexican Indian.
Mexico has wealth of archasosoG'
ie.l relics. remnants Of an ancient CIV
''isa'i.n of which 10 well.ds0nsd trace
exists. Volumes have been written to
demonstrate that the builders OF what
nc now ruins were Of Aongo'lan.
Semitic. or Phoenlcian origin. but the
fiddle cannot b admitted % solved
All authorities. however. unite 10
rrnisc Of the magnitude and the per
lection ri workmanship shown at ~
rious ruts found throughout the Aez'
lean territory. The region adjacent
I" sor,c Of these raises question ~
u" the crce Of sustenance for muI'
ti'ndcs which must have then existed
Nd cnuses speculation upon changes
which may kavs occurred In the In
tervrl.
Prominent among these ruins ar>
tSmnl and Chlchen.ltsa. In the state
~ iucntan: PaleuQue. II the state o'
Chlpas; Militia. In the state Of Oaxaca
md N"chlcalco. II the state Of
Mcrcos.
The pyramid Of Cholula. ln Puebla
md those Of the Sun and Moon. ID
The state Of Mexico. have also beet
literally described, but distributed
over wide areas are many other ru'n'
which have had but little Of no iuves
l'sation. and rock sculptures. images
uoIs and ancient pottery. found u
numerous localities. are the only re