Charlevoix county herald., 1920-06-25
TRACE MEXICAN
RACE TO CHINA
Recent Discoveries Bear Out
Tradition That Chinese Once
Pe0pIed Country.
MAY SOLVE ANCIENT PUZZLE
Hierogyphics Found on Foundation
Stones Of Pyramids at San Juan
Teotihuacan Indicate Primitive
Migration From Orient.

Mexico City.-Hieroglyphics recent
~ discovered on the foundation stones
OF the pyramids of San Juan Teoti-
huacan, p miles northeast of Mexico
Clty, may solve the problem which has
perplexed historians and psychologists
Tor centuries as to the true origin of
the Mexican nation. These strange
carvings are SAID by some authorities
to be Chinese. thus tending to bear
out the old tradition that in the dim
past wandering tribes from China
crossed to the new continent. settled
within the present boundaries of Mex
leo and became the progenitors Of
the race which now dominates this
republic.
SO interesting are the recent discov-
cries that the bureau of anthropology
has been instructed to conduct vigor-
Gus research, and in this connection
FOng Tsiang Kuang, charge d'affaires
of the Chinese legation in Mexico, Wis
tied the pyramids and stated that the
hieroglyphics were similar in many re-
spects to certain symbols now in use
by the Chinese. He declared the words
"sun," lefty" and "eye" were clearly
depicted. Mexican anthropologists who
have interested themselves i'm the dis
cOvery have declined to pass final judg-
ment until further excavations are
made and more evidence obtained.
Pyramids Primitive Marks.
The pyramids of San Juan TeOtihua-
can as well as those IN Cholula, In the
state of Puebla, are among the oldest
marks of primitive habitation to be
found in the republic. They stand as
Colossal monuments to peoples whose
history was as obscure to the conquer
ing Span.ards in the sixteenth century
as to present-day historians. Because
of their general construction some au-
thorities believe they are the hahdi-
work of the Egyptians, who in some
mysterious manner crossed the seas
and denoted their places of permanent
habitation with these stone and cement
structures, which are even larger than
the most famous pyramids of Egypt.
The little village of San Juan Teoti-
huacan, which in the Aztec language
means "CHy of the Gods" was in the
early days of Aztec history the scene
of extraordinary religious ceremonies.
The two pyramids, one dedicated to
the sun, the other to the moon, are
known to have been the tombs in which
hundreds Of tribal dignitaries were
buried, and excavators have exhumed
wrought stone containing human bones,
obsid,an knives, terra-cOtta heads with |
broad faces and fat noses, fragments |
of rare pottery and great numbers of |
arrowheads.
Find Mask Of Monarch.
One Of the most recent and most |
valuable discoveries was jadeite |
mask of some past monarch with the |
brow covered with the diadem known |
to early Mexican history. The pyramid |
to the sun measures 761 by 721 feet at !
the base and is ZIG feet high; the one
to the moon is 511 by 426 feet at the |
base and is 151 feet high. They both |
contain numerous chambers. and their |
several stories are complete temples in |
themselves, but connected by winding
stairs.
The inscriptions having Chinese char
acteristics were discovered through |
excavating in the ruins of what has
generally been known as La Claud-
adela (The CitadeD, but which, ac-
cording to recent reports of investiga-
tors, are what is left of pyramid
larger and perhaps older than the two
pyramids Of the sun and the moon.