Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-06-03

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two enormous valleys parallel with the
two shores and separated by a broad
ridge running down the middle. The
ridge curves in au S shape. like the
valleys and the shores, and it's most
striking feature is a high plateau,
rugged and mountainous, which rises
from it just beneath the fortieth par
allel Of north latitude and west of the
Straits of Gibraltar. This is the pla-
teau of which we have been speaking,
the supposed lost Atlantis.
The western valley, stretching the
full length of the American continent,
is the deeper Of the two, but in the
eastern valley there are many high
mountains, some of which rise above
the surface Of the sea and form the
Azores, the Madeiras, the Canaries and
the Cape Verde archipelago. This
eastern region throughout its length il
q great volcanic zone, with volcanoes in
abundance. All the peaks that reach
the surface emerge therefrom as vol
canic islands or bearing volcanoes.
Among them are Cough Island, Assem-
sion Island, st. Helena and Tristan da
Cunha. all of which are tops of noun
tains rising from the great ridge which
runs down the middle of the Atlantic's
bottom.
If a line be drawn from Ascension
Island to the archipelago Of Cape
Verde, the place where it crosses the
equator will mark the location of q
submarine volcano which at intervals
is very active, as shown by clouds Of
steam rising QUITO the sea. On all the
above named islands are many VOL
canoes still active, while numerous
others apparently out Of business seem
to have extinguished their fires only
yesterday.
Among the Mediterranean peoples
there survives tradition Of an ancient
invasion by Atlantians, who came from
an island far out in the western ocean.
to the west of the Pillars Of Hercules.
According to the story it was abruptly
checked by the sudden submergence Of
the country from which the invading
army and feet had. started. As the tale
is told, the island al destroyed by
fire aud water. The earth rocked vast
chasms opened the mountains belchel
rivers of molten lava and, to complete
the catastrophe. a mighty tidal wave
swept over. the land. In one day.a
night the thing was finished. Atlantis
sank beneath the sea in. a cloud Of
steam.
While it seems beyond a doubt that
our American Indians are of Asiatic an
cest1y, the descendants presumably OF
tribes which came across by way Of
Berins Strait or the Aleutian chain, no
such origin can reasonably be- ascribed
to the highly civilized races which the
early spaniards found established in
Mexico. in Central America and in
PERU. Where they came from is likely
to remain forever q mystery, but they
declared that it was from the east. All
their traditions pointed to the east.
ward, and the Aztecs ayerred that theii
forebears arrived in Mexico from 8
country called Allan.
ND AT the time OF the discovery oi
America there was a city named Altar
at the entrance Of the Gulf Of Uraba, ii
I,rien. In the Aztec language Altar
Want ''amid the waters. " It is SUI
missed that the ancient Greeks, as vel
4 the Mexicans, may have got the wort
from the people Of Atlantis.
One-third Of the Maya languag'
(which even today IS the tongue Of III,
natives of the Yucatan peninsuls) ii