Carrizozo outlook. [volume] (Carrizozo, N.M.) 1910-1945, 1921-03-25
OF MIXED BLOOD
Population OF Scotland Made Up
OF Six Races.
5eotti Tribe, Originally Irish. cavs
Their Name 10 he Country. Ae.
cordinp 10 the Historian.

The Scotch reached Scotland from
ireland ana ARE not the descendants
CT 'incllc cclts who had been pushed
north by n later tBriushl Invasion ~
Britain, The first authentic luformn
ton ON Scotland dates from the time
of the Romans. 20 \. -. liumnn rule
In Britain came 10 an end In ilO. and
Britain then ccuscd 10 be purt OF the
Roman empire.
The population Of scotland Is made
up Of lHctlsh. Irish. British. Saxon.
Danish and Norman elements. all ~
them l%udotCeltlc. ;hc three first. eel.
tie. the three last, Germahlc peoples.
The rlcls contributed the bulk NJ the
population, but were overcome hy the
Scott Clrish), who had settled In Dal.
riadn, u pnrt Of the present county "
Argyle. The Scott then became the
dominant people.
Brythonic Cclts dwclt In Strnth.
clyde. their chief city was Dunbar.
ton dun Hrcttcn. Fort Of the Brit.
ons'). Toward the close of tho
Eighth century the Danes appeared
aud rayaged the const settlements aud
the isles. The SnXons iirst appeared
In rs In Britain In the Eleventh
century Norman refugees first crossed
the border into Scotland.
The first Irish colonization In Scot.
lnnd took place toward the end Of the
second century. but the kingdom u
Dalrlndn was not effected uutll the
close Of the nth. It is these Scott
who have given their name To- Scot
land, The relations between the Two
countries were very close aud LASTED
1000 years. or 90 least up to the Ref
ormntion. and the early literature
and civilization Of Scotland belong to
ireland.
According 10 legend, the mime
Scotch Is derived from Scotia. n daugh.
ter Of one Of the pharnohs. The word
Is probably related ctymologlcnlly TO
the German Sclmtz, aud means mas.
tcrs, owners Originally. and there
fore In an medieval Latin texts down
TO the end ~ the Eleventh century. It
meant only Ireland. Since that dnte
It means specifically Scotland. The
Scotch Guel never calls himself
Scotch, hut Gael, or. to Indicate his
country. Alhnnuch understanding
lllghluudcrs, even though Scntclmcu,
are SaNons In the mind of a Gael. IN
the Fifteenth century. when English
became the predominant speech in the
Lowlunds, the English and nonCcltic
Scotch called Gaelic "l,rsc.' Since
the sixteenth century the name
Scotch has hccu applied 10 the Eng
fish spoken IN the Lowluuds, So, hy
q strange freak OF fortune. Scotch,
originally applied to d variety Of Gel.
tie has come TO mean Broud Scotch
or Quaint English Il language of Ger
manic origin.
The distinction made between the
Highlands and Luwlands of scotland
rs correct merely so far us the phys.
lcnl c%ontlgurntion OF the country IS
concerned, but incorrect ~ % racial
significance Is read into H.. There *
a mistaken notion that Scotland Is "a
country OF two races Crltlc iu the
North and Tcutoulc zoo the south. aud
that the latter element has displaced
the former, 80 doubt thr LoWlaud
/ Scotchmuu ls O person OF very COM
po~.ie blood. but be- ls above an a
Cc't. From % Paper bY Or Joseph
Dunn before AuthropoloeIcal Society
OF Washington 100 the s,.ruunc
Amcri uu Supplement-