The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-10-22
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cd by the old empcrors OF China for
sacrtficinl purposes. II Is tho SAND
size a. the old Aztec mounds. Tho
the soil on the rest OF the prairie Is
only about 20 inches deep, II Ia much
deeper at the top OF this mound
Md the soil on top OF tho mound IL
OF different nature than that OF the
prairie. l believe Il may be ancient
ash Of some perhaps the
ashes OF arc old sacrificial fires
EXPLAINS ORIGIN or
NATCuEZ PASS
II find that one Of the customs OF
the old Matches tribe was to bind
their heads so that they became flat.
This also was = custom OF one OF
the tribes Of this state.
How did the name Matches be
come attached to tho pass that
starts thru the mountains near
Buckley am told that Matches
means plenty Of water In the Ian.
guagc Of the klickitat Indians.
Could not this be tho Indian meta.
phorical expression which to the an
Gent forefathers Of the Indians
meant; Our fathers have meant
that we were separated from our
friends. the Matches. At the time OF
the Great Waters'f
~1n other words. may net this
name Matches refrr IN the days
before the Great Fiood when the
Matches tribe wne well known
In this part Of the country.
when the descendants Of the
Mound Builders WIRE herr?
Henry r.andes. when state Eccio-
gist. said that the mounds on MIS-
qualify flat were regularly arranged.
with large stones At the bottom. He
doubts n they are artificial mounds.
hut think that the mounds are just
AZ they would have been built by an
old Indian tribe. Recently I saw .
picture Of the Chinese famine dis
trict. and the burial mounds showed
lack Of order. and but for the spacing
they were exactly like the mounds on
the Nisqually fiat.
Tho Mound Builders. according 10
an encyclopedia. were an ancient and
sedentary people, . distinct and now
extinct race. J. 8. Newberry. who
wrote the article for Johnson's ency.
ciopedia. says that u 10 likely that
some Indian tribes. - the Mandans
and Matches, are more or less pure
descendants from the Mound Biuld-
ers.
AI4AsRAS CLIMATE
MILD BEFORE FLOOD
MY theory u that before the flood
China and Alaska. and al the United
States, had = very mild climate. and
possibly there were no Bertnx STRATA
Certainly. there was free communi
cation between this continent ana
China
Il believe there was . large city
1t Tacoma - shown By the count.
less burial mounds on both sides Of
the NisquaIiy. particularly where the
railroad thru Point Dcfiancs TO Port.
land ccsnes out on The prairie And
the pyramid mound between the
three hkoa. 0ravelly. gteilacocm and
Americnn. We the site Of : temple.
! believe tn traffic 20 tho intersor Of
the state was VIA the Matches pass.
which was the route Of migration 10
the East. I think this route Z one OF
The oldest IN the world, and wa used
many centuries bcfors the dsiuga
In my own house.. the old rad
thru the Matches paas y within 10
feet and when my family p1nrnsd
the town Of Buckley they named .
street Matches IT. because II follow.
I'd the ancient trail.
1T was hy no mere chance that .
city was At Tacoma. for Il was the
head Of navigation: an empire which
came from the West u now rsversed
and moving West. I believe scholar
win prove this theory Of mine when
they investigate"
Wnl they? WIN science prove
this theory? It's going to b mighty
Interesting. anyway.