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Show if OLD RACE ISJNJEfOLT jyjEn for tlie Uprising of jSfe Maya People in 'jLtfJoLDEST RACE ON SWL AMERICAN CONTINENT :(I of Decaying People it $ ivcs Facts Showing How 1 1 They Arc Wronged. , t ' Vi I bt i 'tUo Ed,tor r Tl,c Trl,,llllc: Kvcn caaU d,atnncc 11 ,a n0L dlff,culL to lln- y$ ihd what caused tlic uprising in Yu-jji4 Yu-jji4 ''Old Mexico, dotalls of which ap- In tho press dispatches. This sca-ijawAjSikc sca-ijawAjSikc all other seasons, thcro Is a "flflttty of laborers on the Hcncqucn MHaJylons around Jlerlda, the Spanish ffJ' 1 of tho state, and tho Kovernmunt jail( . jltlca hitvo undoubtedly undertaken -5 Ituro a new lot of slaves for tho jrncrs. JOjij re bclni? no more frco Mayas near f. to ho forced Into the servlco of lantatlon owners, nn attempt has made to round up a lot or people rallodolld. ninety miles southeast of i'. and drive them to the plnncntlons e care of the crops of Sisal hemp. AM i outrage doubtless led to the uprla-Jy uprla-Jy ft '.any occurred. . Mayas, like tho Yncmls. have as a i always been .Independent of the W' (h and Mexican governments. Itidl-"t Itidl-"t b arnoim (hem have often been de- fcand enslaved ever since the bc-. bc-. g of Spanish acceptance of tho Y,u- , peninsula, but the people as a havo remained far away from the Ww Hi settlements and refused to be . - . Into slavery by the liuropcan con-' con-' 0. & and tl.olr descendmTs, the pres- - -j inded aristocracy, m thin they - d themselves wiser than the A7.tecs ? uy olher tribes found in the eiun- flflM Bl Vcra (m "d Tamplco. I About tho Mayas. I 'I 'Mayas duTer radicjlly from all the ULfl Jf l',e "'illvo American races. In there Is a slight resemblance, but SAtlfli 'sIoRiiomy. cranial development, Sri incc. flKU.'c and lancum thoy are -ifcl. Their manners, form of Rovcn:-KSflpknowIedKe Rovcn:-KSflpknowIedKe of the arts and ndvance-jAn ndvance-jAn the sciences, particularly that of JOTJInc. stamp them os a distinct race. .Jr dignity, rules of government and architectural knowledge led the lOurop'-an Invaders to pionounce then the wisest tribe in the continent 100 years ago. Thy were then and are now a lvninaii. of the Bieat race that built numerous cities that were In ruins and overgrown with tropical vegetation over 100 years ago, when Columbus discovered tho "West indies. in-dies. These ruins, after -100 additional years of neglect, yet display architectural features, fea-tures, stone cutting and carving, steeled work, frosco painting, statuary and hieroglyphic hiero-glyphic Inscriptions that convince all observers ob-servers that their builders wcro ages further advanced In civilization than wore the Spaniards of tho ilfteenlh century. cen-tury. Were Powerful Nation. The ruined cities arc found in many places further north than tho City of Mexico and much further south than Central America, suggesting a one tlmo powerful and widespread race possessing a highly but unevenly developed civilization. civili-zation. JtiBt when or for how long a period they occupied this southern territory, terri-tory, larger than the present Mexican republic, and why they declined In power, numbers and knowledge, and wore succeeded suc-ceeded by inferior races we may never know, but that this great people did occupy oc-cupy the country from Tula south for a thousand miles, cnguged in agricultural pursuits, had great power, lost their Influence In-fluence and nearly disappeared many centuries cen-turies before tho Spaniards came is no longer doubted. In 1519 none of them were found in the territory north and west of the present states of Vera Cruz and Oaxaca. Invaded by Columbus. Yucatan was the first place of tho American mainland to be invaded by the followers of Columbus, and theso white men were mdt on the north coast by tho warlike Maya people, who drove many of them Into the gulf of Mexico and enslaved the rest, some of whom were found serving Maya masters years afterwards aft-erwards by Cortez before he touched the coast at Vera Cruz, or more than dreamed of the wealth awaiting him in Moctczuma's capital. Before tho time of Corlcz Grijolva met the Mayas in vast numbers on the Grlja-loa Grlja-loa river In Tobasco, r.nd was forced by them to re-embark and return to Cuba. Hernando Cortez. who succeeded Grljalva In tho Spanish attempt to subjugate the mainland, although ho became dominant during the early part of the sixteenth century In the vast region west of Vera Cruz could make no headway against the Mayas In Yucatan, and down through the centuries since, this race lias always maintained its Independence. Were Known as Builders. Spain, the church, the Mexican republic, repub-lic, Maximilian's empire, Juarez and Dia:: have all shown themscives unable to subjugate this remnant of a once dominant domi-nant race that for want of a better name Is called in Central Mexico "Toltce." an Aztec word meaning "Builder." Not many years ago the Mexican government gov-ernment made war upon tho Mayas, no doubt, lor the primary purpose of obtaining ob-taining slaves for tho plantations along the north coast of Yucatan, and a large number of prisoners wcro taken. Peace was made, or rather, the war ended, when tho planters let it bo known that they had laborers enough, and tho bulk of the army returned to the City of Mexico. However, tho relief to the planters was but temporary. The proud Maya prisoners, deprived of Ihelr liberty, dragged from their homes and. unused to stockade prisons, could not bear enforced labor under the lash in an Intolerable climate, and died off by hundreds and laborers were again in demand. de-mand. An appeal that was heard across the gulf of Mexico wont up from the Hcno-iriuen Hcno-iriuen plantations, and the experiment of sondlng prisoners and Yaquls from Central Mexico and Sonora to Yucatan was tried. This worked well, supplied laborers and added greatly to tho Income In-come of army oftlecrs until the Turner barbarous Mexico writings ntlraclod world-wide attention to the fact that real slavery still exists in Mexico. The ruling class there have no thought of giving up slavery, but. being cxtrcmelv Kcnslllvo to criticism and desirous of avoiding It. thoy are lessening their activities ac-tivities In Central Mexico and tho Ynrjul country, and centering them again on the Mayas in Yucatan, an Is shown in the press dispatches. Got by tho Censor. It Is rather surprising that the Mexican Mexi-can government censor permitted news of the so-culled uprising at Vallodolla (o bo sent out by wire. 11 1 tie more news need be expected, and It is safe to predict that that already sent out will soon be ofilcially denied and the world made to believe the Mayas wero altogether in the wrong. This was partly done in the dispatches of Wednesday. N'ot unlikely we shall be Informed that the paternal Diaz government has been gently disciplining disci-plining a stiff ncckcil and unruly people who refute to accept tho blessings of modern civilization. Hul the fact will remain that olher thousands of natives more refined than the governing class arc being enslaved to satisfy tho greed of a cruel, alien race. The end Is In sight. In a few vcars wo shall have seen the Inst of tho Maya people, peo-ple, and tho end of an ancient race that Is able to trace Its history back to A time when drv land extended from Yucatan Yuca-tan to Africa, who practiced the arts, understood the sciences, had a literature, litera-ture, cured tin1 sick and govomcd Itself while the people of Europe were snvaees. I-'KTKND OF THE MAYAS. |