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Show ' ,. ' , I HE hOXIIU ltUIN". i WlliWir. I'laU, Jan. a, l-'. O. To Ilia Editor! Tha Pkkmikt Wkklt of Januarr 11 ' telle lie of ari-bieoloKit-Hl dlwoverlea itiailo In nortbweatarii houor by ttio Mctilme aoteutiflu eaHultlun, of rethalna f ' a pri'blaUirlo reiw unver belura luoognlxed by arphwoloKlau.' lu Iba Klollailu lieeret, piibllabeit In Pane, r ranoa, In Inol, by Kl.l.T Jolm TavLur, tbtire aio frairmi'iila r a r-lwllon of dlatHiverlae iiiadu In the eame ronlun of ootliilry Ihe onuittr of Iba Olla an.) Colorado rlvora end lbua dlMHjvnrlt abowliiK that ibo raoe ttho .lall ihiMa reinalna woro of a higher eivilletluu Iban their atioruaeura In l!iu land. 'Hie relailuti of thfao dlaivtTlfe had beeii publlahtHl lu full lu die Noer Yurk llorald prior lo Huh btfjtumbr, M.ti, whloh I the dale of the puiiiii-aiiou in . . Krvtmh ol IbOBM frNcmeiite by Klibr J. I . Taylor. Hv aimroliliitf tliu Iku.e ,if n,a New York Herald tho wbnle ntiiy la ui,. Ulliuil, tablrli would prov,. of mtrreat to tlioae who Iwlteve III tint ItiKik ol Mnr mull, and who hove lattb in lb,, future ui Ihe todlatia. If tluae ruliie are nut ih lallio aa tboie dlaijvnriMl by tlm Mi-liht oouipany, thev are nut altiuicil vi'ry lur fruui theui aud uiay be oluaaly reialod lo , The name of the dlaooveror, corroa- pomlent lo the Near York HoIaLl, la not Kiveu In the Uiulle du liMirtu. j Yuura re-i .-tfr.Ity, i'tiii.i- LiJtuoz;. j i! Tha dltooTary reporia I by the Wo. ! '! I Ubae axoedlllon It contlderably toulh j ! ; ol that referred to In tha arllole oltad ; j by our oorrrapomiont, In both raaee ' j! the report waa mule to Iba Nrw York '- Herald before reiohlng otbar Jnuruala lu the oouotry. Tha rulna maiilloueil lu L'Ktatle au Deaorat bava been ruore ' thurouiflily exaiuluad alnoa Ibfil, aud bar uolioluaivo cvldenoa of being the , work of a higher vlelliimllon than thai 3f tha aborlgluea of tho limo of tha 4BUlah Invaaion. Tha later diaoovor laa by Iba MufJhee parly aeem lo ba luiig to a atlll tuure aovauoad people, evtUeucea of wlioae preaenca hava been fouud In abundauoe In Mt-xloo and L'anlral Amerloi, but none to lar norlb aefota at Iba MtUtita txpadltlon ra. porta. The pretenaa of ibla olaat of rulnt , tu beeu well kuuwu to aiobajuiatltli of rroenl year, but their claaelfloailin aahalug tha work of a parllrular rare baa not been deflnltaly dalalinlnad upon. Wllb tha continued addition! being mada to pretent Information, tba arc! IP doglttt ara about ooottralned lo ricognlaa tbat Iheea ancient workt ara lliooe ol a dltllnol raoa of paopla from tha Amarloau Iadlant, to far at Iba condition of the latter Indloete. at preeeui. There la no doubt that many of tha anllqultlae rrferrad lo ara thoaa of a highly oltllltid roopla, wllb an lulalllfenl aim beyond any now poetaaaed by IbeialBge trlbea, and equal If not aunarlor lo Ilia ollll attlon of Koma and Ureaoa In tbalr palmleal day a. Tha obtareallona of the MoUhae parly arc looked to aa tha final aol Inaatabllthlng tha faol that a aunarlor raca to the Indiana ooouplad Ihla country and baa dleappaared. Ibla la tba Idea ezpreeeed In tba die-palob die-palob reoelvad, and referring lo a pra-blatorlo pra-blatorlo people not baretofora reoog-nlied, reoog-nlied, yet not untbought ol or uuoon tidtred by ercbioiloglalt. In faol lhair eilalenoe la to thoroughly eitablltued that no ono quetllona aa a pari of prehlttorlo American ex;arlaooa that a thoroughly eleillxed paopla wara OTarooma ar aupplauled by eaTagra wboaa deecendeule now Inhabit Iba land. There It now no dlapnto among tha well luformed aa lo Iba oorraoloaat of tba Hook of Mormaa order of Ibeaa lm-porlaut lm-porlaut oocurranoaa; tha tendency lie-log lie-log to Ignore rather than lo oontl lar that record, though ocoaaloually Ibera It mada an ifforl lo exiilain bow a cor-rtot cor-rtot oouulutlon on Iblt aulijoot oould haeabaaa deducted from lulormation aeeliable In I8.U-.10. Aa lima goaa on, bowaeer, the Indliputanla aeldeuca lhat oorroboralaa tha llonk of Mormoo la aleadlly aooumulallog, and Ila el-Itlanca el-Itlanca cannot bo Ignored oraiplalned away. Whaleter tba McOnee expedition expedi-tion brltigt forth will ba In oonlormlly wllb wbal hta been dona already lo tha direction of ooiiflrmtng Ibedltlna. ly ravealtd record given lo tha world through Iba Trophot J oeeph Hmllb. |
