| Show I c WERE DESCENDANTS OF ISRAEL i I I I 1 i t Such is s the tradition of the People of Guatemala 1 yi t j 9 4 r S 5 I Ir j Dr Young Among l 1 P ol of Ancient I I i Rivalled that of 01 oi ol Cap Cup n Hat l City Otty to Corn COIn Growing 2 d OI thai u u u u J u u IJ u u u del Guatemala Cruz del Quiche CeW America April 8 W Wi 19 litch I ia from f th the town o i l the he capital of or o till the th d by bythe the same Mme arne name mime and nd twel nu mo ly Indian though all 11 t thu jJ nt MN owl and principal mm nw Ai I wal ai the n t large huge town wn l bad luid ad entered In Guatemala w we were vere Interested In looking around The houpe hOIlett are ara eli all ll after er the Mexican le can or r Spanish 8 style tye They The erti neat dean rIn looking roofed with 1111 nd d l or with a rough The rh Ph are lira ruther narrow beIng only nfl from a iod to It n a rod anti and n II nIt halt half It wide They art are paved pared however am reId railed just JugL wide enough tm nt 11 one oue person rIJn l rained a little on either ther The I ht a occupies one lURre On Hides ld are n Ie and ami on the r the full th of ot the Mock is t 1 the lip government a i iwo tory building with Ith very ver thick walls am ant ansi 01 M Itt fashioned and win Ilo l naU IhrIe soldier forth of the house roch encI ono mm mma having n a sun nun was wall old fashioned years yearn earl earlO figo O The Ih wa Wit full ull of at people l buy buyIng Ing tn In nUll ami A few cents At nt most mOlt mosto o 0 dollar tak lakel tile the full stock of ot moat must lit tho f tore Wo Vu had reached the market when wh n a camo and our business bu II II lp wo were from and awl where wo WI w werl er coln and how Ion I w iv Intended to 10 stay tay in town Another one won Pon rame caine back bak to 10 a nak k the tho mako of our uns Wo Wu had hl 1 to the tho hefe politico Who U Is I the head hi not only of ot o the tho district but of ot everything In It IncludIng Ing In the soldiers and ond police pollee and on call callIng callIng Ing InC found tho gentleman a n very polite anti a 0 very ver Intelligent young man mon of or or forty tort years oos ot of age oe Ha lie received us tie kindly and otter reading our letters desired very vcr much to 10 do un for tor UK wi Wo We needed no ni nl nil l but iUt he gave gO us letters to the halo at a til place which have greatly aided us u He lie pressed us to stay over In town saying that he would tend a n guide to 10 show us g some ruins ruing a couple of ot miles from tho tb city elt which are very er ancient We were tempted it t aa cia Il our packs had gone lione on and as Ihs tt teed feed was scarce and very ver dear wo we excused d ourselves The hete told us that the ruins consisted ot of mounds terraces terrace and ond must correspond with those we wo found on oo entering the republic lic lh The people seem Intelligent kind and not Ilot but many In tho the especially in spite of or the for tor fortuity or of ot the land are ore extremely poor 1001 Many any In the city are no bett better r though they tho make a 1 better appearance DIFFICULTIES BY flY THE WAY I Leaving the town by b the east cast rood road wo we climbed chinked It a mountain eight hundred feet teet and came carne to tu a plateau where here there me ne men aiea n a number of ot Indian ranches It was HOW no late lute and und we wo decided to camp as 9 there th re were fields fluids near by hut But we could not get feed teed One man hall had oxen anti and cows cowe co another nother could not relit t bo be boo because cause the field lieU belonged to lila his eon Ins His wife urged him to rent It as ns a tho the lent money would suit lull the boy but no this old oil man would yield Another still had n a little patch of at corn torn cornand cornand and though we wo promised to our animals we WO could not get got It II At dusk dus very vcr ry much disgusted we con can continued continued our Journey An hours ride over a hill hili and down a n canyon or gulch brought us to 10 another ranch nin aint to our QUI surprise the thu lady lad of ot the tho Invited us to camp ramp saying tho the pasture waR m not very ver good but we te e were welcome to It If It we chose Th next day we had our roughest load vod and anG atu cuir horses were lily Illy pre prepared prePared pared IJ red for ter tho trio work aa nn corn was Him elm simply ply ily out of at the thA question We had tried every enry ranch house houRI wo we o passed to buy porno romo but had failed tolled The fhe people did not have U It t to spare BIan and seine Home did not have It at all nil The famine was wag not due to drouth as ns we have since loomed learned but to an overabundance of ot ofrain rain mm during the wet season which had hod Injured the corn The rho veritY be of at the road was caused by tho deep canyon of the Negro river lver both bolh banks Lung being Lun very steep anti ond about three thousand feet teet above the river bed bert bertl From l rom tilt top lOll as ns wo approached the could rould bo be seen far below like a 0 winding thread white and black The Tho waters ar aria dark dark the rapids and ancl foam white while It waR WOH a grand sight eight Then rhen we wert rt wended Down lown down zig zag first to t the right then Ihen to the left At 11 clock o we reached the bottom awl and de tie to feed our animals be before before fore forI beginning b the climb We WI desired also to take u a bath In this one of ot the principal rivers of ot Central America A to the map will show I this river riAs rl s In the department k S S A S U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U Id U U U of ot Hows through that thai of t f and later laler forms torms arnie with the river tho the bonn boun boundary dary line between Chiapas antI A mute main mula then continues until It reaches the Gulf muir of at From I rom the tho source and direction of o other riven especially thoo of or forke of ot the he the thu which Into Inlo the Pacific and the or It will be Lie seen that we are arl traveling on art th tIle watershed We are aru really over the th highest lands lande o of the republic The volcanoes Agni and antI ue tega A Aart ere art higher but hul the land surrounding them Is 18 much lower than It la I here hereTh Th hue heavy hea vr climb from tool tho the river raus caused d Wolf riding mule to gIs ht out and nl at 11 a the extra mule mulo was IU sick lick the Alor wan wO placed On his hla fea ett for tor awhile Lint But the tue boys bors readily offered him hIr I mule Many Jan inn of ot out company 0 III P 11 cr pet lolly where there the tho roads an Itro bad do walkIng Balking to 10 save their anImals nr 1 to 10 this title fact I attribute our excellent over oer desert roads From the tho a cent from the this river we camp caine ut on out a 4 of at rolling roilIng roll hII land hand the tite th hill hll hills boa binK not nut more than tItan n II hun hundred hundred dred I to IJ thice hundred cot high Little clumps of ot trees tree dotted tills this plateau specially In tn the ravines and along water Oak predominated though thieve Will pine A tiny day antI and anda antIa a 11 half halt on thU brought uS ull ti gradually to the tIt th plains of ot Santa do dol Quiche and within tight Light of or the ruins of 0 Ian lan the once oice proud capital of the Iha Quiche Qu cho Indians AX AN A OLD BATTLE FIELD It be remembered that on these plains neat lIral the thEr now nov no quiet little town of ut Santa Crull ruz del Quiche Aivarado met mot the till Indians lu Itt a final death struggle I after arter the he laiu lal tI had bath him Into their city lit nuh eili the th Intention of or tiring the tile town and nod In the fall all upon the and unu put them to death Tho Jho Tim Spaniards something wrong n they the wu iw that the houses hOules were nil and were werl erg supplied with com coot material They out oUI took the king 1 1111 prisoner tried and nn oxe him lm Im arid and HI In n a short abort time lime con cone the Indians as they Iho made a last attack There to the time right were the time ruins I plainly seen suen from trout the time hill bill Just before entering tIme the town lown In III front dry now from the time long drouth of winter but reen beautiful In its times of or lain raun wan the Ih battle batUe field lace It drenched In the time blood of ot a n people lighting fighting for or their horneg and ant the tho godi anti and of ot their fathers tather Once Onte It was as with the thu dead dent of ot their noblest II obi est chieftains and warriors Now No nit nil of ot this Is II hidden The bodies have long since Ince re returned reo returned turned turn ell to lu dust the blood stains havu long Ion since been heen washed away awny nod ond the degenerate posterity of ot the conquered are the willing slaves alae of ot the tho I children of ot the time conquerors I There were soldiers In o 0 there were tre also ulan soldiers In Quiche Quiches As te s Brother r Wolfa olto and I who were wore ahead of ot inc party part to arrange for tor poe ramping rode roth up to the government house tHere was no little stir among the time rank and tile the I carried my gun and nile pistol both bolh strapped to torny tomy amy rny saddle saidIe and these catching their eyes ees seined M to 10 attract their attention One filow f lIo hurriedly up nod and say Ing tag In Spanish began to draw Ifta my say gun out But Dut I took hold of ot It and with Rome name toll taD i I I to leave It alone Ho desisted and ond returned to 10 the porch Jorch I was In the hetes office anti ond by the way woy their a n perfect peret gentleman re received received received us liS kindly and amI like tho the hefe hofe at atthe atthe atthe the last desired to do tb all nih he could to aid us the boys conic came up lip each ench one OM carrying his gun strapped to his imis saddle eaddie This e eem d too much for tor time tho soldiers and the minor officers gave orders to take time tho guns There was wall no fl show of at resistance In fact tact the boys helped time the guns from fromn tho the sad saddles saddies dies Illel thinking this timis was merely merel In the program but the In many In Instances instances stances were wore trembling from heRd head to foot tool Ono One of ot tho thu officers thinking per perhaps perhaps perhaps haps to score core a n point with the time hefe het brought a 1 gun In amid LInd reported what whitt had been done tione when that officer with a n severe rebuke ordered the guns liuna restored and commanded that the tho company should In III no way n be he molested The In diane throughout this district are con can considered a n bad set hence time the neeti of ot soldiers but htmL I guarantee Judging jud from the looks look of ot tho the soldiers that If It the tho Quiches had the fighting ability of ot the tho Apaches a dozen of ot theta them would put putto putto to 10 route tho the whole regiment We received also from tho the heto let letters tots to the Instructing them to give us all assistance necessary by way of ot aiding umu to get geL 1 cc corn ru feed ced for our animals ami f teed feed ed f fur jr tIr ourselves Thill afternoon tho time Alcalde ralde of ot E In response to time the request traveled d ninny mussy mlle miles to buy bu un us corn cUIn From tho the town we WO como camo down to tho the ruins over oscr the narrow cause causeway e way Wu across which tho time Spanish h hail had both 1 anti aud left lett time the city and camped An on n tho tile banks bank of ot a n stream nt at time the foot oot or of the time mound on which stood the time great palace HUINS nUl s OI OF Time Tim Th ruins ruin am are In a bud ball state not nol be because because because cause of ot tints time or weather because or of orth time the th hand han of or nun man All Au 11 tho the hewn even the foundation stones oboes have been heon removed to 10 build b the time public building buildings Including time the church In the time new lIew city ell It Is a shame shamo that such should be the Iho case lint But the tho walls of the tite palice of ot the seminary of ot learning of or the groat military and undo fort tort and nf or the tho outer oilier guards or forts can cnn all ull allbe be he traced while many of ot th thu towers built hullt of ot smaller r stones and mortar still II I lit stand to tum n a height of ot forty foot feet According Ae to 10 the tho old Spanish writers quoted ol by b Stephens nail others inn Ian wal sai a 0 fair t lr rival to th III the City of or co both hoth In IU size Hit and In itt the time size and structure turo of ut Us its building The Tue size lz of ol the tho city can best be Imagined when hull wo we that time the king kin drew from rosa It II fighting men at ono one time Some Soma of ot the tho I hI buildings II were magnificent Time The foil art of ut lIeR was 1111 four tories high ISO paces In III front ron t men etl deep clep Time The of ot the building are seen find two of It its Ita tow era 1111 still stand The palace vas five fio stories highs high hf prices long lorn and paces deep leep It was built 1 mostly moil of ot hewn hellI stone of various colors S veral are ale a 11 nil that remain nf ot the buIld tog Ing In In 11 these tower time the treasure hunters have made for tor It lx Is still lit III believed that some where time the king concealed his hi gold and silver MII which amounted to 10 several tons ton tonIt It Is la also believed by II some that nar here hete Is li n II very pr rich gold old mine omine which with groat Jealousy the tue Indians stub guard that no while man may many come cOllie and secure time tho wealth MODERN RUINS HUINS From the time main tower of ot the tort fort can be seen III in front capping each ench a n hill hilI three towers or forts fOlls which constituted tho time first defense of the city Time The lh palace and other outer public buildings stood on the tims flat tint top lop of ot a mound and coveted covered about I thirty of ot land Time The sides ides of ot this mound are arc so 80 steep that thaI In itt but one or 01 two places is It possible for tor or a man to toa ascend a The Time only approach to this till mound was las by b way of ot a narrow cause r way vay n II hundred yards long IonE and bulit buit by b hand imand and atUl so IO narrow that two tv horses horseM could not go gu abreast Tho rho city extend extended I ed for to or I miles on both bolh sides Eldes of ot the time deep deel ravine surrounding the tho palace From the time tower besides the palace time the fort and tho time outer flitter fortifications we n II halt half dozen other ruins some of ot them two tto t 10 miles II ICI These towers one oue of ot which measured 40 41 feet teet square and ond 50 feet high were vere built buill of ot If small stones weighing from room live five pounds to ten len pounds each put up tip In much mUll mud mortar like time the walls nf ot Mitla In fact these walls vail resemble those of or Mitla Mitia very ory much but huva no resemblance to those of ot Palenque or of ot Ocosingo In the latter the time walls are mostly of at stone laid luht and LInd bin bui little mortar Here time the reverse Is tho time case The Tue cement floors of ot the tho palace ate are still till seen Stell In lim these lime iliac to have been mod They Limey are still In the time parts Ji ts uncovered as hard anti and a 11 1 apparently as os fre fresh freh di as am time the day lay time tile king trod trait them na as 11 he hp marched out at the tue head nf ot hN his hi I Immense army to repel the time white men menat menat at lit All amts of time of ot the fort fot und anti II 10 from room the tort fort a tl i hundred yards the time pave of or time the streets or sidewalks are still stihi preserved ored But Dul besides these the streets and I HUP sup pose Paso the very ery heart of ot the city are aro planted to corn coin The tiller of ot the time soil Foil ou a II Quiche never Mer dreams that I once his forefathers were |
