Show EVIDENCES WILL MULTIPLY in another martof part of this paper appears an article descriptive of ancient in script ione and ruins in this territory visited and described by two young men from cache county it la is the first of a series of letters to appear in due time the intention of the explorers explore re is to lo travel through arizona into mexico and possibly down to south america examining whatever ruins a and nd antiquities it may be their good fortune Jf to find and laying the results result of their discoveries before the public no people in the world take as much interest in the antibu antiquities i ties of america and in there the relics ce and ruins left by its ancient inhabitants as do the latter day saints the reason for this to la ob hitup no other people peaple have or even pretend to have the true history of these theme earlier americans or know anything about their origin rise pros and fall save such as has been gathered by research and more or less inscriptions and traditions the latter day saints on the other hand band are left in no sort of doubt as to all the essential facts concerning the aboriginal people A record decord revealed in these latter days tells the story of the settlement of the continent by people guided by the hand of the almighty it relates their progress in civilization their temptations and sins their repentance their retrogression conte contests stog wars wan and final late fate all in necessarily brief outlines As far as scientists have been able to ascertain with any degree of certainty the known facts corroborate the statements of this sacred record recard the book of mormon all agree lo if giving the aborigines of america a remote antiquity and the literary and other remains found indicate a higher intellectual elevation than might be expected had the people sprung from a barbarous race two distinct lines of civilization may also easily be traced showing that bottlers must have landed more than once on the coasts of america it may be presumed that as science progresses as perchance the meaning of the ancient inscriptions is ascertained and the history of the past to is unraveled rave led the book of m will be confirmed by ocular and tangible evidence this has been the case with the bible it is ia not dot many years since ad adverse verse thinkers boldly denied the historical statements of the old testament but the hieroglyphics of egypt were interpreted the ruins of nineveh were searched and whole libraries unearthed dating back to centuries before christ and behold these confirmed the bible in the most minute particulars silencing its opponents for all time to come this will be the ease case with the record also which was given to the world through the instrumentality of joseph the prophet and that hook book will yet be regarded as authentic a true history ol of a people that now elands as an enigma in othia ethnology |