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Show THE CITIZEN 14 IN THE LAND OF ANTIQUITY (Continued from page 3) rent, too, afford a convenient lane to the North and East ? Landing in Alaska, these migrations drifted largely to the sunnier regions of the south, though scattering tribes made their way to the frozen Artie, the Esquimos of our time. A Trace of India, Too. The earliest known tribe to inhas, bit Mexico were the their migration beginning probably more than five thousand years ago. Excelling in astronomy, making use as a medium of of the picture-wor- d expression, building sculptured temples to the gods of sun and moon, water and fire, rain and wind, all oriental gods, they developed a culture that flourished many centuries. Yucatan is still the home of the Mayas, and Merida, their capital, stands upon the site of an ancient village, Curbearing the Chinese name, iously, the word Maya occurs also in the Sanskrit, meaning Illusion. According to Mercante, the Maya-Quiche- T-h- o. Maya-Quich- es related that their who came from the land of the sun, crossed the sea over the ice. Second in point of time were the Zapotecs, a kindred tribe; also highly fore-father- s, cultured. Tradition credits them with a superior faith, which was based upon the immortality of the soul, and from which the sacrifice of human beings was eliminated. Zapotec architecture combined the solidarity of the works of Egypt with the elegance of those of Greece. Migrating from the North, the Zapotecs settled in the mountains of Oaxaca, which shelter them to this very day. It is said that in culture the Zapotecs surpassed even the Mayas. From the Zapotecs, out Qf the Oaxaca mountains, came Benito Juarez, the only pure Indian president Mexico has had, a shepherd boy risen to greatness! The middle of the sixth century found the Mixtecs, probably a branch of the Zapotecs, inhabiting the rt- - ODONNELL & CO. MORTICIANS Wasatch 6461 Salt Lakes Finest Funeral Home 32 South Fourth East CONTAINING UTAHS ONLY MAUSOLEUM moter parts of Oaxaca. By the seventh century the Otomies, an isolated but strikingly tribe of Chinese in features and in language, had occupied the northern and central pleateaus. From the Gila River valley in Arizona, during the seventh century, came the Toltecs. Husbandmen, artisans and builders, they gradually penetrated the territory of the Otomies and there reared cities. A great empire rose, lasting four cencave-dwelle- rs turies. gions? A great moment! Starting from the same cradle, going in opposite directions, the two migrations at last had made the circle round the earth complete. The long pilgrimage, through different clime, over different terrain, moulded in each a different habit of life and thought. Each had become a distinctive people, with a distinct perspective. In Mexico they sustained their first great impact. Here, upon this narrow field, the two great armies, red and white, engaged each other in deathly ethnic combat. It was anvil for the one; hammer for the other. Four hundred years, and the end isnt JLK yet . Empires Fall. Legend attributes the downfall of persecution of their Quetzalcoatl, who had come from Asia to teach them Buddhism; another cause is said to have been the discovery of pulque, the fermented sap of the maguey plant; still another, a succession of crop failures, followed by famine and the plague. All of them, more likely, combined to bring about the end. Having reached maturity, the empire, like a tree, finally began to wither, and, withering, it became easy prey for the invader. A numerous and hardier tribe, the Chichimecs, now entered from the North, and in their wake came the Tecpanecs, Acolhuans and Tlascaltecs. The thirteenth century brought the Aztecs. Establishing themselves in Anahuac, the present valley of Mexico, they named their settlement where the city of the same name later flourished, now the city of Mexico. Here scouts had discovered an eagle perched upon a cactus, the royal bird holding in his beak the neck and in his talons the tail of a serpent. In the Persian this is symbolic of the triumph of spirit over flesh. The Aztecs believed themselves to be a chosen people, and this was the sign, legend tells, by which the Great Spirit had pointed out the location of their new empire. Game, then, the resolute Cortez, with his less than five hundred white soldiers. Soon they occupied Tenoch-titlaMoctezuma and peaceably. yielded. He felt it was no use to fight ' this white god. Thus the current of Indian tribal migration in Mexico was brought suddenly to a long end. Moctezuma, proud Aztec king that he was, did not relinquish his throne, however, without first recalling the ancestry of his people. Does the reader remember, writes Mercante, the speech in which Moctezuma, upon handing over his throne to Cortez, re- - the Toltecs to god-prie- st full-gro- Ten-ochtitl- wn an, n, United States Smelting, Refining & Mining Co. Buyers of MATTE, FURNACE PRODUCTS and FLOTATION LEAD ZINC ORE NEWHOUSE BLDG. lated that 'for a long time have we known that our forefathers were of those men that travelled in sailboats and were orientals from distant re- SALT LAKE, UTAH UTAHNS BECOME GREATLY ALARMED. (Continued from page 3) We have made use of the Moffat Tunnel; we are 173 miles nearer to Denver from Salt Lake City than heretofore via the Denver & Rio Grande, why build a railroad through the Uintah Basin? And, in turn, would it not be perfectly natural for ithe Denver and Colorado jobbing houses to say: With the Dotsero Cutoff completed and with an attending opportunity to show a real friendly commercial spirit in the Uintah Basin, lets extend the Moffat railroad to Vernal and stop right there, for then we will be in the heart of one of the greatest empires of the Modem West and our trade area will be greatly benefitted. The notice of the Interstate Commerce Commission is a warning to Utah that there is a dangerous turn in our road of progress. Salt Lake City has been famous in the past for quickly producing mei fully able to cope with dangerous situations and may we not be hopeful at this crisis that a stalwart will spring forth to see to it that the Uintah Basin is not lost to our commercial development? It is only a short way from Craig, g Colorado to Salt Lake City no railroad building problems to overcome and we would have with a through railroad, one of the fastest developing inland empires to feed Salt Lake City with sinews which insures growth. It is generally understood tha') the Uintah Basin has now the largest and most prosperous population anywhere in the United States considering distance from railroad lines. com-plexin- All my life I have believed from my heart the words of Browning: All service ranks the same with God. It makes very little difference whether a man is driving a tramcar, or sweeping streets, or being prime minister, if he only brings to that service everything that is in him, and performs it for the sake of mankind. Four words of one syllable each are words which contain salvation for this country and for the whole world, and they are: Faith, Hope, Love, Work. Faith in the people; Hope in the future; Love for our fellowmen; and Work, and Work, and Work Stanley Baldwin, Prime Minister of England. Where would you and I be had not others thought and wrought for us? How much are we working and thinking that those who come after us may be blessed by the fact that we have lived ? MEET ME AT THE 26 East 2nd South Sportsmens Headquarters Phone Was. 1946 , |