Inter-Mountain Farmer | 1902-11-04 | Page 11 | Hieroglyphic Writing

HIEROGLYPHIC WRITING. l Amerlcnnista in International Con- ' I tl gress Discuss Question. ' J '3-! New York Oct .'I -The IntirnatlonsI Ixl C(iiK,ress of Americanists uiuemblcit I ' toda) at the Museum of Nutuial His- l"M' tois Dr. I.dwurd (ler. lepresentatlvo iAjU". of the Oerinau (loveriiiiiint, dlsciisscl JS 1 the pictorial and hieroglyphic ivrltlnrj M ft of Mexico nnd Centiul Amerliu Vi i'Ii Mis Z-lla Nuttnll ot the Cnlverslty 4 R of California tulktd on n suggestion to 1 j Musan scholars Ihe Masans uro the MSta Indian races which occupy Yucatan vi und Central America rrom pictures ffi J found on ihelr monoliths und other pic- I vj 1? torlal wittlngH It has been discovered JM that they ue toiloln afflxcn to the I J I words to denote fruits and foods, iiitn i S and women for pairs of things, and ev i .1 erythlng else In like nionnei. ' J Ji l.copoldo Unties, ono of tho represen- I '( (A latlves of the Mexican (lovernment. 'I 1 told of the exploration nt Mouleulban. Pi jl) At the afternoon session Mrs ZelU i.jffi Nuttull of the I'nlvcrslt) ot California it told nt n penitential lite of the undent XjLjf Mexican She sild that the ancient ciWrS M.xlciii praotlccd hla lellglon In real TAgS earnest not only thu priest, but the jliftj common people its, well The diuwinR ,'9 of blood from the body und offering; ''( It to piopltlate tho god of North was Wlln exacted even fiom babies, liven tho l K liilci, Monlexumu was obliged to bleed lsV his ears lu thanksgiving, and ut his liji cnn.nulli.il ho bled Ills ears, tongue and SjJ shin-bone with u sharp bono, jLs