The Open court . THE MISSION RUINS OF CALIFORNIA. 617 the Spaniards found wrecks of Chinese vessels in the Straits ofMagellan. The customs of the aborigines go toward proving their Asiaticorigin. They had no written language, but kept their records bymeans of bundles of strings with knots of various colors, as did theChinese many centuries ago. Their system of notation, calculationof time, and ornaments are similar. The Chinese now in California bear a striking resemblance tothe California aborigines, where the type is found in its there is a similarity in their language, both in ge
The Open court . THE MISSION RUINS OF CALIFORNIA. 617 the Spaniards found wrecks of Chinese vessels in the Straits ofMagellan. The customs of the aborigines go toward proving their Asiaticorigin. They had no written language, but kept their records bymeans of bundles of strings with knots of various colors, as did theChinese many centuries ago. Their system of notation, calculationof time, and ornaments are similar. The Chinese now in California bear a striking resemblance tothe California aborigines, where the type is found in its there is a similarity in their language, both in gesture and in-tonation. Had not the Spanish priests destroyed all of the records at theconquest of Peru, and later of the Californias, there would havebeen more evidence, and of a conclusive nature, as to the origin ofthe native races. But enough is known, however, to establish thefact that the native Californians were a people susceptible of civili-sation, even if they were not already partly civilised and educat
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