. A larger history of the United States of America, to the close of President Jackson's administration . rehension of the facts; nor could this possibly beotherwise, so long as the clew to the labyrinth was not is only some thirty years since it may be said to havebeen discovered; only some eight or ten years since it has THE FIRST AMERICANS. 3 been resolutely and persistently used. Let us see what resultsit has already yielded. When in 1852 Lieutenant J. H. Simpson, of the UnitedStates army, gave to the world the first detailed description ofthe vast ruined pueblos of New Mexico, and
. A larger history of the United States of America, to the close of President Jackson's administration . rehension of the facts; nor could this possibly beotherwise, so long as the clew to the labyrinth was not is only some thirty years since it may be said to havebeen discovered; only some eight or ten years since it has THE FIRST AMERICANS. 3 been resolutely and persistently used. Let us see what resultsit has already yielded. When in 1852 Lieutenant J. H. Simpson, of the UnitedStates army, gave to the world the first detailed description ofthe vast ruined pueblos of New Mexico, and of the other pueb-los still occupied, he did not know that he was providing themeans for rewriting all the picturesque tales of the early con-querors. All their legends of cisatlantic emperors and em- \ 400 YARDS TO THEBED OF THE CHACO ??««%j mA Do DD Pueblo Pixtado, CUaco Cauou, 10 go 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100SCALE OF 100 FEET OUTER WALLS ^^? ,MUOH BROKEN DOWN 1k ^N^,>>, INSIDE OF THIS COURT FULL OF DEPRESSIONS, AS IF A NUMBER OF UNDER-GROUND ROOMS ONCE EXISTED \ .#Ash ^%li&. nannnrn PLAN OF THE PUEBLO PINTADO. pires were to be read anew in the light of that one romances had been told in good faith, or something asnear it as the narrator knew, and the tales had passed from 4 HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES. one to another, each building on what his predecessor had laiddown. The accounts were accepted with little critical revisionby modern writers; they filled the attractive pages of Prescott;even Hubert Bancroft did not greatly modify them; but theunshrinking light of a new theory was to raise questions as tothem all. And with them were to be linked also Stephenssdreams of vast cities, once occupied by an immense popula-tion, and now remaining only as unexplored ruins amid theforests of Central America. The facts he saw were confirmed,but his impressions must be tested by a wholly new interpre-tation. And, after all, these vaj-ious wonders were only to
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