The Negro A Beast In The Image Of GOD

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MAN, AND THE NEGRO. 175
portant. Thej were the forerunners of the g-reat
races that followed. According to Ixtilxochitl, 'they
came from the east in ships and barks.' " Ubid-)
(2) "On the monuments of Central America
there are representations of bearded men.
How^ could
the beardless American Indians have imagined a
bearded race?"
{Ibid.)
(3) Quelyatcoatl, the leader of the Nahuas, and
who was deified, is described as having been a white
man, with strong formation of
body, broad forehead,
large eyes and flowing beard. (Ibid.)
[4] ''Very ancient ruins, showing* remains of
large and remarkable edifices, were found near Huamanga,
and described by Cieca de Leon. The native
traditions said this city was built by bearded white
men, who came there long before the time of the Incas
and established a settlement." [Ibid.^
"Prof. Wilson describes the hair of the ancient
Peruvians, as found upon their mummies, as 'a
lightish
brown and of a fineness of texture which equals
that of the Anglo-Saxon race.'" [Ibid.]
Short says: "The ancient Peruvians appear, from
numerous examples of hair found in their tombs, to
have been an auburn-haired race."
of Antiquity.']
Haywood says that in the early part of the cen-
three mummies were found in a cave on the south
tury
[iVorfh Americans
side of the Cumberland river (Tennessee) who were
buried in baskets as the Peruvians generally buried;