Mr. Ranking on the American Tribes, 367 



this inquiry it may be held in mind that Turks were the 

 governors of Tartary from the middle of the sixth century, till 

 the Moguls arose to fame, in 1201. 



The epochs of emigrations from the west to the east in 

 America, have been determined by the arrival of the Toltecs 

 from Asia ; the famine in 1052 ; the influx from Asia of Chi- 

 chemecas ; of the seven tribes, &c. ; and of the Mexicans. 

 Add to this, their own political quarrels and the Spanish con- 

 quest ; and, probably, all their traditions will be resolved by 

 reference to those events. Thus it appears an irresistible truth 

 that the Turks and Mongols are the conquerors of Asia and 

 America; and ravaged Europe, to the shores of Dalmatia; one, 

 among the numerous proofs, is the general use of words evi- 

 dently derived from Allah and Halleluya, among the Toltecs, 

 Mexicans, Peruvians, and many others in the New World, in 

 their religious ceremonies, as if, maugre their own discords, 

 in one chorus, around this splendid globe, in adoration of that 

 " Great Spirit," 



'^ Whose Temple is all Space, 

 Whose AUar Earth, Sea, Skies!" 



The following notes are added with respect to the bones of 

 the elephant and mastodon, found in America, (in addition to 

 eh. xi. in the ** Conquest of Peru, Mexico, &c." and the 

 *' Remarks" in this Journal, No. IV. p. 350,) in order to 

 prove the historical origin of those fossil remains. 



By the river Genesee, in the Senecas' country, there is a 

 spring which petrifies almost everything that obstructs it. — 

 {Yates and Moulton, p. 15.) 



At Arikara we found quantities of petrified wood lying about 

 on the surface of the clay hills. I traced a whole tree, the 

 stump still remaining three feet high, and four in diameter ; 

 the bark was in general decayed, but we could easily find the 

 position of the trunk and branches as it had fallen. Near the 

 Poncas village there are the remains of trees of enormous size 

 perfectly turned to stone, and the trunks of tall trees may be 

 seen and traced. — (^Brackenridge, Voyage up the Missouri, 

 182, 230.) 



At Badminton, in Gloucestershire, there is a spring that 

 petrifies wood. — {Camden, i. 276.) 



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