﻿POPULATION 
  OF 
  ANCIENT 
  AMERICA 
  SPINDEN 
  

  

  455 
  

  

  tions. 
  We 
  must 
  pic- 
  

   ture 
  the 
  tenuous 
  con- 
  

   nection 
  between 
  the 
  

   hemispheres, 
  con- 
  

   sisting 
  of 
  nomads 
  

   passing 
  via 
  Siberia 
  

   and 
  Alaska, 
  as 
  in- 
  

   sufficient 
  for 
  the 
  

   transmission 
  of 
  such 
  

   pathological 
  organ- 
  

   isms 
  as 
  might 
  al- 
  

   ready 
  have 
  attacked 
  

   the 
  thicker 
  settle- 
  

   ments 
  of 
  the 
  Old 
  

   World. 
  Further- 
  

   more, 
  few 
  gregari- 
  

   ous 
  animals 
  were 
  

   brought 
  under 
  do- 
  

   mestication 
  in 
  

   America 
  to 
  prove 
  

   new 
  sources 
  of 
  ma- 
  

   levolent 
  infection. 
  

  

  THE 
  TEN 
  PLAGUES 
  

   OF 
  NEW 
  SPAIN 
  

  

  In 
  Mexico 
  the 
  

   Spaniards 
  struck 
  

   sharply 
  and 
  deeply, 
  

   while 
  illusion 
  of 
  

   their 
  divinity 
  and 
  

   magic 
  power 
  still 
  

   obsessed 
  the 
  aborigi- 
  

   nal 
  populace. 
  Nev- 
  

   ertheless, 
  they 
  might 
  

   easily 
  have 
  failed 
  if 
  

   reinforcements 
  of 
  

   invisible 
  parasites 
  

   had 
  not 
  come 
  up 
  in 
  

   time. 
  Between 
  the 
  

   retreat 
  of 
  Noche 
  

   Triste 
  and 
  the 
  final 
  

   taking 
  of 
  Tenochti- 
  

   tlan 
  smallpox 
  fought 
  

   most 
  valiantly 
  on 
  

  

  OLD 
  WORLD 
  

  

  TIME 
  

  

  SCALE 
  

  

  A-D. 
  EUROPE 
  EGYPT 
  MESOPOTAMIA 
  CHINA 
  

  

  1500 
  

  

  NEW 
  WORLD 
  

  

  PUEBLO 
  MEXICO 
  MAYA 
  PEJ^U 
  

  

  Figure 
  1. 
  — 
  Chronological 
  and 
  economic 
  diagram 
  of 
  the 
  parallelism 
  be- 
  

   tween 
  Old 
  and 
  New 
  World 
  civilization 
  which 
  presents 
  in 
  summary 
  form 
  

   some 
  of 
  the 
  facts 
  bearing 
  on 
  the 
  question 
  of 
  the 
  population 
  of 
  ancient 
  

   America. 
  Note 
  that 
  the 
  stratigraphic 
  series 
  of 
  Europe 
  is 
  only 
  carried 
  

   back 
  to 
  the 
  horizon 
  of 
  polished 
  Celts. 
  Before 
  this 
  come 
  the 
  Mesolithic 
  

   and 
  Paleolithic 
  series 
  which 
  are 
  not 
  represented 
  in 
  the 
  New 
  World 
  

  

  