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WONDERFUL DISCOVERY IN COLORADO 



(MEXICO.) 



SBJjlUINS of most colossal dimensions have been lately dis- 

 §K|j| covered in the plains of Colorado (Mexico). By what 

 remains, it is easy to make out that a very large city existed 

 there, some hundred, or perhaps thousand years ago. Some 

 wide avenues of MOLONITHS, as large, and as high as the 

 gigantic columns of the celebrated THEBES, of one hundred 

 gates ; some remains of pyramids, whose steps are 80 yards 

 wide, and of corresponding length, are still to be seen. Of 

 what a fabulous size must have been the temples or palaces 

 to which these steps conducted can hardly be imagined. 

 Detailed news of this wonderful discovery are expected with 

 eagerness by all Americanists, and meanwhile, I shall suggest 

 that these magnificent ruins are probably the remains of the 

 wonderful city of TuLLAN or TuLLA, founded by the great 

 QuETZACOATL, whom the Mexicans adored as a God after 

 his death. All the ancient Mexican manuscripts and Spanish 

 works published during the last four centuries mention this 

 great City, from which Quetzacoatl started for the South ; 

 but either from not understanding fully the meaning of the 

 Mexican hieroglyphs, or better say, language of their manu- 

 scripts, or because it is not mentioned at all in them, no 

 one has ever been able to say with certainty, where was the 

 site of the said Tullan, although many of them agree that 

 it was somewhere in Colorado. 



I hope that the Mexican Government will take immediate 

 steps for the exploration of these ruins, by sending on the 

 spot, at once, a scientific Commission, well supplied with money, 

 and all the necessary requisites. If that exploration is done 

 properly and scientifically, I am certain that the archaeological 

 treasures, and others existing there, will repay a hundred fold 

 the money spent, and who knows, perhaps may be found 



