White Tenples of Lost City.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 7 February 1912, Page 4

White Tenples of Lost City.

OW iOl'ii ?-\ih). JL>r. lumat jjiiiguaiii, aSijWLUiil pioiwssor oi filial .lUteucau juisbuij' 111 liliO UIUVOISiLy, VvJiij aCLi UUO lli J luio lo iLUO. ioi>u ciucs 01 the pioiUUU ptHiUU lli i'Ul'U, IIUJS i'VblU'litAl iHLuiucU Wlt/il lilii i't'iiiiui Ul iiiii t'Apudicion. \wm mm woie i'i'oi. IiUUUI JLJOIV2»iUII, ) IV.IU ilX'iidi tupuytapiiLi ; uiiu ii. i<. liiO OXjjOUHiliii IOUIiU 0110 Ol uilO lost ciuts toveiuu wim a corniieid on a piaceau uuuah zwo ieoc above tue vaiiey ol tnc Aiivur l/iuuioauiua. JLiiO «:iplUl CIS VVcl'O ULUU-CUxi U> biltS piatt*iu uy inuiaus wnu told tlioin ul luuioio reives UiU.e. -a goat puui lou Horn tue vaiiey Lo tno piai-eau wuiuu was almost istirrouiiued oy precipuous rouis. i'ioi. liui&uaw said:— "We iound ruins of buiidiugs almost palatial constructed ol winte gi'anite, or, as the Spanish, despoiiers called it, ni&rble, sonio still moro tiian leu feot above tho gioiuid. We were tiio liisb wiiico mou, i iaucy, ttiau iiad ever seen Una cil^ , biuce vuv I tiiiib <ji i J izarru, JUU yeara u&o. liie 81/oliet> Ol tilO HOUiCo Wt'lo UWiUtllUliy jomcU and fclie cutLmg was pertect. iiio buildings were niaue without mortar. Tiio roundjatiou stoues weie very liU'ge, some btmg eigkl ieeb wide, six tb-ct deep, and twelve icot iong. We could not uiiiig any of the specimens with us, as the I Peruvian Government will not let any of tne ruins be taken iioin the country. CAJUYiiJJ iiS (bliLil). ..UiCCi-U t. lk.hu. lot I'iflUvU 11nt*lilio tliO llXt.ifc.ll liivJiO 111 tCi Co bl'*^ Una utiiuLU a UL>uuilioii ul uiviiiiiiLiu.. niuii l.ic iiii:u I'uiica. i\u iiliUUti. , lUillli i/v. , JliuiC t:AtjUli>l|yUlj CdL. \\C johta UiU-l idtVJ City Is Liiut niuiinoiiua Uy Lae iuruvian ui.piui'LT, ba , Cit'Uieul/a jLvobui'L iviarKiiain, ;ii the 'lim ol uiu tiu'ee winiluwou LouipiCii. ine Leiupies were tiirou wuudowod. Tue siouea wero carved in stylo. Ah to wnether or no Uiey were built by races originaily irom tiio i'ar Jiast wo can i>ay nounag; out , objeut in 1 &uing to i'eru wao u» iind Xitcw. We liiavo noinmg to uo witu Uueories. ne iiavo learned Hiat the workmanship ol i/iiese pre-inca peopies, pro- j ceding those wiioui i'izarro conquered, exceeded in beauty the work of i the Incas oi PizaiTo'e time. How | long they liacl been in this plateau j region we cannot &ay. Our work I nas oeen purely one of exploration, j \Ve leave the speculative ai'ohaeolo- ) giit to pronounce on the antiquity oi i Peruvian civilkabion." !

jfior. liniguain said the corn growers seemed to know little about the I fceuipius around which they had planted their crops. The ground was fruitful and they utilised it. They were of a different creed from the ineu who built the temples, and had only dim traditions concerning them. [ Tlie expedition, fited out by Yale entirely, mode maps of territory along fclie seventy-Lnird meridian along the Tambo river to the coaet. Most of this region had not been mapped. .Fossils of rare sorts were discovered near Cuzco. Coastal terraces along the Pacific, hitherto supposed to be of simple history were found to be complex. It was proved by fossil remains that the coastal region had been submerged and raised several times in the remote past. A STRENUOUS CLIMB. One of the accomplishments of the expedition was the ascent of the summit of Corupuna, the second highest mountain in South America. Only two men of the expedition, Prof. Bingbam and H. L. Tucker, got to the top which, indicated by their barometers, was 22,500 feet above sea level. ,They took measurements by triangulation, the figures of which will be made known later, to prove the barometric re-

cords. The ascent was completed ■on Octoljor loth. The intention had ; beon to cover 2000 feet a day, but the climbers found that they were not equal to the task. They did average 1800 feet from the timber line, where the real climbing practically began, and they completed Qfe job in six days. "We were practically without food," Prof. Bingham said, "living entirely on tea. Ordinary food nauseated us. It was very much, as if we were suffering from seasickness. We had difficulty in breathing wind sleeping, also. Wβ had taken snowshoes along, hut it i was not necessary to use them. Wβ I wore crampons instead. J "Wo loarnod later that Miss Aninie Peck ma do a rapid climb of j two of thn Corirpnna. They were not the highest peaks, however, crikl she made no claim that they were. Wo were at ihe absol- | utc summit of the volcanic mouni tain. We found out by levelling : that we wore higher than any of the j peaks. We were right on the ! verge of the crater, which was I clogged with ice and snow. The j mountain is twelve miles long, and i had several peaks. No one, so far j ae we could learn, had ever gone to the top before." Prof. Bingham said the ruins of the Tnca period that the expedition i had discovered were abundant, anJ i on a pnr in archaeological value w ; th jmany others that wore wc.''-li.no«ni. ■but wp'p must inferior to tho p-o Tnca, ruins, especially tWr- of the ; "hill of the three-window torn- ■ pies."