This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1865 Excerpt: ...the idea of restoring the name. It is made up of two Mexican words, ail, water, and an, near; and the country was probably so named from its proximity to large bodies of water.2 Hence the natural inference that the country about these great lakes was the ancient residence of the Aztecs.3 Reference to Plate XXXIV will ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1865 Excerpt: ...the idea of restoring the name. It is made up of two Mexican words, ail, water, and an, near; and the country was probably so named from its proximity to large bodies of water.2 Hence the natural inference that the country about these great lakes was the ancient residence of the Aztecs.3 Reference to Plate XXXIV will show that the main feature of these remains is the inclosure or ridge of earth (not brick, as has been erroneously stated), extending around three sides of an irregular parallelogram; the west branch of Rock river forming the fourth side on the east. The space thus inclosed is seventeen acres and two thirds. The corners are not rectangular; and the embankment or ridge is not straight. The earth of which the ridge is made was evidently taken from the nearest ground, where there are numerous excavations of very irregular form and depth; precisely such as may be seen along our modern railroad and canal embankments. These excavations are not to be confounded with the hiding-places (caelies) of the Indians, being larger and more irregular in outline. Much of the material of the embankment was doubtless taken from the surface without penetrating a sufficient 1 Silliman's Am. Journal, XLIV, 35. a J. Delafield, Jr., Antiquities, &c, p. 107. 3 Buschmann (Ueber d. Aztek. Ortsnainen, p. 6) says the name Aztlan is composed of the lost word azttt and the local termination tlan.--Secretary S. I. depth to leave a trace at the present time. If we allow for difference of exposure of earth thrown up into a ridge and that lying on the original flat surface, we can perceive no difference between the soil composing the ridge and that found along its sides. Both consist of a light yellowish sandy loam. The ridge forming the inclosure is 631 feet long at the nort...
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