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Friday, September 18, 2015

Unusual discovery of artifacts.

Why is it many discoveries go unreported? The bottom line is, they would be rendered as a hoax because they do not conform with the curiculum or the Gospel of Archaeology, Manifest Destiny.



Unusual discovery...

Many years ago a friend of mine out metal detecting came across some unique items of Spanish origins. These items were scattered in such a way that it appeared to have been the site of a massacre. What made this site so unique is that it was in the regions of the Northern Mountains of Utah where many believe the Spanish never were. Most don’t believe the Spanish were ever in the Uinta Mountains let alone the Northern Mountains.

Several years later, another friend was a bit further North into the Mountains of Utah doing some metal detecting when suddenly his machine sounded off giving the signal of trash. But it seemed such an odd place for trash, so he decided to dig. What he unearthed took him by surprise not only by what was found but the conditions in which it was found…

Now I am a firm believer in many things that most would think as odd, but that belief is not by any means as a result of casual careless research… my research of many years shows me clearly that among the many suspect expeditions by various cultures into this choice land and especially here into Utah, it would seem that long ago a people was here who can only be of Hindu origins or people from India, I will spare you the details at this time. Needless to say the items discovered and in question were clearly of Buddhist or Hindu origins, or as some would say Tibetan, because, the items were religious items and for the most part were Thogchags or Thokcha. A Thokcha was a smaller religious item which was designed to be worn around the neck and or used for religious purposes.

The puzzling thing about the items is in that according to several experts in the field, these items origins are in BC times, however that is not to say that some of the items are actually still manufactured to this day using the same ancient molds or techniques. Yet other items have not been manufactured for hundreds of years and other items for over 2000 years. All of the items were in manufacture as far back as 100 BC. The circumstances in which they were found I will withhold for several reasons. Keep in mind, many of the items can be viewed as of Tibetan Buddhist or India’s Hindu religion, however some of the items were only used in the Hindu religion such as the obvious rendition of Mahakala with a possibility of Vishnu (The Multiple armed Hindu God), which if I am not mistaken is not a part of the Tibetan Buddhist and this may not be accurate, yet some Hindus regarded Buddha as a reincarnation of Vishnu.

Here are some of the items found…



Toli Melong or Shamans Mirror this item of antiquity is the most difficult item in the small hoard, research and communication with several experts in the field and even a couple of Buddhist Monks, told me not only what it is, but of it’s ancient origins. However this exact piece is still manufactured today of which dating them becomes difficult. I will say however that compared to several examples believed to be at least 200 years, based on the wear, this piece must be much older at the time it was abandoned.







Several coins minted in 185 to 170 BC  Antimachus I and showing significant wear and square coins minted by Peukolaos in 90 BC. See Internet Photos Above.








The specific purpose of the 4 above items is unknown but these items are called Thogchag or Thokcha. They are described as items to be worn around the neck and there are many types, most have a specific religious purpose and according to wise old wiki, they are said to be usually made with a high content of Iron, although some of these items are likely to have iron content, we find a majority of them as being Brass, Silver and Gold…




Although considered as a Thokcha in general it is more specifically called a Vajra.
Vajra is a Sanskrit word meaning both thunderbolt and diamond. Additionally, it is a weapon which is used as a ritual object to symbolize both the properties of a diamond (indestructibility) and a thunderbolt (irresistible force). Use of the Vajra is recorded in the Vedas some of the most ancient texts from as early as 1700 BC.





Phurba Kila or (Kilaya)  traditionally associated with People of India, Tibetan Buddhism.





Thogchag and or Mani Stone, this one happens to be gold. The inscription says… OM MANI PADME HUM in Tibetan Sanskirt which means the mantra of Avalokiteshvara
which is a bodhisattva “Pali” [wisdom] who embodies the compassion of all Buddhas or in my own words, the equivalency of what we might perceive as the wisdom of the Holy Ghost. It is the mantra most often seen carved on 'Mani Stones' and also on thogchags and jewelry. It is sometimes translated as the 'Jewel in the Lotus' but other meanings are attached. It represents the compassion of all the Buddhas.






Mahakala hand puppet mask





The Buddhist God Mahakala or in Hinduism Mahakala is the name of Shiva (The Auspicious One) and is one of the main deities in Hinduism and the supreme God of Shaivism. It is interesting to many visual and concept parallels between early Hindu and the Aztec beliefs. One might compare the blatant visual similarities of the Deity Mahakala and the Aztec God Tonatiuh see Below Image



In belief or concept, while Tonatiuh is regarded as the Sun God, he was also known as the fifth sun, because the Aztecs believed that he was the sun that took over when the fourth sun was expelled from the sky, a clear representation of 5 specific dispensations of  time on this earth or periods of enlightenment. Mahakala on the other hand is almost always depicted with a crown of five skulls, which represent the transmutation of the five kleśās (negative afflictions) into the five wisdoms or five periods of enlightenment.

While the scholars argue about the etymology of the name Cali-fornia we can turn to the early Latin maps created in the early 1500’s of which it is noted upon the very maps that they are created from earlier draughts, and we can ponder the many words of Hindu/Tibetain origins found upon them and among the Aztec, Such as The Kalaki Kings of the mythical place of Shambhala who are said to have been born and reside in it’s capitol city of Kalapa, The Hindu Goddess, [Kali] Cali, Copala, Calicuas, (Calalus) Etc.. with suggestions of the earliest terms associated with Buddhism.




Of all the items that were among the small hoard, I would have to say this one is of the most interest, we can see clearly that it bears a striking resemblance to what is called a Mandala, The Native American Mandala (wrongfully named) or what is termed as the Dream Catcher, clearly has its similarities, but what is more interesting is the meanings and purposes of  the true Mandala of the Tibetan Buddhist and the Native American Sand Paintings, interestingly enough, the only two known people to create Sand Paintings for healing purposes. Some would say the “Dream Catcher” is a recent creation of the Native Indians to sell to the White Man. I say, this is the conclusion of slothful people. Compare to the following image of today’s modern creation of a Dream Catcher and the Image of a Native American Petroglyph/Pictograph believed to be in excess of 600 years old.



If you should choose to investigate more concerning the implications herein or to further your knowledge of the possible connections between some of the first Americans and the people of India and the strange correlations that exists among the Native Tribes of the Americas and primarily Navajo, Zuni and the Aztec.






Cover Design by my friend Robert King

Tuesday, September 15, 2015

Indian Bone Necklace

Some years ago a friend of mine was walking down a wash in Northern Arizona hunting rabbits when his eye caught something unusual, a seeming pile of small bones... at first he thought it was just some small animal remains, but on closer examination he discovered they all had holes in them, It appeared to him that they had fallen out of the side of the wash. sure enough, a few more were sticking out of the wall, he plucked out the remaining but was very hesitant to dig into the wall for fear of finding the neck they may have been around...

My friend showed me the little bones and let me photograph them a few years ago. Just thought I would share... In time soon I hope to take an Archy to the site which is private property...

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Monday, September 7, 2015

Memories of the Past

Aaah, the good old days... a quick stroll down memory lane...
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If only I could tell, and you could believe...



My friend and colleague Todd (Darin) Anderson 
sitting on... the Sacred Mine of ....



What one carved heart looks like after 239 years



Turn around, go 120 degrees for one legua, age of carving unknown, 
Aspen dated by professional in the field, to be just under 500 years old.



My friends and colleagues Allan Lowe, and Shane Green, July of 2003



Could Black Hawk write?



A mine of unknown origin discovered by foresters many years ago...



If I were to tell, you would not believe...



Taking a closer look along the old trail up South Fork



My son standing on... well... something of ancient origins...



An old mine dump near the Red Ledges, presumed to be of the late 1800's



A old cryptic carving on an old dead tree near the Red Ledges



Sometimes I just can't help but to see the little things before our eyes...



Meaning of this blaze? I know it was meant to be seen from a 1/2 mile away...



Continue, 1 legua ahead or 2 1/2 miles (follow the trail)



Another blaze? Marking what?



(Paraphrased)... There is a formation in which geologist would not think to look, if you can find that formation, you can follow it from mine, to mine to mine... from one end of the Uintas to the other...


I don't know...



You tell me...




A couple of old smelters...

Friday, September 4, 2015

Revolt of the Pueblo Indians (1680-1682)

Find the Nugget in this 333 year old document.

I have mentioned many times that I have a collection of resource material that you could not read in a life time… among the documents is what I call 180 Exploration Documents… which is actually 173 pdf files. These are not scans of the original documents otherwise they would all be in Spanish… These are the translated documents of many of the Spanish, (and other), Expeditions into the new world translated in the late 1800’s and dating from as early as 1000 AD documents such as The Saga of Eric the Red, Vinland History of the Flat Island Book, Adam of Bremen’s Descriptio Insularum Aquilonis, and the Icelandic Annals, these are the original scans of those works translated.

The reason I have acquire this seeming large collection of documents over the years is because of my nature to dig… and dig deep, but don’t hand me a shovel. Occasionally I find a nugget in the mysteries of life, and those nuggets bring me all the joy and excitement that some of you might imagine if and when you found a 1 pound nugget of gold. What is a nugget? Simply put, it is an potential evidence of some possible truth.

The following excerpt is from Revolt of the Pueblo Indians (1680-1682) at a time when the Spanish Catholic was the Natives oppressor and in my estimation some of the most blinded self justifying people in history. You will note that anything the victors writes about in this excerpt that did not conform or agree with the Spanish forced religion, was referred to using words such as evil, demon, atrocities, devil etc… remember who is doing the writing and think about the evil, wicked and inhumane things they were doing to the Native American of this continent.

Look for the Nugget, you may not know or understand why it is a nugget to me, some may see it and some may not, some will see it and not know it for the nugget it is… You might find your own nugget, one I have not noticed… this is shared simply to show how open the mind needs to be, and how attentive you must be in seeking truths. If you don’t find a nugget, at least enjoy this small piece of history from about 1682, or 333 years ago.

Anyone who wished a copy of the full document in which this excerpt came from, email me at tuscoro@gmail.com

If you want the entire translated collection of 173 documents full of little nuggets, please donate $20 and provide an email address and I will send you a dropbox link for download.

Find the Nugget in this exact text from the pdf document.



Popé or Po Pay
Leader of the 1680 Revolt against the Spanish Catholic oppression
Tewa Religious leader


But why did he do it?

Revolt of the Pueblo Indians (1680-1682)
Told from the perspective of the Spanish Catholic

Declaration o f Pedro Naranjo of the Queres Nation.
[Place of the Rio del Norte, December 19, 1681.]

In the said plaza de armas on the said day, month, and year, for the prosecution of the judicial proceedings of this case his lordship caused to appear before him an Indian prisoner named Pedro Naranjo, a native of the pueblo of San Felipe, of the Queres nation, who was captured in the advance and attack upon the pueblo of La Isleta. He makes himself understood very well in the Castilian language and speaks his mother tongue and the Tegua. He took the oath in due legal form in the name of God, our Lord, and a sign of the cross, under charge of which he promised to tell the truth concerning what he knows and as he might be questioned, and having understood the seriousness of the oath and so signified through the interpreters, he spoke as indicated by the contents of the autos.

Asked whether he knows the reason or motives which the Indians of this kingdom had for rebelling, forsaking the law of God and obedience to his Majesty, and committing such grave and atrocious crimes, and who were the leaders and principal movers, and by whom and how it was ordered; and why they burned the images, temples, crosses, rosaries, and things of divine worship, committing such atrocities as killing priests, Spaniards, women, and children, and the rest that he might know touching the question, he said that since the government of Senor General Hernando Ugarte y la Concha they have planned to rebel on various occasions through conspiracies of the Indian sorcerers, and that although in some pueblos the messages were accepted, in other parts they would not agree to it; and that it is true that during the government of the said senor general seven or eight Indians were hanged for this same cause, whereupon the unrest subsided. Some time thereafter they [the conspirators] sent from the pueblo of Los Taos through the pueblos of the custodia two deerskins with some pictures on them signifying conspiracy after their manner, in order to convoke the people to a new rebellion, and the said deerskins passed to the province of Moqui, where they refused to accept them. The pact which they had been forming ceased for the time being, but they always kept in their hearts the desire to carry it out, so as to live as they are living today.

Finally, in the past years, at the summons of an Indian named Popé who is said to have communication with the devil, it happened that in an estufa of the pueblo of Los Taos there appeared to the said Popé three figures of Indians who never came out of the estufa. They gave the said Popé to understand that they were going underground to the lake of Copala. He saw these figures emit fire from all the extremities of their bodies, and that one of them was called Caudi, another Tilini, and the other Tleume; and these three beings spoke to the said Popé, who was in hiding from the secretary, Francisco Xavier, who wished to punish him as a sorcerer. They told him to make a cord of maguey fiber and tie some knots in it which would signify the number of days that they must wait before the rebellion. He said that the cord was passed through all the pueblos of the kingdom so that the ones which agreed to it [the rebellion] might untie one knot in sign of obedience, and by the other knots they would know the days which were lacking; and this was to be done on pain of death to those who refused to agree to it. As a sign of agreement and notice of having concurred in the treason and perfidy they were to send up smoke signals to that effect in each one of the pueblos singly. The said cord was taken from pueblo to pueblo by the swiftest youths under the penalty of death if they revealed the secret. Everything being thus arranged, two days before the time set for its execution, because his lordship had learned of it and had imprisoned two Indian accomplices from the pueblo of Tesuque, it was carried out prematurely that night, because it seemed to them that they were now discovered; and they killed religious, Spaniards, women, and children.

This being done, it was proclaimed in all the pueblos that everyone in common should obey the commands of their father whom they did not know, which would be given through El Caydi or El Pope. This was heard by Alonso Catiti, who came to the pueblo of this declarant to say that everyone must unite to go to the villa to kill the governor and the Spaniards who had remained with him, and that he who did not obey would, on their return, be beheaded; and in fear of this they agreed to it. Finally the senor governor and those who were with him escaped from the siege, and later this declarant saw that as soon as the Spaniards had left the kingdom an order came from the said Indian, Popé, in which he commanded all the Indians to break the lands and enlarge their cultivated fields, saying that now they were as they had been in ancient times, free from the labor they had performed for the religious and the Spaniards, who could not now be alive. He said that this is the legitimate cause and the reason they had for rebelling, because they had always desired to live as they had when they came out of the lake of Copala. Thus he replies to the question.

Asked for what reason they so blindly burned the images, temples, crosses, and other things of divine worship, he stated that the said Indian, Popé, came down in person, and with him El Saca and El Chato from the pueblo of Los Taos, and other captains and leaders and many people who were in his train, and he ordered in all the pueblos through which he passed that they instantly break up and burn the images of the holy Christ, the Virgin Mary and the other saints, the crosses, and everything pertaining to Christianity, and that they burn the temples, break up the bells, and separate from the wives whom God had given them in marriage and take those whom they desired. In order to take away their baptismal names, the water, and the holy oils, they were to plunge into the rivers and wash themselves with amole, which is a root native to the country, washing even their clothing, with the understanding that there would thus be taken from them the character of the holy sacraments. They did this, and also many other things which he does not recall, given to understand that this mandate had come from the Caydi and the other two who emitted fire from their extremities in the said estufa of Taos, and that they thereby returned to the state of their antiquity, as when they came from the lake of Copala; that this was the better life and the one they desired, because the God of the Spaniards was worth nothing and theirs was very strong, the Spaniard’s God being rotten wood.

These things were observed and obeyed by all except some who, moved by the zeal of Christians, opposed it, and such persons the said Popé caused to be killed immediately. He saw to it that they at once erected and rebuilt their houses of idolatry which they call estufas, and made very ugly masks in imitation of the devil in order to dance the dance of the cacina; and he said likewise that the devil had given them to understand that living thus in accordance with the law of their ancestors, they would harvest a great deal of maize, many beans, a great abundance of cotton, calabashes, and very large watermelons and cantaloupes; and that they could erect their houses and enjoy abundant health and leisure. As he has said, the people were very much pleased, living at their ease in this life of their antiquity, which was the chief cause of their falling into such laxity. Following what has already been stated, in order to terrorize them further and cause them to observe the diabolical commands, there came to them a pronouncement from the three demons already described, and from El Pope, to the effect that he who might still keep in his heart a regard for the priests, the governor, and the Spaniards would be known from his unclean face and clothes, and would be punished. And he stated that the said four persons stopped at nothing to have their commands obeyed. Thus he replies to the question.

Asked what arrangements and plans they had made for the contingency of the Spaniards’ return, he said that what he knows concerning the question is that they were always saying they would have to fight to the death, for they do not wish to live in any other way than they are living at present; and the demons in the estufa of Taos had given them to understand that as soon as the Spaniards began to move toward this kingdom they would warn them so that they might unite, and none of them would be caught. He having been questioned further and repeatedly touching the case, he said that he has nothing more to say except that they should be always on the alert, because the said Indians were continually planning to follow the Spaniards and fight with them by night, in order to drive off the horses and catch them afoot, although they might have to follow them for many leagues. What he has said is the truth, and what happened, on the word of a Christian who confesses his guilt. He said that he has come to the pueblos through fear to lead in. idolatrous dances, in which he greatly fears in his heart that he may have offended God, and that now having been absolved and returned to the fold of the church, he has spoken the truth in everything he has been asked. His declaration being read to him, he affirmed and ratified all of it. He declared himself to be eighty years of age, and he signed it with his lordship and the interpreters and assisting witnesses, before me, the secretary. ANTONIO DE OTERMIN (witness) ; PEDRO NARANJO; NICOLAS RODRIGUEZ REY (witness) ; JUAN LUCERO DE GODOY (witness) ; JUAN RUIZ DE CASARES (witness) ; PEDRO DE LEIVA (witness) ; SEBASTIAN DE HERRERA (witness ; JUAN DE NORIEGA GARCIA (witness) ; LUIS DE GRANILLO (witness) ; JUAN DE LUNA Y PADILLA (witness) . Before me, FRANCISCO XAVIER, secretary of government and war (witness) .





Thursday, September 3, 2015

A Little Unknown History, The Joesephine at Hoyt Peak

The Discovery of the VERY SAME HOLE now regarded as the Josephine
at Hoyt Peak however...

The first Mention of "a Spanish Mine at Hoyt Peak" by Utah's newest immigrants, was in 1852 
after Marshall Kimball arrested Spaniards in Utah for slave trading. In the article the mine in question was refereed to by the author as the Josephine, but there is no indication that the Spaniards that Marshal Kimball arrested refereed to it as the Josephine mine. 

After which, First Found By, William Bird and William Bird Jr. in 1898