"After this they were dispersed abroad, on account of their languages, and went out by colonies everywhere; and each colony took possession of that land which they light upon, and _unto which God led them_; so that the whole continent was filled with them, both the inland and maritime countries. There were some also who _passed over the sea in ships_, and inhabited the islands." --_Antiquities of the Jews_, Book I, Chapter 5. This account of course does not state specifically that any colony went to America, but it says that colonies went EVERYWHERE, and that some of the people went in ships to distant lands, and to places where God led them. That two distinct races of civilized beings inhabited ancient America is testified to by a number of archaeologists and explorers. A correspondent to the St. Louis (Missouri) _Globe-Democrat_ writing from Tombstone, Arizona, in 1895, says: "The remarkable picture rocks and boulders, with strange symbols upon them, left by the pre-historic races of Arizona, have been the cause of much discussion among those who have seen them as to who these ancient hieroglyphic-makers were. These rock records may be divided into three different kinds, which, it is thought, were made by _two different races. The first, or very ancient race_, left records on rocks, in some instances of symbols only, and in other instances of pictures and symbols combined. The later race, _which came after the first race had vanished_, made only crude representations of animals, birds or reptiles, not using symbols or combinations of lines." {269} Chamber's Encyclopaedia, under the subject heading "Nicaragua" contains this statement: "Nicaragua, like the states north of it, was a center of Aztec civilization; but the Aztecs were preceded by another race likewise civilized, who have left stone sculptures and monumental remains." That the origin of the extinct race which formerly inhabited North America is believed by students of American antiquity to date back to the time of the building of the Tower of Babel the following gives evidence: