ABSTRACT
The letter from Colonel Kennon, and more particularly the argument for the settlement of Oceanica from Japan, is links in the chain of circumstantial evidence, showing that in all probability the inhabitants of Eastern Asia once passed to Western America. As regards the discovery of America by the Norsemen, while there is apparently good direct evidence to establish what is regarded as a fact, the chain of general and presumptive evidence is not as strong as that which indicates the probable transit of Chinese or Japanese to Aliaska. If Buddhist priests were really the men who, within the scope of written history and authentic annals, went from the Old World to the New, and one which must doubtless lead the way to much important knowledge as to all the settlement or culture of Old America. If curiosity and inquiry should be stimulated by the publication of what is given, further research may be made in China for clearer evidence.
