Show ar I 1 A HANDFUL OF DUST IT IS ALL THAT remains nE OF A prehistoric KING A valuable I 1 rind find la in arisona evidently the tomb and romaine of a Mon areli of au an unknown AS age among tho the most over ever made on tho the american continent froni from an standpoint la Is aitho tho tomb of a prehistoric nice recently unearthed nt at tho the village of crittenden arizona tarizona tho the workmen had penetrated at nomo eight cot feet below tho surface of tho the ground what thoy they took to bo be etino ot of a boft soft friable nature but which was 0 masonry of very lor when whon they tho tomb alile was corn posed of largo square blocks of stone which was isas identified as rod or roso rose gilnite gi anIte nna cemented together with euch such skill arts to nt at first cause the whole holo measuring 12 by 15 foot feet to appear as a solid maw the opening of this whilo while cra or d diHl cult us its tho the uso of po powder der m was as i 1 by mr Il enrick son who us ns a learned was placed in charge chargo of the tion by tho the authorities waa was becom b night when tho the internet and curiosity curlo alty of tho the party waa wan so great that tho the work was continued by lamplight lamp lump light till dau dawn n tho the tomb when opened was found V to contain n gigantic imago of a man 13 1 ing at full length and audo of clay mixed with a eort sort of preparation which gives it t a bright blue color and a alight slight elasticity tho the whole appearing to havo have been boon subjected to great heat tho the imago represents tho the naked figure except for a very tight girdle about tho the avast tv ast a it pair of close fitting sandals and a crown on the head shaped i cry much liko like a bishop fr mitro mitre but topped with tho the head of hawk or baglo tho the features are roughly out of an imperious casia cast and of a man in middle ngo ago with u prominent noso and a very wide wido mouth but with cheekbones eo so low aa as to preclude prec ludo all idea that tho the original could have been an nn indian tho rho hands which aro are as us email small as a comans womans wo mans and boar bear on tho the backs the head of tho the bird as on tho frown crown are ro aromi 41 on tho the breast and hold bold an imago nebout three inches long of a squatting figure 11 gure probably that cf ef a god tho the feet aro also crossed the right presenting pros enting tho the peculiarity of pos a sixth too which sandal ii cut to bring into prominence aa as if tho the owner had prided himself onit on it tho cho hair bair of tho the imago bi 1 dressed in thick curls on both sides of tho head reaching to tho the shoulders und brought down 1 to the brow drow of tho the forehead P careful examination of this clay guro g uro ro re repealed caled that it m was as merely the ki ebora borato tc coffin of tho the real body and duld be opened from tho the back this as s dono done with all possible care so as biot abot to disturb the remains within but ja n few handfuls of dust dark brown brown and almost impalpable powder was all that was left of tho the bod tho me crown however together with the girdle the imago of tho the god and a large battlo abo with a blade blado of sharp glasa glass or obsidian atrid nd a handful of petrified wood yero aund bound in the coffin the crown is of thick red gold can od ed with minute but well executed drawings representing battle scenes triumphal marches and other pictures the meaning of which la Is somewhat misty but in all the principle figure ia Is that of a man w u ith six toes on his right foot the workmanship of tho the ahola crown is very fine and tho the birds head on oil top ia Is a master worthy of cellini it holds bolds in its mouth a magnificent chal ch ultes or green diamond valued by the azteca which shows some attempts ut at tho the girdle found ie Is composed of plates of gold arranged liko like scales and very thin so as to gho gi 0 with every pt nt of the wearers body on each of thebo plates chinh is in shape a half ellipse oll ipso Is engraved a figure or convoying conr conro eying ying however no hint bint of their meaning in their form the image of what is presumably a god is made of clay combined com blaed with the preparation of before and al also alo o burnt till thoroughly hardened it a male being seated on a pedestal in a Nuat squatting ting posture its c eoa ea squinting and grinning in hideous mirth whilo while both fiands aro are placed 0 cr or tho cars as if it to shut out sound A peculiar pecullar thing about this imago image is that its halis lialis represented as 4 down its back in one long plait like b u Chin amano the figuro is hollow but contained only a halt half a dozen small black pebbly highly polished and a somewhat gome what larger stone of a dull gray hue the coflin and those relics miles aro are to bo be donated to the state museum of history and mid at Tu tucson ceon no clue cleoo of f any alue 1 as to what raco race the remains oro are to bo be as abed can bo be found but it is pro probable bablo that it was one antedating tho the aid ON oan lit the mound builders and su bulur to both in knowledge of mason ry 17 sculpture and tho the working of metal |