Show ft 4 5 t am M 1 7 fa le as uma rak I 1 Z I 1 1 I 1 11 2 imn t raw ija 7 2703 al n 4 0 a j 1 M L qz 1 rl k r N t t el k r R al I 1 s CITIES af I 41 14 14 1 1 ARI wa 1 ZONA 1 5 6 T e 11 bozof popl avd aw Cuti ETl L jaco abue of r us I 1 atar W I 1 kait r me ze w I 1 i I 1 7 I 1 special especial leuer letter NE KB of the most successful and fruitful arr h giogi cal expeditions alc I 1 ever undertaken to in I 1 tills this country has bag just returned to washington with a tale of adventure and discovery almost unequaled since men ot of science besan began to delve into the barren eastes of th the s far 9 southwest for ashes nd d crumbled ruins of lost races and forgotten civilizations early in the summer dr J walter fewkes explore at r tor for the bureau of ethnology with dr walter hough of the ethnological department of the national museum left washington tor for portions of arizona and new mexico suspected of conta containing luing long hidden bidden ethnological treasures left centuries ago by civilization located in the these ce regions e through certain obscure myths ind and traditions confided to the explorers by modern modem tribes of the pueblo deop people le that the researches of these t fro xo men of science were altogether r successful Is attested by hundreds of relics and dozens of photographic views already stored in the national museum where they will shortly be in installed for exhibition straightway after their arrival drs fewkes and hough were interviewed by the writer the first to hear bear the full details of their discoveries leaving here in june the two discoverers proceeded directly to the eastern boundary of arizona not tar far from fort defiance according Accord ng to the traditions in which they had gotten scent ot of the buried treasures to be excavated there once lived in these parts ancient people said to be relatives of the ancient zuell which tribe long before the discovery by columbus occupied the famous seven clues cities of cibola found three centuries ago by francisco vasquez de coronada in the valleys of the rio the party accompanied by a gang of diggers mostly marons mormons Mor Mo mons rOns set out on a trail joining modern modem zuni to the south and the country of the moqui to the north midway between these settlements they came upon what is truly one of the most remarkable prehistoric ruins within our borders stretched through the I midst of the court between flowed a ditch or stream of water fed by i a spring n g bored bared exa exactly atly in the center the aroud is ais sloping tip on an either side of the stream to the gedges of the walls gave to the huge structure the internal ap appearance beauce of a double amphitheater the windows and doorways of the houses homes had opened toward the inside court their black walls forming the walls of the atar being probably intact at either side hid had been left a hateway eat cat eway and at either end an archway or bridge through eh flowed the water of the ier stream an indian trader who had v squatted ile here re several everal a years tears before avak was the sole occupant of the site of this strangle strange cl city M when the I 1 mt I 1 this s squatter lad tom down 11 I 1 sare x ismall binal 1 comeron cocher come 10 t the C circular walls whose ilk bad hurit iSm seira id 2 pre i 2 t ahli arrival the iu rasa haafeen ha abeen b ebli ra a presented presen arved red standing tria er i 1 the small cella zi or housea DULI el u e walli m a rep afia hj liidi N out tiers i tl I 1 I 1 I 1 ilaa v irlia 3 which S wa I 1 e 1 ac M the central wiS leared I 1 IEN I 1 to fsr if 1 4 I 1 th p dt caf i I 1 tx el v k V mb ad 01 iong ing I 1 u T th I 1 9 vill iii gym ASP 1 1361 I 1 nt ta oib aib I 1 1 11 X t I 1 a ia e i emarl em t z arl 1 0 te w f 4 ditc itc 1 j jum apt 1 V I 1 w iii afKe nh aft 4 W UL Y 1 I 1 ai id ft M s w aei 1 R 7 i tx a 1 in I 1 sr 7 B SS 1 aj if om C adz k da W aus I 1 isy ow UiNi soll 11 W M 10 S NJ 4 1 I 1 i 0 O a waeter yu 4 7 aw nsf q r teab ailie tera I 1 atts ft ts I 1 I 1 41 it 2 mg W U SS W W i W J F e I 1 ift R ft n k I 1 rall t 1 A t i L 0 WM I 1 0 MUM I 1 1114 arg 1 1 I 1 2 1 T 1 4 V W 4 C r 1 W r I 1 K 1 ae 4 1 3 ag 4 1 Q 21 az 35 1 i i 7 Q L lw I 1 Z aa effi k 7 1 va M L p 12 es 4 the war 1 1 siaa Harto aft amad laa az adest it inlay but afferent from those I 1 of di the mafoi we cosad rk aija d I 1 many a skeletons kele tand la in ft a fair tite I 1 of a I 1 ff alon these I 1 abik vim toe gicca to specialist who will make fro them deductions as to uie the 1 asat characteristics ot of the seeto the south of the city was also found an ancient shrine e surrounded by t circular wan wall built of rocks of r the most curious form farm and color collected from over the entire outlying region on the top were three carved stone fe representing birds and undetermined quadrupeds probably bears beam A few rn miles to the north we discovered also a cluster of houses one of the ladders with which the ancient inhabitants had gained their entrance was still standing portions of the ceiling and floor were intact this was found to be an ancient kunii zunil ruin it is called kinna binde or tall ho house use we found no signs of european contact in any of these ruins the prehistoric inhabitants were probably driven out by the hostile apaches or Nava navares oes leaving kinna binde july 3 dr fewkes and dr hough proc ceded south tor for thirty five miles in search of evidence which might shed light on a legend of the maquis to the effect that some of their progenitors once 11 lived bv ed far ar below near the mormon town of snowflake arizona they came upon another ruined city which hitherto had never been mentioned by either scientific or popular writers and which BP appeared to have remained unknown even to travelers speaking of this prof dewire s sa said id we made extensive excavations here and unearthed a large colac collection atlon of objects of pottery stone and she shell some of the pottery is the most bau ticul ever brought arr fram m the sout southwest hest among other things we found a curious copper bell which shows shoes that the ancient chent inhabitants were fa familiar millar with 1 metal working brac bracelets clet s made from I 1 shells of the pacific miles r way sway well preserved gourd rattles on 01 which the colors were S still t III b brilliant r I 1 1 biant and nd needles and awls made ot of doer der bone bon one of the most beautiful specimens of pottery was a globular bowl of red color highly highl decorated and having a graceful spout and handle it was probably used as a water vessel we found the remains ot of the children buried in the fireplaces according to the ancient moqui alequi belief that the immature must be so disposed of in order to make the journey to the under world the adults however were found just outside the walls of the town one of the rooms excavated had a smooth flat floor of stone slabs evenly laid in an sand in this were drilled a number of round holec simi K in TEL 70 ILL ly buim I 1 i I 1 jsu I 1 9 1 2 y jf J f I 1 I 1 it represents a lost population 1 as large as that of ancient 1 troy this forgotten I 1 race had built their city in the form of one largo large compartment house of most peculiar architecture houses built in tiers aaers like the ceus cells of the honeycomb formed the walls of the city edges of the walls giving to the huge structure the internal appearance of a butterfly with wings out lar to those found in ancient moque sacred rooms where they were symbolic of the entrance of the soul to the realms below at the end of this room was a bench of slabs probably a lounging place built before the fire the logs were formed of upright logs cemented with mud recalling the kiva or cached house described by coronado who visited KINNA 1 11 1 1 W CA a 11 X W J W aa I 1 LA ai e ai 10 1 these there regions three centuries ago age several rounded stones the size A and n d 9 shape ba pe of a mans head bead closely resembled one found in mogul miles away used as a form upon which the ancients plaited their ceremonial masks and helmets of yucca this ruin rain is certainly prehistoric nothing within it was of white man mans manufacture no walls were standing above ground the town was originally 8 a 13 compact pueblo situated on a bluff above a small creek flowing into 1 the little colorado it alwa was originally 1 ot of regular reguL ar rectangular form probably icv several eral stories high and built of stoup stone A large number of huan hu an skeletons I 1 were exhumed at this place some from ibm the bed of the river which aa had d proba vly bly encroached I 1 upon pork the town kow n i since in ce f ahad it nad been inhabited T ajol lc population must have once ba ce gium xuma about 7 a large lame population bor or jauch I 1 cities they doubtless tle i seated their houses 1 I in n verr ancient I 1 I 1 4 V V 4 1 bei here in kabe ml fadl 2 vust b study dj ae certain W T I 1 t 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sh must haye bate coa tallied their settlements were wen des deserted arted fon ions abe before fore the adi advent ent of the spanish the apaches vere probably the cause of their flight |