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Show j. e S. A i Vi .if (ft VOLUME III. in lAviKl l lali 1 i i Snne Thousand Years Ago. :0: s C-n- ess "The Ftdetal G vt-- inent should psaesHK ni'tvi pr p"wit ii this now erd to those r :ins a i fftct to l)' i g to light the Mir- - expedition c in.risinir a competent iei! history of this western ethmdi-L'istM d arel :e Io2ist . " said n well-equipp- ed . en to da . "T h snrvevshere- niim delvtd alter the antiqoa tofore nade have bteu tntir. ly toporian treasures of Id Greece, is K v. graphical or jjeel y: cal both ncejs:iry ('.II G een, who is an enthusiast on and useful, of course, but throwing no the suhj jct of American archu )loy, light on the most'inteit siing phase of and wh has spent sev ral years, tim-an- d all, the arcnajiilo.L'icaf. It. is true ttat e several explorers have visiUd the mmv tbnsand dollars af his for' me in x;iO'i'ig the wider places where relics of tne'.cliff due le'H ness ami m nn i 'as'n s p. nf th may be found, butihese investigations M rt SuithiMs G'en s c m to were almost vahn N s the c nc usi n ar m m:c irv s'ig.i' n si.i nt lically ron'iiC etl. Tj,- a c! -i hi c ti ii r 'io subject, iha' :e )! g s can of t n (ii r iv nn:ch more i kiiow the ruined m iits, bxrceiig a s !owrd rim than tn ( .mining it f er btim.-u' (mh s ?i d in v ti e Gr ii d in U ah an'eda e movi d Iruii its i nvironmeir. l'u -r p "duciiors x t orted clifi'-- d welli rs have hcfn'hrouuhi any hutri:i!i re ic K isl and exl ibir d ; th.it was (liscovij I'd, hi iivjc auter or, in to the wonderful ancii nt ui. to gratify ciiiioM'y, b'Cau.-- e tlie.e i lij-at sand the cJ iff v iiidiv Kiuals were Ivjpt Mr Gr-et ie I'Toa1 e iiat f p e icj 'n life- on d weilei s of 10 COO a s t:g. V KHK NO I INDIANS, the e irih of th se tribe-oci II w ll t. at. than 1U,i U' earj g , at d tlrs but white men tin y belong d to the theory isru-taineby the opinion of (surasian race, as th: ir features and tin ethnoio? cal department (f il:e skulls plainly iiidteati . r. is to ob'aln Sir.i noi i m Ins utior. accurate ei"iii ifi ; iidormatiuu aoir Mr. Gn n, who i ihtse pro his orie tup pit g at tie !hj plies 1'. ft. LelbLd il iUl, has tLtI) ixljiljiiiisu: Ann' lean iar.es tl at. the new hssocL-ti'.- n s me of ti v in re inten tVna of the ha been orgajdzi'd. S- me of t:;e nv n of V icugo will bi re.ies foumi o nitus If ty Carles M L d and C. C G ahtiu and o her iuteie.-uThe o giniz tion will b explores in the wilii, a;ti.ot inii2ib-abl- e ii corpora id ui;der tin title T u can n- in Mxi(.-o- , U'a , Ameiicuu IJiir. au cf Cliff Arizona, Colorado and N vada. Wi it Kxploratior.' It. wiH nut b: pr lit me li si. ad tit ii r rs to in d Mr. G t en No wotk of t e kind even uvdnr th purchased, and to ihe.se i:eaddtd uc!i most favorable conditions for tx :ibii-ion- or arcl iu trical p cinu tss as he and his sale of recover d specuium-wil- l special xidoriij: yarty found after yield as much as it ctsts to obtair IlK)t advenreioi;; ris ;ch. The them. The association will he in the whole collection will be on exhibition interests of science and American at the World'- - Fa;r iu the ethnological archie )!ogy. department ur.der charge of Prof. "I had many strange experiences in Putnam of Hat vard t'olltee. Defore my xplorii g lours. There weresevei rnih s the date set for the opc-niiof the Fair in juy party, and as we were Mr. Green bopev to have obtained from a railroad we hud to pack our tvu hemisphere, as SchMf -- M' (J i w pii-vat- b'-rs-- t - 1 i s hum-it-boil- , i n G-iu-- j - hi-opini- pl-iinl- on, Ia-tia- K-irei- i - f m-ir- d r - bes'-kno- wn d. N-- - D-vellr- w l-- I 1 NUMBER 10 many more viluabl" specimens 9nH to supplies on horst -- back . When wo a v h f o ciiHred 1he subject of the caed the cfton in which we knew oVc-inn-circum-'anc;that nor' the remains to be, we found its sides i vir n it asf make plain h co?r to have a sheer descent of more than nt his theory that the American ir0n.feet, and we traveled seventy mil s cliff d a el! is w rj the AiU st hunau alorir its edge before finding a place rac- - f which we have ar y kuowhdiie. where we could descend. We liually OLDEST INHABITANTS. hoy JP SALT LAKE CITY. U'lAH. FEBRUARY 15. 1892. EARTHS I 7 r got down by a yt-za- g route, practically to from leaping hdge ledge and making our ponies do the same. We found the houses of the ex'incJ races built under cover of projecting water-wor- n cliffs, so aud protected' from the elements that they areviu a fairly good state of preservdt ion, beirg every where covered to a depth uf eighteen inches or more by a tine dry dust. Iu the lloors of these ruins we found, at varing depths bmeath the surface, cooking utensils, bone and stone implements, feather cloth, oTsnu nts of bone and shell, M:d weipoi s of vaiious kind?. No iion wji.s fiuinti. Tnese people must haw anii dah d the Stone fge,' aid yet wt'e sup r'.or to it, as their handicraft u nIiows. "The t uildiiiL'S themselves are Ta are built of dried hiick r ot s'()i:es hewn with great skill aud marvi us taste considering the d of tne architect-- . The 1 wor-dt.if- u). w-iope- mtnt piliais and a?ch s are well proportioned ai d the stiuctun s were evuliently inti i (fed to be lastir g. One built under an ahbutth gel S. iu the Mancos feet lung, N) feet wide and cj n m is !en stoi i s iu Leight. Lach house is iLvo a fortress. M;me of the supporting pillars are hollow cWinders pierced vMt loopholes, whence an investing arrows or other projected weapons. On the giound floor of this palace are 1J5 rooms. In piaces the structure reaches up to the overhanging mouutain einmj -- emu Id bereplustd by ide, which is covered with tierc-iilyphi- cs. -- m 2-- "Gn at reverence was paid the dead, especially womeu and children. Embalming in most tfifcclivu style was know to thtse people. One mummy of a child we feuud was excellently preserved, It was wrapped in three Continued on page MJ |