Show DEAD ARl ZOiA CITIES re va lations from froan tho the ancient toltec tolico ruins euina r FRANK it arts GUSHING S excavations r P 14 1 all rhoa 1 0 to T tart 1 or w albot jod by bf arl or F A biter th ahr L tit 9 rod two wide ta cialle IT T th awa l I 1 11 ar under tile rc fk two of ed 1 tritus 1 C R has tia bee been n et at work for a liu has the ah ruins minn of abuy a IT nty three miles I 1 louse ong and two mul wide the excavations are re tint but bat have hwa been ardo at rot points point along the ink niala ir sti olit a nud lid fit at tho the halite or of tho ilia town sir climbing so ac q from r out ile zuni w hafl has lived fes for r wine ewt tile of on ro m toms toro aurl yong IT ui tham houa which enabled liim fill to find tho the burled cities of the th halt fault river trolley tile arst one excavated Is called los llin ilia city of the dead ath other eliat hare bean imrU ally excava 1 held or are E el t do a IM lio 2 it hiruo Hn r ruo I 1 ali ile city of ovens no el Ciui lail dr do 1 kofl anti k I 1 pueblo do too loa bedrits lint kula theme jhc are anly y a per part t of trio chain of 0 c le 0 ili abat at c ouro nee covered tho the ilert desert ahe T r 0 are 19 burled cities a IQ in the we valley iley alone anti ami ion which had a pula oem ot of 1001 hilfort h ono one of 0 the smallest matlat fi the on alire I 1 I 1 ro vally was wa ancha once a system of fit cities mith TI etli farms banns anti til up lu in the mountains mount alna are cave garfit and abil pueblos of alone ninny many of which never hero bare been explored and D are r entirely to tho the wandering tourist nod sightseer tito tim people who lloil in th were not azteca aztecs as ad has haa been anti posed they were of tile tie race unit that prec dl edid the ailcia and had upon this continent a civil visible tiie the pyram iila tula in IB pro proved V ed b hy Y the human remains retna loa and nil relics found I 1 rear rh by sir mr cushing by the comparative method demonstrates that trio the dwi tillro of tho the plain were bolh ell and that they reached fi a hiru STATE ok ant C t IT turlee before th tile appeared IT they were probably at of atu antiglio origin but nul not the pacific cout up denra to he anit and A later iu im me nt from asia aila tile bee ago of the toltec ruins in reckoned in Chough ude of years tito wore agricultural ij and hall the pill plain of T tonice unjiro tit r a high state of cultivation ti 0 n tito tho climate anil and character of the ilia moll were apparently the farms came as ai now alli antl a vast taut tit of irrigation wha required to make ilia land pro ductile tito TI biado by the surveyor of tbt Ite party show at lost 3 lines linea of ditch work tile wore botter Irrigator a that ho he farmers of today to day they were with fill a very slight flow 11 and consequently were adde to conduct water to every eaury part of the plait klalo the higher ground groo nii which la is now DOW a dott deport WAS wait readied reached liv by levees upon which the ibo water flawed the bottom of these the ditches and levees hardened burdened by the elie water tiler flowing over them have re isted tile loeling power PI of ISO elements the banks ingv e ilse P P e atra leat lug the bot tomis clo to d hll she aavo a ilia hie plain and these ahn o hardened surface sare are now used re roal foods ulf all oter tile valley lu in wm banco vine the cartel was waa cut cog trough tl 1110 solid rock with blone implements rho cabit of making attkio that cut to o chy toja ja with improved would iw S WW kikeh T alie he manner of building the and keeping theiu in repair to 19 fiedl child liy by two par parallel allol rows rowa of stones tile iho shim of ilia ditches dif chei these stones aton aro are of dic dicarile di orlle erile anti and were used aa e alir pi n g e blomo t 0 u fo to sh sharpen a rp r n the iho 0 tan e t lu m e 1 1 t g w with w b ir h the digging vaas a done meet of 0 them re wem 0 in to tiao bass beu been worn main out and diroa a roble aine still anil probably iro bably they w ero cowered cohered up with fill the eart carthand artha hand iid thrown out as aa the work advanced al vanceil tito the nan auh ing away of trio banks by TUB RAINS OF ob ilse has left bell many any ad 0 doubt cipro used nied in ii 1 11 m banks TITO tho natural 1019 iti t hat ha ill ditches were maintained during a long period the modern calla of 0 the ilia valley to la only 41 nicie aill in extent anil and cost lo OOOO tito tl toltec ditches were ot at great grat size suit am extent no ito less lefis than beai lattice of 0 count codol alone and aad could not tin ln today tor for less leb than llian it 1 0 no o acro in the suit salt lake laho I 1 valley alloy by means ot of anci ancient olit ditches tho the Tol coltom lind no DO lon to rat jofh moro more corn than they could con ounce audi therefore the population of rho iho plain way may bo be calculated calcuLi ted 00 the be basis ol of cultivated the fyma indiana on 00 the abreace acres s gnp bip port byrt theno welles and sell bell OOOO wO bonds poti nils of wheat yearly it I 1 Is 3 within CO oda to plate place om ancient thin at jlia ilia ruins pill uncovered uncolored but traced by unmistakable surface lodi cat ions extend through the foot food mill hills into the mountains tile tho ruins ot of los loa nineties tot are being thoroughly examined because they are ibcal and also because they have can buried ond anti therefore here furo protected let train from the barges pt of I 1 lime line and ranches ran chei twenty two largo large blocks of buildings have been uncovered unco vercil and three carloads of toll miles have been bout to boston Jt ahme relies consist of Q pottery ample clients ond and skeletons one it ot t the ruined rained buildings is by f eat another iother Ri i is 40 feet long sad many of the buildings are anro ifko feet bunare the wells aro are sometimes seven beven feet thick and two articles litch lit h connected with still each building F id a a byrul varal mound around tho the base of mb kiich ell aro are the funeral urns containing ilia ached of ere mated iu all Tol teco En entrant trane to th tho buildings were sometimes through doorways soil sometimes through holes la in tho the roof kiich building divided into a great number of amsil talking room indicating ft a large population to each block 1 ills he roofs wore of cou con creta supported by timber lini br anil and mott most of al them bab ave lo in liere liters the concrete remains remaina tn ili tion lion it 1 erl ilont that thes them cities wore were DESTROYED of BT to lo in most balses cn im abo roofs have bove fallen in and the aide wells walla h hae fallen out cot ward time has the tbt attain blacks locks ti and this tat raina bill hao 0 spread free it the material so ito eve i that liin buildings are in it I 1 led in only ly by light errol I 1 lu ilia surface the work nork of excavation to la to clatur cht araway away the surface material that the cities were overthrow a ta Is proved by the uder the ibe falln fallen roofs and in I 1 eions violent death roe due pho a ail found shows that the ho mark was waa under the roof and thrown upon his face ills cheat la Is crushed crashed forward by the weight and his right hand band stretched out BJ As he fell ell toe the large number dumber of 0 bodies found prove prom that tho the calamity was waa widespread and complete iti in ono one of rho sacrificial cave of the superstition mounta ios was wa a that eloquently tolls tells the fiory of the earthquake slid aud the terror of f the inhabitants it is fa that ot of a maiden rae as ai tile vearla and offering ou rhe the altar allow the ilia prime loriet to appease the wrath of ati car ditus there bed been U several sheiks and the people had offered up op ordinary sacrifices in join alii at lat hoit trio tricht went up lip to ill till the cave and made maiden of trio tho tribe tito people returned to their aln lr home that their iran dan get hall had bern been averted then coal canio th greatest ot of all those not it T t aught to in tile ruins ned fell to in terror to the eldik the godshaw cods had it them to the th malignant wrath of the 1 of evil that eron to toiley are believed by trio iho ind indiana no to dwell in clift tie alipy tied in ili panic trio toltec people were s m t tr r d ll 11 r ou g h t the country t tho e u ll 11 1 t alb eo ot 0 f alio t 1 e liili I 1 A and d ly roth t made war open them adi sdi oil drove tit I 1 m t to if tho h 6 oil ill and lid a n c chilla alu of f prehistoric times iphi ti m rs w 0 e blit r abed ed 0 from 0 the t h 6 f face 3 C 8 of the earth odel xa naf V u ia 4 bisono r t j a J eo p 0 loc i dec m 0 th lh I 1 n avral crale |