Show SOME RICH BICH IN HUH if 0 new light on the liv lives as 0 of r prehistoric peoples THOSE OF THE ARIY ARID REGION important discoveries n decently made in southern uta uenh h boines 1 i lind and habits of 0 the olite cliff dwellers i reminders minders He of the tha nerce wars of a burled buried rast well weli preserved mummies and implements by Ra cheller Tol lenn Bachell crl the th research of 0 no explorer durins during the past decade have hav brought broucht to light more inore valuable relics ot of america or have met with more success than has haa crowned the tha work of an expedition just returned from the san juan country that comparatively narrow strip or of mountainous territory bordering on the north of 0 the grand erand canyon of 0 the colorado in southeastern uta tind and tho the southwestern portion of oc colorado the expedition was organized at bluff city utah by C B la lan t a student of pittsburg pc pa and d waa composed of L I akkir ang I 1 13 tard Robert nobert AUen the latter two belne being kulics es and p prospectors whose lives giniva story the dwellings were dl divided into room by stone sione find wood partitions A number ot of the rooms were fately well preserved had small email loophole windows but no outer door L the jhb bul building d had doubtless been entered or 1 gi nally by means ot of ladders that acio 0 o L drawn in after the occupants T the he floo llovio a were of cidar each low na its I 1 carpo a r go round as a gnann maii 6 log leg the spaces b brine ping filled ne neatly ally by smaller colca find and twist twig i and covered by a car tot pot of cedar bark the ends end 0 of the t embere were bruised an and flaked flayed as n it severed rd by 0 dull instrument within close vicinity 0 of one another more than thirty of 0 these cave dwellings were found indicating a populous louo settlement tho the smaller houses were vere in a more advanced state of ruin but all showed that they had been built as a place tit of refuge rc Cuffe where it would seem a t em this strange people passed pat aed years ot of do doubt u lit and tear fear threatened by famine allne ivl within than and by a cruel persecution and torture from it besieging phemy without the lower caves were reached by climbing the projecting project iner points ot of the blurts bluffs but the higher ones were reached only by ladders and roves ropes atter after incalculable labor and imminent risk 0 of being flashed dashed to death one hundred to two hundred feet below JA on one 0 of the caves walled in bv it live tool foot wall of concrete boulders and adobe and forty feet above the bottom of the porge was exhumed fich umed the first mummy within the cave them thela was waa little or nothing to indicate what uses it had teen boen put pill to no implements or articles of 0 domestic or other use were fault found d and the party was about to descend when kedwn net one 0 ne of the guide observed that he be bell believed eved he be would see what win ITI it a mound ot at sand near thear the rear of the cave pick and shovel were vere brought into requisition tion find and a hard cl crust near nearly ly two live feet bicic removed three tarco feet of comparatively carat lively ively loose sand gand was then removed when two immens ft slabs blabs of granite lying parallel and about three t 1 11 ft g I 1 e iii 41 fes t I 1 w 7 t I 1 1 f 1 ria 1 r I 1 X i CJ a alii I 1 11 Z V i ly tl I 1 it az 4 M dij a zeft i Z 11 1 ks R atz z Z A 1 54 ff 0 9 1 mw ky 1 I l z iz 1 anso N WT vt iiii G ag a gi f 1 20 46 tv t N I 1 IN V M 1 I 1 wa 1 r I 1 1 1 X if r kiv en 41 I 1 1 r R r il ai I 1 L 1 49 1 r 12 I 1 90 0 4 fi 17 av 14 ej 1 I 5 1 I 21 r brej VV I 1 kf 1 it 4 I 1 11 I 1 Z M 1 1 ar 4 k jepy A if 1 rj t 1 I a e fu Is 1 I 1 I 1 r a 1 r 1 I 1 11 4 ir 1 I 1 J L i I 1 1 1 i i N 1 K r t r I 1 F V t i al 41 4 I 1 rt 1 Z va 1 I 1 6 e MAM p ize I 1 I 1 I 1 t ml jl 2 4 I 1 I 1 I 1 z ir 1 w I 1 31 I 1 t I 1 irl av 1 N 1 k i I 1 I 1 i c W opening sit at marks front of grave in which WM were discovered bodies ot of bamily lave been spent in that district pro bessor lung lang has returned with no less lees han nine mum mined remains or derlo abed bodies ot of human beings being isly idly the those so of 0 it 1 l people who he existed be borc 10 re or ol I 1 IV were re r closely allied to the pre rio el dirt iff dwellers of 0 this section he also alho discoN discovered ered moie lan ass specimens of articles ot of find personal use tr of these past fast and gone people that renders the calleo tion a a vast tica sury or of information relative to tb tho 0 private life 1110 of 0 these americans of 0 the great scientific value ot of the bodies discovered on account of their splendid state slate of preservation no doubt exists in tho the minds of scientific men or of this section the ho have and pronounced them beyond question s the rt remains no ot of cave dwellers the RP ap pea bearunce pearn nce of 0 the bodies surroundings modo of 0 burial and all other oiher circumstances I 1 connected nith their discovery I 1 the local climatic influence the virgin ground in which they were hero found all taken together stamp stania the bodies its BS those of 0 a people who dwelt and and lived la in this country even before I 1 columbus made hla his western voyage the san juarb juan country which has been explored with walli more or less dilli sence gence by half a dozen government gei eci V ol logical parties has contributed I 1 much 11 1 eh of the present knowledge of prehistoric ric america and fiant its environments rame the major maor portion of the fair exhibit of 0 antique relies relics made by colorado utah arizona and nevada the country Is beautiful in the ex cx ti theme eme containing us its it d dors the brand di da I 1 canyon ot of the Col colet frad ado the h a alwa wl L ad d and romantic scenery of the Ai kansas and the crowning crown lne peaks of 0 the western slope i of 0 the continental divide the discoveries made by the were in what Is known as aa atten alten canyon a narrow gorge branching off tile the grand canyon of the colorado and nearly feet above the sea level in san juan county utah cats and I 1 peake r eaks of 0 pink vermillion brown while ond and yellow rising in ledges and breaking I 1 into tier above tier story etory above I 1 citory atory with intervening sloped covered with talus the wall arall recessed with targe large amphitheaters buttressed with huge spurs puni and decorated with towers and pinnacles forra form the bides ot of allen alien canyon and make it at once onca one ot of the grandest bite ot of sublime scenery of 0 the I 1 orand grand canyon district amid such scenery with snow now capped peaks above them and rank semitropical semi tropical verdure bt at their feet professor lang fians and hla his companions spent fill all of the months of february and march going coins over old ground covered hereto ore by I 1 clorist and and occasionally breaking brcak lne into portions unknown to 1 white or strobe haden holmes or I 1 powell eaily lit in elarth the party began I 1 uio the exploration ot of tho the northern norl hern branches branch ca of tho the grand gra d canyon and in crete allen alien canyon b heretofore fore unknown as aa I 1 the home ot of cave or cliff dwellers gunj found nearly twenty caves containing ruined buildings 0 of different sizes the homes and refuge ot of the tha prehistoric ranc race the dwellings were of different sizes but the largest were not more tha than it sox 1 feet avet and av hila the roofs roars anis and a portion ot of the w walla alls had haa wien alien the parts standing in some of the caves indicated led a 0 of tin thice re stories nt orles some were only two stories and others other but a i feet acet apart were uncovered the ean sand a was removed from between these and at a depth of live five feet below the levri surface tho the mum milled body belly ot of it a man was uncovered the body was wag entirely enclosed in a hu hue e basket of 0 woven wove yucca fiber and waa NF as in a sitting pool lion over the licad head and shoulders was a smaller baskal woven tray ut of yucca bibins and liber which were drawn up ai ranst the trunk mink ot of the body find and held there by co cords ads covered with a tray liena iiii these and drawn closely about me form was a woven robe or blanket of yucca fiber alber and nd alternate strand Bt rind ot of IP feathers athers and lion tar fur sewn to the fiber strands the body which Is in a wonderfully natural state stale or of preservation preserve pre lion hns 1113 the thrown brown parch men t like alke look to lie be fx ex and li Is that ot or a man apparently about 60 50 years ot of the dried flesh and an skin which clings tightly to the bones and the size ot of the latter show that in life alto the man evidently a chief or personage of some luence v as one whom we vve would have cai led a big handsome fellow the body measures now six alx lx feet three and one halt half inches the lead head la Is that of oc nn an unusually Intelli intelligent zent per conage with high forehead ore head long ions from poll to brow anil and proportionately broad to give elve a supply of gray fray matter that it a man G of f dinote than ordinary intelligence would possess tile the ier nallis of 0 what has been a handsome lead head of hair adorns the dried and drawn scalp and the upper li ip la Is covered with a heavy brov awill th of oc grayish hair that extends down the check to the chin and sparsely covers the latter through I 1 the tightly drawn lips Is shown a perfect row of teeth three bouc pouches lea or of skin were found burled buried with wit the abdy body the first contained a quantity of d dried herbs the nature of 0 which it a nu number rober of if scientific men and pharmacist shave been unable to decide in a second pouch was wa found it a pipe the bowl of onyx and stem of jet band han domey amely carved and polished and showing unusual sh hlll and intelligence in its mak I 1 J f 1 14 it ill I 1 L I 1 q 1 I 1 I 1 1 VI ll 11 21 9 f 14 riez I 1 mr ori a i 40 dal 4 1 1 V al I 1 pt I 1 0 11 IN 11 1 xa d I 1 A I 1 ima am k 1 ra f 1 t 1 1 A 0 11 1 ar q 1 1 zi iq 1 11 IZZ k 15 daa 1 I 1 f I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 k A R A 1 ra A r 4 i jk C C va 1 I 1 I 1 IN I 1 I 1 J t 71 16 I 1 A w i 4 k I 1 I 1 1 Mum milled Ite mains of t chief ot of 3 split reed beed spear shift shaft bound cliff dwellers dweller with bone I 1 3 2 need frame on which was 4 basket woven tray bound body of baby er cr A smaller pipe ot of wool wood with a stem of reed was in the same pouch in the third pouch was a charm or amulet of 0 highly polished wood hollowed find and containing a fine substance like powdered dishos and a lump of rummy gummy nia ma looking much like the th a dried juice of lao to poppy or some similar plant near the feet 0 of this body was found alio III dried carcass ot of IL a will wild turkey front from which tile the feathers fea had been plucked and tile head removed but it had riot not boon been drawn it wa was i in 12 a fair state tae ot of preservation but could eu easily it ily be punctured with the fingers A at tile bottom and on the sides ot of the grave crave were great quantities of cedar bark baric in which the body had evidently been burled atter after living brine swathed in robes kind and covered with basket work lurther further search in this thia cavo cave failed to discern anything additional find and the other cave dwellings turned to three hundred yards to the left ot of this cave in on ono of tile the ian kraller aller apart ment 1 oi of divided cave was waa uncovered a rth prave e containing tile the bodies of n family apparently the mum mined remains of a mall a veritable giant in size hiie six feet nine inches in height helf fht a woman homan that of a youth anti and two snail ter er cil jrex one a female these bodies were awat in I 1 a robes 1 bes to 0 f yucca aber and wolf skin interwoven and covered wlm basket trays and cedar bark all were in a position with the Il itilia drawn tightly the body no go utensils or other firu olca of 0 use were found in this crave with tho the exception of several rude rud bracelets of 0 turquoise heads beads strung on 0 or of yucca liber fiber and a small pouch of thin skin containing threads thread ii of 0 yucca fiber and two finely pointed bone ets ds discovered covered within the swath insa of the wor homans womans nans body in a third grave was discovered ulm nn an emaciated apse torene of t an old nian man who bad evidently wasted away of starvation or a lingering disease this body was wai bound with strong cords of 0 yucca ilber fiber and covered merely with basketwork basket work trays and cedar barle bark two other oilier graves cravea were uncovered rt by tile the party ea h containing a single body one that ot of a babe fic scarcely arcely more I 1 than eighteen incites in length minus the head which had baa crumbled to dust duet the bady was wall bound upon a frame of 0 and co covered with a mat woven of yucca fiber an and d human hair tho the workman al alfill lIll alil chowing a knowledge of weaving that me modern dern indians cannot excel the ninth body was that ot of tin an old woman who had bad apparently lived to a great bite age the dried and th corpse that has come down to us from cen aurles ago presenting an even more ghastly charily app appearance Larance than any of the others othera all ot of the ui bodies with the th exception of 0 the first described por sess decided cliar char of tile the indian ot of it low older of intelligence the tact fact that no pottery of 0 any kind hind was lound found in all any of 0 tile the braves or cave dwellings might not be colic conclusive asive evidence that these people know knew nothing of 0 tho the making of pottery and had bad lived before the age ot of the dirt cliff dwellers who nho were known to use pottery but the discovery or of water vessel vessels Lif wood hewn out of limbo of with some rude instrument and burned by fire to a level on the bottom pi li conclusive to a number of scientific gentlemen among whom isgro fesper montgomery ot of the university of utah tb thil at these ancients know nothing of working in clay and that they hey were probably of a race that existed edisto before the cliff dwellers or of a much lower order of intelligence of that period the number find and variety of articles of domestic and personal use discovered by professor lang and his party makes 0 46 long lone and interesting list to give adequate of the richness and variety of 0 the collection would far exceed c the who whole ae extent of article but space apace which can bo be devoted to it cannot be better occupied than in describing some few fit nicles which possess an interest from the ingenuity t y of 0 their construction beauty of workmanship or their power to allu illustrate usages alua life of these theae ancient people the wooden drinking desses essic ls referred to as evidence of their existence before the age ace of pottery are rude in the light of present knowledge of woud walid working but armed with only a firebrand a hint flint or stone ax and flint rouges gouges the mechanic of to today day would hardly turn out a more article the wood which age has hardened until it resists the blade ot of ft a knife la is at 0 high polish and the vessels inside are painted with a resinous substance to close the pores of the wood and prevent the vessel becoming water soaked needles brickers pr ickers spatulas spa tulas and rune rude spoons made of the bones of animals show high and ingenious workmanship and the spear heads arrows sticks and basket it c t work as illustrated are equal to anything ever found RS as the product of aztec Esqui maux zuni or moguls the throwing sticks found are different from any yet discovered in that they have finger holes boles fashioned from bone and turquoise and bound on with fiber of the yucca plant the flails 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