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Show nr.LK,' or mii: (Mir intr.i.i.ifis. A anoiiTllmeelnoe Hie dlipitclir rontaltiril a brief nele In relatl n to tie finding of eome ruummlfled remain of the New Meflni tlrl-.l r.ller. The folbwlng fuller iletalli appairrd In the Chlcatn Ttfmnf. "Iharemainaof aclilld'fotinl In nne of the cliambar auppoeed t'l hare ben InbabUeilbytliecllrfdwellera, near the (Ilia Hot clpilng. In thla county, bavo Juat been aent (a lb SiiilthaniiUn Inetl-lutlon Inetl-lutlon at Washington. The body la In an excellent auto vf pro-tervatlon, an I la that of a child about four yrare nld. When found It waa v. rapped In clothe and bound to a piece o! wood alx.ut two feet In length. The lege were drawn up about In the poettlou of a child creeping, an 1 the forearm ware rateed ao that tbe handa werenrtb ahouldera, with the palm toward the front. The flit were tliibtly clinched. The body la very light, the lleah having hav-ing beeu thoroughly dried on the bone, and tbe akin U very rnuohahrunkan. T he body cloaoly reaetnblee an I'gypllan mummy, except In color, The akin la a very light brown, perfectly amootb, and ao well preaarred Ibat lb pore can lie dUttnclly aeen. The linger nalla are perfect, and tho teeth were Intact when it waa dlacorcrcd, but tbeaa hato been taken out. Tbe noao, eara, and eyea are gone, an 1 tbe akin la broken on the right knee and on of th wrlala, exposing ex-posing boaee, elnewe, and dried deah. The hand la coreied with fine, aofl, black hair about two Inobaa loug, but It I rery mall In oompariaon with the body. It la no larger than that of a welt dreloped Infant three month of ago, and la rery nearly round. "Tbe chamber In which It waa round la oneof a large number near Ihefllta Hot Hprtnga, all of wblch are bwn out of the aolld rock. Many of theae cbamlrtrs have been explored, but they are dlrllcul nf aoieee, and a number of tbem hare never lieen entered by even the moat rccklaaa adrenlurvra. Some of theae chamber are ao high In the dllTa that they cannot lie rrached by laddara, and ro protected In auch a manner by over banging rooka that ther cannot b reached by ropea let down from the top of thecllrr, andnoonohie yet beenable toexptalnbowthecliffdwellere sot Into them. "There la no doubt but that they were Inhabited, for In nearly every one of tbem hare been found either bowa and arrowa, atone liainmera, axea or corn, but the body which haajuat bon aent to Washington la the Aral one ever dlacor-erud dlacor-erud (none of thoae chambera, and, ao far aa kuown, la the firat one dlacorored which may reasonably be auppoaed to be one of the extinct rare of cllir-dwellera. What dlapoaltlon the clltr-dwellera made of tbelr dead li not known, but Ilia quite certain that they were not lathe habit of tearing bodies In their dwelllnga or In chambera of similar conatructlon In or uear their towne. It la not known whether they, like tbe rgypllaua, were akllled In tbe art of preserving their dead, but It la to b presumed that they wrre not- If tbey had beeu 111 probable that thr would hare baoil a large noin-berof noin-berof bodloafound which hal been ao prraerred, aa the clltr.dwetlere muat bare been quite nuuieroue lu thla part of the country Ixrge numbera of dwotllnga bare boen found In New Moxtco, Arlrona and only nne preaerred bo.ly Lai been found, audthatln all probability waa left allre and dletl of etartatlon. The custom of wrapping up papoosea ami faaientng them to board preralla amonj the I Indiana t(i the preaent day, and waa no doubt In vogue among tbo cllff-dwetlera. Hlabelleredthatlhe child whoaebndy was found near the (ill hot aprluga was left In thla maouar, aud that for aome reason no one ever returned to It, and It died of alanallon. |