Salt Lake Telegram | 1920-02-09 | Page 15 | Cavemen Proof Disclosed in Art

GA CAVEMEN PROOF DISCLOSED IN ART Tale of Pygmies Revealed to by Searchers in South Africa By Harold E. E Bechtol I I N. N E. E A. A Staff Correspondent With Universal Smithsonian-Universal Expedition II Cape Province I Feb 9 Cave Cave men of bygone ages have left the imprint here of a curious savage sav say age art that has long been the subject of ot scientific research The history of the disappearing tribe of Bushmen South Bushmen South African pygmies now practically extinct extinct Is is woven around drawings found In caves eighteen eighteen eight eight- een miles mUes from Part of the Smithsonian African ex expedition ex- ex went through here on the way to Port Elizabeth is only miles from Cape Town but it took more than twenty-eight twenty hours for an asthmatic railway engine to bring us here The Cango caves considered the finest stalactite caverns in the world still contain many examples of Bushmen Bushmen Bush Bush- BUSh I men art although numerous samples have b been bOen en removed to enrich museums I Crude though faithful pictures of animals and men were drawn ages ago I Iby by the dwarf Bushmen on the walls of the caves In most cases natural colors colors col col- coi- coi 1 ors have been been applied The drawings i have been used by scientists In an at attempt attempt attempt at- at tempt to trace back the origin of the disappearing race which is entirely entirety distinct from any other in Africa I The Cango caves discovered In 1780 are in the limestone base of the Zw berg mountains 7 m The caves have been explored explore two miles into the mountains bu I 1 appear to extend much farther b l Electric torches cann cannot t full fully Ti LL l- nate the large caverns and one onca ba pay payout out magnesium ribbon in ord orde ord provide a fiery guide back to th trance m 11