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Show that is the opinion of all that havej visited it. 'The old walls built of rod sandstone and a 'mixture ot clay and ..grass are still standing, and pieces of pottery, human bones and rude tools of different kinds, made from the bones of animals, are still found in the dry sand inside the cave. There isjj also a nice spring oftpure water in, ' the cave, and a body of people; with (plenty of provisions could hold out there for an "indefinite1 j length- of time against overwhelming overwhelm-ing odds. I think this is what it has been used for. iProbably these earlytCliff Dwellers, centuries ago, were (compelled to take refuge inj; such 'places in .order to '.protect' themselves against their more powerful and savage enemies. A'fow years ago-some very nice pieces of pottery were taken from this place in a perfect state of preservation, and are now on exhibiton in Kanab. They are the finest Jueyer- saw The designs are almost perfechand the artistic decoration is firsUchn?, showing! that rthev musthnva been a much more enlightened;people than'the Indians of the, present day. We have within the past week turned .about a quarter section of this country upside down looking for old patery, but rhave been unable so :far to find any in good condition. We have discovered plenty of broken pieces but none that are of any value. Iron Gounty Record. CLIFF DWELLERS CAVE. JSIagnus Ahlstrora tff this place writing from Crocodile Lake, a point about seven miles north of Xanab, under date of March Gth, where he was assisting the corps of men under Deputy Govermeut Surveyor A. 13. Lewis, in staking off a new township gives an interesting interest-ing account of a cave at one time probably .inhabited'by Cliff Dwellers. Dwel-lers. Here is the description in his own language: "About a mile south of here there 'is acave in the side of a mountain which has somo day been inhabited by ClitLDwellers at least. |
