Show THE HEAD HUNTER GROUP NEAR HERE glyphs glyphis tell a graphic story of a head hunters raid WaiT warriors lors hold gruesome trophy between then them L captive women led by arms child taken glyphs glyphis in dry fork canyon near vernal women tastefully attired by FRANK BECKWITH delta ut rn in dry fork cannon about eight miles from vernal the cliffs are profusely covered with ith ancient indian the subjects cover a wide range from the usual and ordinary glyphs glyphis ot of deer primitives prImI medicine men ces gestures tures up through the gamut of better and better draftsmanship until forms of men and women are seen highly embellished with ith sup superior necklaces he addresses eyes nose and mouth damn cord scort placed on oil the women omen neatly done ear pendants pennants pend ants on the men I 1 hopi hair whorls on oil the women medicine men or of ornate decorations round brouna bodied people glelis glyphs of turkey bear paws bunum footprints the humpbacks flute play er cr and mazes or labyrinths of ex tieme heme intricacy but among all that wealth of boim two groups stand out of such marked as to acalee distinction these two groups are the head hunters shown in the first reproduction and the group of the great warrior with shield to follow the head hunter group the group sho shown n above depicts a return of warriors from a successful raid the husband was slain and his decapitated head la Is born as a gruesome trophy of the tight fight be tween the two amo men at the right note that this head has cl slanting lines running from tile the ebes downward and outward to the edges of the face this Is not in my opinion ion slant eyes for they would A slant at the opposite angle but rather are the dom downward nard and outward ard paint lines of common use amon among g tribes usually yellow or red the dominating nian man figure of the group Is the man with the rod of small circles in his hand to the right his headdress consists of two upward lifting castellated effects of which aich each Is decorated with rows of dots he has eyes ekes mouth and what la Is rare a nose depleted ile he wears ear pedants ped ants or bobs from his sig side e hair across his chest Is a massive necklace drawn in solidly between that and his waistband his boqi Is decorated with a pio profusion fusion of dots two tso feet are shown but in an impossible latitude toes in pat flat perspective the next man to the left helps to hold the decapitated head his own oan hildress hid dress Is dissimilar to the other man one bob hangs from his headdress higher up than sin an ear pedant his chest lacks a necklace a line runs down doan from each shoulder to his waistband aich is two to light bands not ft a solid bar as in the other figure ile he holds a woman captive his right arm lost last behind her shoulder the first woman la is of smallish stature as compared to the wo so continued on page pour four THE ilenin or 01 riTER orLi nis I 1 L IN DRY FORK CA CAN ON continued from page me onel man next to the left hand figure deais a I 1 hopi hair whorl and below her thin chin vears ears a solid decor atlon continued down doan her front tn in to on en artful tab embroidery or frontal dress ornament her era and arms are drawn in olad solid 1 she wears it ft cord skirt signifying the woman form plainly differentiated ferent from the men possible Pos sibl a cord is about her left wrist urist but that tha Is conjectural the man next to her Is a square headed person paint slants daubed over his checks from the ebes and wears en an ear car pendant or side hair bob on each side ile he Is quite plain wears sears no necklace or bouy bocy decorations and one cue toot oot is shown the woman to the left show 8 a ros of acts for the crown of her head and a heavy daub of writ paint 01 oe ei her nose this raises the interesting te query in conjecture was waa her hair cropped and hiar be face painted with black to mark her sorrow borrow for her slain husband it Is a conjecture which aich we can only guess at she wears a plainer but longer frontal body tab with heavy marks joining it to her sides the tides sides and ana arms of her figure are drawn in solidly the man to the extreme left wears a headdress so BO much like an crown as to make it dla dis far ear tabs or side bob pen blants on each side lie he wears a necklace of four rows roas of circles no other body decoration and two light lines indicate ft a an aa to the size of the figures the largest man he to the tight right with ith a cano cane of circles Is almost life size A smaller mailer 11 figure care possibly bly that ot a 3 aoun oun W girl la Is at the lower extreme extrema around her bead she ehe wears wear the simple of childhood KS as tho too young for dist lile A bodice or sac sack kUke like dress 19 her only upper body covering ind and yet her her sex denoted by the cord skirt there nere are other head hunter scenes in this small area but this one Is the outstanding group of the series |