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Show - _ _ - Story Storyo4Ancient o1Ancient o4Ancient It ( ' DwellersTodd Dwellers Dwellers'on ' . 'on on ' Walls Most Oa.rvlDBJiIn Unusual Carving CarvingIn Oa.rvlDBJi OarvlDBJi CarvingIn . i In North America AmericaFound . gFound Found in m Uintah Umtah Cow Cou Count CountBy ii 1i . By RHO RHODA RHOIA I ) A T ROBINSOjt ROBINSOjtIn RO ROBINSO INSO INSOl l | In all of tl tI ll a ( ' < ai al a1 yom yOn4 yon ' ! In to theb thebsurrounding the HtIL HtILsurroundlnl t tsurrounding ] surrounding surroundlnl { VcrI Vcr Ver tl \I I \ are found WfHIt"erous WfHIterous r . " . erous Brous petroRhi petroll\ petroll petrollI petrogivi { \ I I 1 Is s ( rr r picture wl1t- wl1t Igll wl1tIngs Wflt.Ings WfltIngs - . . Ings logs of pre prel I I'll Ill lst ist ' ( ( rl- rl de rlc rlmnn ( - mnn mRII man ' ' These 111ese 'T'hese ' tpee _ tpeepecked Ifrepecked } pecked or p'l pl IY111 p'ilttf-1 p'ilttf pilttf 1 ' ' II 1 iet ( ' - 1 O 01 ! 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I t left his picture picturepecked picturepecked picturepecked pecked on the thl " . wall all a11 for us to find findlet findlet ffaldlet let u us travel bark back a thousand ytttsIn yearsin years yearsIn In our Imaginal Imagination Ion and leam learn lib his hisI htsl hisstory htslatory libtory I story atory tory as he migl mlgl t tell It were be he behere hehere hehere here today Lislei LI\tt'r LI tt'r ttr Llctel ' \ ' to his story- story storyOne storyOn story - On One e fall fail d I ty > } I was traveUng traveling traveUngdown travelingdown travelingdown down a narrow ndrrow anyon trail tral1 from frommy frommy trainmy my home In I r rive rave I VI " ; searching oearchlng for forgame forgame t r rame game ame 80 so o that inv mv ow wife wlft " and chU chll chUdren chlldren chlldren dren might ha I t food Tor for the tone long longwinter longwinter tonewinter winter montliA month months . I hoped to slg'hta sighta tight slg'ht slght sight longI ' I a herd of deer dt'f'r dtfr ' r buffalo so that thatIn thatin thatIn In addition to tI tl tie eo a meal meat we would wouldhave wouldhave I have skins for Ii p ) { xnssln.s xnsslns xassins a'i'lln'i aillni ' ' . . ' and other otherclothing otherclothing otherclothlnr clothing and sinew Int'w Intw ' from their I ) jstrong otrong strong ; ; backs back . " I 1 I bli blr b/1 b 1 / d flint runt points pointsI pointsand pointsand pointsand I and feather to n y hunting ; arrowsI arrow arrows > I hastened n y way because became I ' Iwinter | winter whiter w&s ws was & cl ci n ' " - I i K It g In on 11 . us < ; andexcept andexcept and iexcept except for n a f v w . . I t 1 ird-s ird s lyds . - , ; and otheromall other andI I ) ] ; small omall fume gaml game " we . WPon " I 1 1 I not depend dl"pend dlpend depend dependon " I Ion | on at al y frest frf,1 frf1 fresi ' , f r rsnows > " I afU afIA afO r the big bigsnows bl bli snows < , no\\ no nocanl \ came canl ! ' It a . vI i prp eces.sary ecessary ececsary < ; . . ary that1 thatI that I " sec "ee ee ire lrt are ' an in III ut I L . II 11 Ilr"p Ilrp I trge ir " e amount amountI amounti , I < ( f I meat Int'at Intat ' thl tills this v \ \ I t > Iw is I ISP ISI Ise " our sumIner summer sum nier Iner mer crop of ell c ra t . t i t 1 I < , squn-sh squn sh qllfLsh squash - sumI was wasHIn wasCllr wasid I HIn Cllr I n osl ost ust goi gO got ! e t ' W I 1 HI d pia plai plar ) led tpd ted en enI ent I < iRli I"h Ih tgh " It II 11 J I ) r fus f i f i I t 1 I P I e ' p carr carrIt carry carryus > } u us " , tl tI t1 roiKt magi ro Jgj 11 tI tl I t It A I al'td altd ily 'ld ld ' ' d and - ( III IIIW W * I ' 'I I 'Iu ' tea , u Photo by ThorneNewly Thorne ThorneNt'wly Nt'wly Ntwly Newly ' IHcovered 1)keovered 1keovered ) ' ! Indian 'VrIUn VrIUn Writing ' Loca Located Cn In Dry Fork Canyon w wf ( had v a . , rked Jrked rrked > hard to cultivate cultivateand cultivateand cultivateand and care carl " f r the precious crop We Wewere Wewere Wewere were blehsed bltwed , with plenty of water waterour , our ditcl dUd ditci ( ' PS es ran full and our crops cropsflourish cropsflourishe cropsflourlshf flourish flourishe ! " j t 1 makIng rnakln ua us fl f(04'l f04l fc-"l fc "l l fc"lIxmfi f- f ( ' - " - l .contl- .contl Ixmfi- Ixmfi .contldt'nt Ixmfident . < confl-dent confl dent - dt'nt dtnt dent ' that thaI we would have plenty plentyfor plentyfor plentyfor for our families during durln the cold coldmonths coldmonths coldmonths months ( rhen 'hen hen ' one day security securityvanished securityvanished ecurltyvanishedEnemy vanishedEnemy vanished 'EnfOrny EnfOrny Enemy ' InvasionMy InvasionMy Invasion InvasionMy My hi hr b1 thcr ther who waa was the scout scoutof scoutof acoutof of In my Iny } lt { | N x ) pie pIt ' came Lame running to warn warnth warntht warnttut th tht It , ( ' PI 'I I e1 cmy emy was approachinga approachingal approachingat approaching al at d v VI w , U Ii I j probably reach us with withIn within withli In a few f'VI fVI ! ' lays jays time Such hurrylnia hurryinga hurryingas hurrying ! a as < , th < r was w s I ' Our wbn'ien wbnien wbnyen wtm ' n and andcI andcl andc cI cl Id 111 e P i 1 ) tstcned IStenffi Istened to cather gather all an of ofthl ofthe ofIIP thl the ( " n C ca ! i 1 { 1 > ' > s tliat Ihat that were ripe Even the theth theto thetli th to ic lest iest t I 1 t I 1 1 j was put to work pic"k pick pic"kIng picklug picicli " Ing lug e ' swp 'iWP iWP swe ' berries bf'rries bfrries for these too toow toowe toow w we c f e ' I f v " I I While the women warnen women at atG att IA G < r I icd led I l 't t I ' I t food supply the men mena1 menai 91 a1 1 1 j tx lx [ ) ( I t i Ie 11 1e " Instruments of war warw1 warvi w1 . , I I 1 tl tI tt hr'ate hrate neatest rentest ( ' . t skill and sJ'd sJd speed ) ( ' speedw spe < lW W lie 1If ue ' pf/l'e pf l'e le i [ > M'ace Mace race ' ' / ( ' lovint loving people butv butu but v u . . VI At t V a . v . J 1 i foiced forced for ced to fight fightiI fl ht htIt r It iI I In wh which leh " we "e e maden madeo made o n I f t I t s \ \ I ie p fortlflrcl fortified for us U'i Ui ' bv by byi byt 1 t k h K I H ( d (1 1 d1 ( VI \1 1 M ' \ I I PI e1 Nature Naturt Naturtho ' who \\ho ho \ caredf caredr cared r f I 1 I ei PI e1 Iren Irt'n Irtn Iran ' and finilly fh1'llly fh1llly fhallly ' after much flihtlnir fighting our & bet.lered betlered be&ieged beieged besieged . people peopleI peoplewere peoplewere peoplewere were freed as our enemy became becamediscouraged becamediscouraged becamediscoura.ied becamediscouraied discouraged . a.nd and . left l ft to worry some someweaker someweaker someweaker I weaker tribe All we could do to tohelp tohelp tohelp help our poor nelchbors neighbors was w a tosend tosend to toend send end them unoke smoke signals tlgr > ls warn- warn warnIng warning wam-inc wam inc - - Ing them that the vandal tribe was wason wason waon * on the war path pathWanta pathWinter pathWinfc pathI I Wanta- Wanta Winter WantaFOOd - FOOd F 1.0&1 1.01 101 Lost LostMost l . & i iMost Most of our home homes * and tam lam lamflies famllle I lI1es flies were saved s ved but our winter winterfood winterfood winterfood food waa was gone one For while we were weresleged werealered ; sieged sleged w we couldn t hunt a.nd and . we welived welived welived lived only on our tored stored food rood The Thecrops Thecrops Thecrop crops * left unfathered ungathered in the fields fieldswere fieldswere fieldwere * were devoured or destroyed by the theI theenemy theenemy ttrenemy ttrenemyAs I enemy enemyI I enemyAs As I 1 tm traveled veled down the narrow narrow'canyon narrowcanyon narrowcanyon 'canyon canyon ' canyon trail which I have already already'mentioned alreadymentioned alreadymentioned 'mentioned mentioned ' mentioned I came to a harp .sharp sharp . turnI turnand turn I and as I pasted passed around the bend bendII bendI II I came face to face with a huge hugeIOear hugeWear hug el I/Oear I Oear Wear / ear My surprise lasted but a amoment amoment moment and I had my strong ; spear spearready spearready spearready ready In a flash rIMh Oatchlng Oatching Oatchln the hapI hap I ess esa animal in the chest I made made"hort madeshort madeshort "hort hort short " work of him How I rejoiced rejoiced'Here rejoicedHere I ' IHeorf ' Heorf Here ' v w \ , as a welcome addition addltlon to toour toour toour our food supply as well as a warm warmContlnul"d warmContinued warmContinued Contlnul"d Contlnuld Continued " on page four tour ) I I I I bTORl STORI OF ANCIENT DWELLERS DWELLERSTOLD DWELLERSTOLD WELLER TOLD ON CANYON 14ALLSContinued " WALLS "ALLb ALLb 14ALLS I i Continued -Continued " ) - ftInued ) from front pate page one ) Iblanket Iblankef IblankefI blanket - - I I hurried hurrlt'd hurrltd ' home to tell t.t'll t.tll ttll . ' the thn gad glad gladnews gladnews ] news and to get et ai aid In carrying carryinghim carryinghim carrylninun I ! ( ' him I decided then that as soon soonas soonas soonas as he was skinned skinnt ' and the meat meatcared meatcared meatcared cared for I 1 would return and draw drawon drawon drawon on the canyon wall above where I Ihad Ihad Ihad had killed killt'd killtd ' him the picture so 50 that thatmy thatmy thatmy my children chlldrt'n chlldrtn ' a s " children mipht might know knowthe knowthe knowthe the storySo story storySo storySo So could oould our ancient artist have havetold havetold havetold told of the picture here shown and andSIO andso andso SIO so can the Imatlna.tlon Imatlnatlon imagination . ofour of our mod moderns moderrs modernfl erns errs e explain lain the thp dlfh different > rent pIctures pIcturesfound picturesfound picturesfound found on the rock walls wallsStory wallsStory wallsStwy Story IlecTde Recorded on n Canyn Canyon Wall Walls WallsThe * The picture tliat t11At that our story has hasbet'n hasbeen hxbeen * bet'n betn been ' concerned concernt'd concerntd ' with Is locatedabout located I Ilabout ( about two and three thrt'e thrte ' quarters mUes miles mUesabovE milesabove milesabove labout abovE ' where wht're whtre ' Dry Dr Din , Fork canyon mUesI joins joinsI joinsthe Joinsthe joinsthe I the canyon made madf ' bv by the Ashlt'Y AshltY Ashley Ashlt'YIcrt"f'k Ashleycreek Ashleycreek ' creek " ' and approximately twelve twelvemiles twelvemiles twelvemilea miles northwest norU1west of Vernal It 15 Is 15on Ison Ison Icrt"f'k Icrtfk on the nort north h . side .Ide Ide of the thf ' cBnyon canyon cBnyonand canyonand canyonand and Is 15 ; seventy ct'ventv ctventv ' fl\c fl c fhe flee \ feet ff"t fft ' { " above a.bove . the theI theba theblase thebaae ba . blase of the cliff on a narrow ledge ledgeI ledgeIn led e eIn In tl II ti at , same camt ' vicinity vlclnltv are arf ' many manygroups manygroups manycroups groups ( of pictures ptcturt's ptcturts : ' made by the theancient theancient theancient ancient JX'Opf JXOpf ' people ] ' It ; seems eN'me eNme ' ; as ao ; t'ou tou t flouffhthey " ' fough foughthey h hthey they m ist J.st Jst . ha have hare \ p ' been bt'en bten made madt ' by three threedlffcrcnt threedifferent threedifferent dlffcrcnt different , culturrs uture's utures cultures ] ' of prehistoric prehistoricman man Theari The Theariatltn \ariatltn ariatltn Sariatin \ari ari \ .tkn tkn . 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' ( > blood dropping and forminc forming a pool poolbelow poolbelow poobelow below This Ifc u is . so 'I I ' ( ) vivid v1vld that no one onewould onewould on onwould < ' would have doubt of its mt'anlng mtanlng meaning mt'anlngThese meaningThese meaningThese ' These gTuescmc gruescme gruesome reminders reminder , > show showthat sho shothat that this culture of man prf'fer prffer |
