| Show cavel cavid AD ann CLIFF CITIES citie S u rss ass i n kes ks I 1 V f top 0 o 1 11 1 1 binom the liew mew mem yew morl mork 1 I W AN jan lisl dlan dian mr james a S e of the geological survay dy has ha reported to majar major maor powell abone of tha he results of his last seasons season s neld operations ahe discovery descos discos ery cry of several more ruine ruined erive chive cave and aud eliff cliff cities differing differ enk enz ill in some respects from fro in any he ha om 0 examined the most remarkable avas was avilla a village of sit git jive IIVO under underground qua d dwellings bated near the 8 summit gun gua mit of olt ohe one of foothills of the san francisco mountains inthe in the san puan iuan region of arbona the surface stratum of he hill had haa by exposure become hardened alq formed the common roof forthe for fon the entire community the dwellings swellings were veto vole voie t excavated ed af after ter a common patt errand and afie agie a ie j atlon of one gives ves an idea of the whole they had no inter commini cation catlon beneath tho tha surface and were only accessible tessible by means of bf squar square a holes hoies leading from the surface by a vertical shaf tito the floor of the main maln in room of the dwelling foote r repts ts holes hoies at ic convenient t blistan distances a S along arong t the c sides of the shaft seri served cd tho lan pu purposes rp oses of a stairway t aier 1 4 descending the shaft the explorers found foahd themselves them selve seive ves yes aith at the side of bf an oval shaped a arch ich roofed room about twenty feet feidt in its smallest inai Inal iest lest dja djs hete bete r atthe at the erms and on the tirl sido side opposite ther the entrance low doorways connected the main maln room with smaller ro rooms orfis the whole suit uit or advel dwelling fifi consisting of four one of the tho sm smaller aldir albir rooms room had mi its floor excavated to ate ase a depth of two or feet below those of theother and IS supposed to td have arved the purpose of bf a astore store room or cellar for the ancient dic docu cut chu pant ant The he other small rooms may have been Bedrooms eighteen I 1 inches tind find hes deep by fifteen in width t extending from the floor of the main maln ro room 0 1 u up 0 one ne side sida of the shaft ta the sul sui facer face of of th the e hijii hill its bottom bottoni filled with and its sides blackened by smoke formed the fireplace and chim chimney nay of the establishment around the mout montaro Irot the shaft a stog stol stone trail trall tras ivas found round und forming by its enclosure a kind of door yard yam to the tha bulow below the wall doubtless purpose of guardin guarding against snow slides ahia whig which migu might q otherwise tili 1111 up the rooms and bury the occupants and against thet the accidental fall of an inhabitant intoci into his own or his neighbors di dwelling vellin upset upsets tin ting the inner linner t pot and possibly break breaks in ing lug his bis neck in the operation 1 7 CURIOS culosi FOUND aund considerable demis debris was found in these ancient ent itiN dwellings kelling an ant N y ch led to td the disc dige overy of many curios ba illustrating soifia some of the socia laud lahd domestic du customs df the extinct race stone mauls mauis and aud axes the implement implements a used in excavating the i I 1 dwell ins ius pottery bearin great variety of ornamentation bone avis and needles of dell deil delicate date workmanship the metate or family grid grif iding stone for grain nain rain its avell worn surface indicating long iong lim use obsidian ornaments and implements of rood the uses of were uli ull discoverable were among the trophies troph fes hes of the exploration search vas made for a water courso I 1 or spring but no a of th the existence of water ili in fhi neighborhood during was discovered there iceie were iffla of amter com between thi afifi alfi a cliff 15 miles dutant also a 1 new near discovery which indicated the tho contemporaneous of the two this city or dr rather 0 ibister bf f villa villages es occupied tiie tite sl a canon cahon W which I 1 has bas has recently beerd beeri christened walnut canon it is aklan an immense immen Hs 13 s sure in the earth I 1 with nothing above the general level of the country to boin in dacate its lis existence to the traveler until lie he stands upon the sides odthe al most precipitous brink the sides side haye been gullIC gul gui luedi 4 by storm sand t torrents orl ori leaving shallow cave like places of great length and different heights along the bottoms of which w high whenever wherever the ledge furnishes a clent area dwen d ings in groups or sin singly ly were built bulit j the ec sebson season wa was wll weil advanced when afien the place was yra reached rea ched cheo and only little time alnie was spent in hi N Ua t 1 exploration all the the a methods of approach had ad been long iong before worn away and access cess to the nearest of the groups of louse lorse was a work of difficulty EV Vl village the te group or villa village ge which was most narrowly examined was about three quarters of a mile in length and consisted of a 11 single row of hous houses es the common rear wall wali being the lining rock while the sides and fronts were glde nide madlof of lar jar larga large oer ger squared stones mones laid in clay A narrow street or pathway extended along the entire front other and similar villages could be seen along the canon eanon for a distance of nive five nilles miles among the relics found here was wasa a wooden spindle whirly whirl similar to those in use hy by the pueblos of the present time tim e but unlike them in the apparent manner of manufacture its nathl nothing indicates use of metallic tools tool ot J any nany description was discovered thu the of bf ghe the gile wood of which the whirl was formed had apparently been charred and then ground down to the required stze and shape by rubbing tt it unon upon sandston sandstones sand stoney e of reed similar to bamboo a species entirely un knowlin imowitz in that region dt at this time still remained in the thie whirl it had haa been broken by the ancient anci ancl edit elit workman and neatly mended by winding about it it a piece of fine twine the ends of this twine under th e in microscope acro disclosed the fact fa cb that its was of vaery fine fino human hair i Artic lesof wood corncobs corn cobs aad hd e even the perfect grains of corn walnuts U 0 bones oi W elk antelopes and wolf tion wearing rearing li apparel of a fab fabric c resembling sem bem bling th mummy c cloth cioth oth of egypt b cluade from material unfamiliar to the zhe explorers explorer sl and other perishable articles were found in abundance buri burl i ed in the piles plies of debris which partially filled f these deseret homes and anaw would buld athirst at first thought to indicate somewhat recent on anthe lh theother other eother liand hand however the tha quail squall ties of the atmosphere sphere of th this is ye re giogi are remarkable remark abib and it is the belief of the explorers that centuries have hive elapsed the last of the departed race rate of races occupied these old cinesi eldest and villages as homes ia ree pre acl jcl 1 OF dof aceb itaas catel the tig absence of 0 o or r works of defence other that such as by the tho selection of a it e most inaccessible localities of temples ie erl eri or idols dols of hieroglyphics hyphie s or pictures picture together torether with tile the ity solidity of the dwellings so different from anything to be found of the han handiwork of existing uncivilized races racey races of thal that rebion region ae ian and the five made wade extent ol of thesbe ruins which indicate the existence of 01 allida races naces covering large portions of tile terri territories ories orles of it anzona zona new and utah 1 as jis weli idell ats ITS as NOrthe northern ril rii mexico I 1 are the elements of the problems lefia involved in a the tho origin history and disappearance of these abeso races problems chith seem no nearer solution tefan th an anchen when coronado nearly four hundred years vears ago made A raid fo for the of conquest amona among thase places and his ilis priests gave fave faxe to tot the th orail the first me a ere gre accounts of thell theli bliem then as now vacant and ruenel ruine tf |
