Box Elder News Journal | 1913-01-09 | Page 3 | Cave of Bones

cave cava of bones an extraordinary bone cave may be seen been in the island ot of teneriffe it la Is situated near the summit of 0 a lofty sea cliff near orotava Or otava close to the small plain of 0 le paz where here peace was wag finally made between the conquering spaniards and the Gu anches the original inhabitants of the island here the guarches Gu Gli anches made their last stand and the cave formed a shelter tor for the small remnant lett left ot of the tribesmen after the spanish had fin dished with them in former times the place had bad evidently been a burial ground of the Gu anches and when first die discovered covered muir mummies were found in it now however only a large pile of bones bonea remains access Is obtained by descending a rope through a hols bole dug in the roof but the original oc c cupanna must have had a difficult and dangerous scramble down the face ot of the almost perpendicular cliff to the th natural entrance