Show CLIFF DWELLER RUINS ARE FEATURE OF KANE COUNTY no county comity in ili utah lins has a more inore and roni romantic antle historical setting icalee county its occupancy by the cliff dwell oil ers datsi hack back tko ako thousand years 11 II 1 I 1 Is known know of shoso iro inott people however logiste claim that they were the first lieiman beings to occupy this thia continent today traces trace of 0 till tills ancient vace nrc are to be 10 found tit in remains and ruins in ili caves high upon ledges and in ili canyons in ninny many parts of tile tho county thu tho most and some of the best preserved proven od remains tire lire tit nt cine cave it tow few miles north of Kil billial lial and at cottonwood and john son soil cannons other interesting ruins which can lile be readied reached only in by horseback hor are tit nt kitchen cornil nil canyon nt at tho the barrack along tin the paria river and in ili the sand ime due to difficulties of procuring food their nu was restricted to hinell bil billias lids there 19 evidence to show diat they inaam ht ana nud and squash gathered wild finite seeds inua all roots raised wild mild turkeys goats and probably other mili nals and hunted game with short flint point lipped dipped spears they built houses of rock mud mid willows and mado clothing of the bark of codar and yucca nilla meed fibers 4 cotton cotto iti and e i ven human hair one civco of cloth found nt at cottonwood ti ton nood wood was innel in of gout goat liner skim were ere and mado in ili t ti clothing und foot wear Feat liers of turkeys and wild chickens were alio used in ili snaking wearing dp all varel pinol rhey their tools of I 1 stone wood and wile bone and made c nten ills 4 such adith as pots liol arnd of gray clay on oil which they placed designs of 0 als and figures in black tho the basket tankers one ot of tho the roost most tribes were expert empert bus ket makers several secial mummies leave ixon beell found tile tho fish and liala having endured for two or three and n nd years cara it was customary custom nry for cliff dwellers to decorate their cave walls walla with they built cere moncal chambers or kivas where religious and secret rites were per formed to secure the lio favor of tile the bodd of the earth the sun still the stars slurs the rain the thunder and the lightning the prater sticks plumes and other objects found in the alio h atvas bear a striking sivillar ity to those in ili wo use at tile th present time among tile the ilott and navajo tribes anil and because of this it la Is concluded that lint their ceremonies have been illar in the eaves i the kivas are built at the front and on n s slope oe tle c f floor 0 0 r aind tor alla oll ob alib een nicil anre c usi usually y about f fifteen J acet e et tit in diameter their religion plainly exercised a very ury important influence on their lives which la Is enriched with myths tind and stories resulting from their at tempt ta explain the phenomena of nature and their relationship with that phenomena these ancient inhabitants of nane kano county must have been an active industrious people who made do their livelihood from a scanty toll soil and found time to gratify their taste for the beautiful in form and color in the development of useful arts nature wn was their vide guide to it they looked for instruction and cheer and to it they paid homage of a primitive faith and fear it Is assured from tho the remains that tire are left that by A D there were thousands of small pueblo villages tn ili southern utah of this large number only it a few remain but they are arc nu numerous enough and well enough preserved to give jig a today of tile the lives they ched the ruins of these ancient in of oc hane county iro are not only v it source of interest to total local parlo but to and travelers travel cra fruin froll every imbt of the world oboy are nn at added attraction for veople inu iilo who come this way to view our wonderland kalie kal cb C standard |