Show Light Fight on Old Age-Old Mystery Mummy of oC nab Baby Perfectly Preserved tl Unearthed in I New Mexico Mn May Lead to Solution of or Great Riddle of or the Pueblo People The pick of a ft lonely gold goltl i or or a short time ago unearthed arel a n rel treasure ure on the Jetties Plateau In to I New V Mexico which brings s one step nearer the solution of the great riddles riddles rid rid- of the deserted pueblos there and In lu the Chaco Chal canyon says fla's the Kansas City Star Great mystery has always alwa's surrounded these prehistoric torte ruins In the tho district northwest of Santa Ft Fe Where did those ancient peoples go What drove them from their pueblos so well built and anI so strong One day they were there ther of them thins In 14 It large towns In symmetrical pueblos four and five live stories high Then they were gone gon leaving no word no sign to anywhere say any where The prospector found one olle mute I little messenger to throw v a bit of light on the mysteries which surround surround sur round the customs custom of these Tewa peoples Instead of or gold he be uncovered ered erect a carefully wrapped bundle from the loose soil With trembling t fingers he le began to loosen the outer co covering The be prospector fo found II a R softly woven blanket lined with feathers In Ina a perfect state of preservation Within that was another blanket the feathers duplicates of those In la a modern baby's pillow V. When that was opened there lay before before be be- fore OIe the prospector the perfectly preserved mummy of or a year two child There he In lay with an nn our ear of corn cornIn cornIn cornin In his band hand a little pottery bowl over his fa face CO just as ns he lie had when he was burled buried about years ago Ills hair was as any childs child's would be In sleep and his tiny hand grasped the ear of corn as If tired he had fallen asleep The prospector tor b hastened to the authorities with lIh his treasure It was they who vho fixed Died his burial date as about The priceless find wa was minutely examined l. all Its history searched out by the signs which only expert eipert archeologists understand Then It was put on display at the Museum Iu eurn of If New Mexico In Santa Fe t Only four such mummies have hafe ever been found and this seems to be the most Interesting specimen of ot nil all So proud are arc the tho archeologists connected con till with the museum that they are arc carefully preparing a 0 report to tobe tobe tobe be printed In learned scientific Jour jour- nals Meanwhile 1 they guard the child chilli against photographers I pliers until they have o made their weighty reports and safely lodged him In the archeologists archeologists' Hall of Fume Fame lIml Already lly the word has gone Jono around among amons the nil native the Indians and many mally of them resplendent In their sliver silver and turquoise rings armbands and necklaces have ha come to view the lit litt littie tie mummy They have walked by with Impassive faces A pity they say In their strange expressionless voices a n pity to take the little child from his grave o where he has hns rested so long Some seem to be afraid bad luck will follow those who ho leave Ilave him there In n a glass Klass cabinet sleeping his timeless asleep before the eyes ees of ot strangers f p Many Mahy scientific c explanations hate o been ben advanced as ns to the cause of the departure of the Town Tewa peoples from their homes homel Some gome sn say any n a pestilence pestilence pes pes- wiped them out Others that thai an nn enemy annihilated them Hut tut the tho theory which seems verified after the Intense drouth of ot the last lasi summer is that the ground level o otheir of their water supply sank during some terrific great drouth and drove draTe In n dc desperation to seek other uther bo However cr no man van can say suj 1 t ly Iy y for here the run 51 against a blank wall at lit every turn turn- The he Tewa peoples though through INIn In n Ina haa a It high state of civilization civilisation hail had n tt written word cord There Then are arc tut on old tali- tali lets ets to decipher no stones SD stoneson on the New iI Mexico mesas means On every hand In these nth ancient pueblos there i iare are riddles but the greatest of or nil nilIs nils Is s the th location of their burial ground Up to the present none lies lias liven heel found for tor this large prehistoric community of 1 NI In Chaco ti canyon |