Show Scrawls Reveal A Ancient Man Real Doodler Ancient man was a de deluxe and and his Idle on cliff walls still perplex man many laymen laymen lay lay- men and scientists according to the Smithsonian Institution Dr Julian H. H Steward of the In Institutions Institution's In bureau of American ethnology ethnology eth reported that the bureau receives receives re reo a steady stream of at inquiries about carvings and paintings on cliffs clifta and aDd boulders Various lay by and scientific theories contend the drawings are p part rt of ot alost a alost alost lost Indian language fragments of the alphabet brought to America by pre-Columbian pre North men or cryptograms giving directions directions tons to buried burled treasure Steward after extensive study of reported that many of the crude pictures and geometric designs were fraudulent He said an even larger portion of the genuine ancient drawings however however however how how- ever represent i idle ile scratching I fn do n early form of doodling Supporting his idle scribbling theory Steward said In view of the great trouble which white men frequently take to deface rocks and trees with names and initials especially where other persons have done so before them it would be foolish to suppose that the the motives of the prehistoric Indians In were not sometimes equally trivial It Is a safe guess that a large number of were produced produced pro pro- by persons amusing themselves themselves them them- selves during dull dun hours He said other drawings represent religious objects portray events or give directions not to burled treasure treasure treas trens- ure ure however because North American aboriginals aboriginal attached no value whatsoever to our conception of treasure It is 11 easy enough with a little imagination Steward said to detect detect de de- de forms of European letters in It would be remarkable remark able if there were not such auch dences On the whole however the subJect subject sub sub- is worthy of comprehensive study I urge persons running across such rock drawings to photograph them if possible What is without meaning now may fit into a comprehensive com pattern later |